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 ====== User Guide for Missing Person Registry Module ====== ====== User Guide for Missing Person Registry Module ======
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 The Missing Person Registry is an organized online bulletin board of missing and found people. It captures information about the people lost and found, as well as information about persons seeking them, increasing the chances of people finding each other. For example, if two members of a family are looking for the head of the family, Sahana can connect those two family members during their search, ideally leading to family reunification.  While Sahana offers no automatic notification when someone is found, it would allow a volunteer monitoring Sahana to perform manual notification (e.g., through phone contact). The Missing Person Registry is an organized online bulletin board of missing and found people. It captures information about the people lost and found, as well as information about persons seeking them, increasing the chances of people finding each other. For example, if two members of a family are looking for the head of the family, Sahana can connect those two family members during their search, ideally leading to family reunification.  While Sahana offers no automatic notification when someone is found, it would allow a volunteer monitoring Sahana to perform manual notification (e.g., through phone contact).
  
-Sahana's Missing Person Registry is self-contained, but there is recognition that interchange of evacuee and patient-tracking information with other non-Sahana systems would be useful as future enhancements.+Sahana's Missing Person Registry is self-contained for nowand does not interact with the Disaster Victim Registry.  There may be future enhancements in this area, as well as interchange of evacuee and patient-tracking information with other non-Sahana systems.
  
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 +== Coming Soon ==
 +In conjunction with the November [[http://foss.in|FOSS.IN 2008]] conference in Bangalore, a start was made on code to allow the public to query the Missing Person Registry via a GSM mobile/cell phone (or laptop with GSM modem).  Initial desirable functionality would allow search for the missing by either first or last name.  (Companion code, related to situational awareness, will allow phone notification of disaster event alerts and updates.)  For technical details, see [[dev:foss_in_2008_ideas]].
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 +In April, 2009, Sahana projects for the Google Summer of Code 2009 were selected.  Projects (with mentor and student listed) that would likely most impact MPR are:
 +  * Person Registry(PR) for Sahana (Dominic Koenig, Kethees Selladurai) - Will provide a more-uniform internal representation of people across modules, and allow cross-module search.
 +  * Body Management and Identification module in Fatality Management for Disaster Victim Identification (Dominic Koenig, Khushbu Mohta) - This and MPR have some commonalities.
 +  * J2ME client with multiple-transport back-end support (GPRS and particularly SMS) - For form data collection in the field using mobile devices (Kapil Dua, Praneeth Bodduluri).
 +  * SahanaOCR module (Joseph Fonseka, Gihan Chamra) - Support data collection using printed forms as an alternative to on-line entry.
 +  * Sahana Dynamic Theme Manager (Hayesha Somarathne, Akshit Sharma) - Improve Sahana appearance and customizability.
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 +Other projects were:
 +  * P2P Synchronization of Sahana Servers (Fran Boon, Hasanat Kazmi)
 +  * SahanaPHP CAP Reader and Firefox Plugin (Gavin Treadgold, Shree Kant Bohra)
 +  * CAP Publishing and Enhancing the CAP generation (Nuwan Waidyanatha, Nithin Dara)
 +  * Aggregator Mashup Portal (Chamara Caldera, Iroshan Horathalge)
 +  * Warehouse Management under Logistics Module (Mark Prutsalis, Ajay Kumar)
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 ====Simple Scenario==== ====Simple Scenario====
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   - //Reporting Person 1// first reports a missing person, such as "dad".   - //Reporting Person 1// first reports a missing person, such as "dad".
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 ===== Report a Missing Person ===== ===== Report a Missing Person =====
-Before adding a person to Sahana's Missing Person Registry (MPR), please confirm that that person is not already listed in the MPR by using the search function provided.+Before adding someone to Sahana's Missing Person Registry (MPR), please confirm that the person is not already listedby using the MPR search function provided.  You will reminded about this at the start of the first "Report a Missing Person" page.
  
-If notto newly register a missing person, use the "Report a Missing Personpage. Input all details available that you wish to share about that individual in the relevant fields. Only the full name is compulsory. It is also possible to upload a photograph of the missing person, making identification easier. When done, click "Next".+Otherwisethe registration process begins by asking you for information about the missing person
 +    * Three identifying numbers (ID card, passport, license) 
 +    * Full name (e.g., "Mr. Malcolm F. del Quentin, Jr"), family name (e.g., "del Quentin"), and local name (non-English characters) 
 +    * Date of birth (selectable from a calendar or typed in) and/or age group 
 +    * Gender, marital status, race, and religion 
 +    * Address and phone numbers 
 +    * In what town disaster was probably encountered 
 +    * Eye, hair, skin colour 
 +    * Height, weight, and distinctive features (e.g., distinguishing marks, scars, tattoos, prostheses) 
 +    * Blood type 
 +    * Last seen location, clothing, appearance 
 +    * Any other information helpful in finding the person 
 +Input all details available that you wish to share in the relevant fields. Of the free-text fields, only the full name is compulsory. 
 +It is also possible to upload a single photograph of the missing person, making identification easier. When done, click "Next".
  
-In the next window, Sahana asks for information about the "reporting person" (that is, youor the person on whose behalf you are entering information).  This will:+On the second page, Sahana asks for information about the "reporting person"that is, you (or the person on whose behalf you are entering information).  This will:
     * allow notification should the missing person be later reported found.     * allow notification should the missing person be later reported found.
-    * cover the situation where the person who is reporting also a victim of the disaster. The details given here can help to associate the reporting person with relatives.+    * assist family reunification, particularly if you are also a victim of the disaster.
  
-Set "Have you reported anyone?" to the appropriate value, depending on whether the reporting person has previously reported anyone to Sahana MPR:+Set "Have you reported anyone?" to the appropriate value, depending on whether you have previously reported anyone to Sahana MPR:
  
-    * //No//, then fill in available information about the reporting person in the relevant fields, and click "Next"+//Yes//, then input your name and relationship to the newly-reported missing person, and click "Next". Sahana will show a list of names matching yoursChoose the correct one by clicking the "Select" link. 
-    * //Yes//, then input the reporting person'name and relationship to the missing person in then relevant fields, and click "Next"Then Sahana will show a list of names that match with the name given as the reporting personSelect the correct reporting person by clicking the link "Select".+ 
 +//No//, then enter 
 +    * Name and relationship to the missing person 
 +    * Whether you are a disaster victim too, and if so your current status (e.g., alive & well, injured)  
 +    * Contacts (address, phone, email), with at least one required. 
 +After filling in the relevant fields, click "Next".
  
 This process may be repeated if there are more than one missing persons to report. This process may be repeated if there are more than one missing persons to report.
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-If you need to update details of missing person, click on the name of the person. Then Sahana will show a form filled with previously entered data. Change relevant fields as required. It is also possible to upload a new photograph for that person. When done, click "Next" to apply changes.+If you need to update details of missing person, click on the name of the person. Then Sahana will show a form filled with previously entered data. Change relevant fields as required. It is also possible to upload a new photograph for that person (but only one photo per person will be retained at this time). When done, click "Next" to apply changes.
  
-In the next window, Sahana shows a list of persons (Trackers) seeking that person. If you do not need to change anything here, just click "Next". If you need to remove a tracker, click link "Remove Tracker".+In the next window, Sahana shows a list of persons (Trackers) seeking that person. If you do not need to change anything here, just click "Next". If you need to remove a tracker, select link "Click to remove the tracker".
  
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-If you need to add new tracker, click link "Add a Tracker". Then you will get a window to enter information about the new tracker.+If you need to add new tracker, click link "Add a tracker". Then you will get a window to enter information about the new tracker.
 Set "Have you reported anyone?" to the appropriate value, depending on whether the tracker has previously reported anyone to Sahana MPR: Set "Have you reported anyone?" to the appropriate value, depending on whether the tracker has previously reported anyone to Sahana MPR:
     * //No//, then fill in available information about the tracker in the relevant fields, and click "Next".     * //No//, then fill in available information about the tracker in the relevant fields, and click "Next".
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 To edit details of that tracker, click the link "Click to edit". Then edit the information about that tracker ( just like editing a missing person ). Then click "Next". To edit details of that tracker, click the link "Click to edit". Then edit the information about that tracker ( just like editing a missing person ). Then click "Next".
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 To edit a missing person's entry, click on the person's name.  Sahana will bring up the "Edit Missing Person" page; steps to edit this page were described earlier. To edit a missing person's entry, click on the person's name.  Sahana will bring up the "Edit Missing Person" page; steps to edit this page were described earlier.

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