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Introduction

In the context of the URR, user types are generic groups of users of earth observations or derived information. The goal is to identify types of users sufficiently different from each other in terms of information needs and/or relations to decision making.

The edit functions are described in detail in the Edit tutorials included in the General section for the Publish menue, specifically for the functions New, Edit/View all, Copy, Save, and Cancel.

Clicking on the 'User Types' button of the Publish menu brings you to a page with the list of all published user types.

Although 'Save' will carry out a check for uniqueness of the entry name, it is recommended to check the URR for similar or identical user type names before entering an anticipated new user type name into a blank form.

You may check the list of existing user types, which can be accessed through the 'Edit/View all' button for the intended name or similar entries. The list of all published user types includes the user type name of each entry, the date of last update, the number of comments available of the entry, and the date and author of the last comment on the entry.

It may also be helpful to conduct a search for a major keyword associated with the anticipated new user type, which may lead to the discovery of entries that refer to a similar user type with slightly different name (see the tutorials on searches).

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