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Nexus Pages

People find information in two main ways:

  • they actively search for information;
  • they browse information sources.

Overview​

In addition to providing a powerful, skills centric search engine, one way we help people browse the 'skills inventory' of the organisation is through what we refer to as Nexus Pages.

Definition

Nexus: 'an important connection between the parts of a system or a group of things'

or more simply put: 'a central or focal point'

TeamFolio makes great use of taxonomy, making it easy for people to select consistent and familiar terminology used across the organisation to add, or have added for them specific skills and experience to their profile. Of course free form text entries can also be added to profiles but where a specific taxonomic term is used, these terms allow TeamFolio to generate a focal point for that term: a Nexus Page.

Navigating to a Term's Nexus Page​

Wherever you're able to see a 'skill pill' that displays the taxonomy icon on the left (see item 1 in the screenshot below), the skill name will be a clickable link. Clicking on the link with take you to the Nexus page for that term.

Clickable Taxonomy Terms

TeamFolio annotated partial screenshot

  1. This icon denotes the skill references a term from a taxonomy;
  2. This means you can click on the skill name to be taken to a Nexus page for that term.

Layout of a Nexus Page​

In the following example, the logged in user (Joni Persaud) clicks on the term 'Design Analysis' from a search parameter term. (see the search screenshot in the Search Overview article.) She's then taken to the screen you see below:

TeamFolio screenshot - Nexus page

  1. At the top of the page is the name of the term and where it sits in the taxonomy hierarchy;
  2. There is an ordered list of profile tiles for people who have this term on their profile;
  3. Clickable links to digital assets that are tagged with this term (e.g. documents, emails, web pages, calendar items, etc.) are displayed;
  4. Contact selected people via email or instant message;
  5. Find any taxonomic term to display that term's Nexus page;
  6. Navigate around the parent, sibling and child terms in the taxonomic hierarchy. :::