Communication of familiarity is done via the familiarity panel. From this panel you can:
When !ddocs, the panel is automatically opened. To open and close the panel manually, click the familiarity indicator icon in the top, right corner or use the keyboard shortcut f.
The familiarity panel answers the following questions:
At the top, you can see the level of awareness and familiarity for this piece of information. The awareness bar indicates if people have indicated any form of familiarity, wheres the familiarity bar indicates how familiar people are.
The percentages are relative to the people who hold roles expected to be familiar with the information.
Next comes a list of the people who have indicated their familiarity, including their level of familiarity. Hover over the individual familiarity indicators to view any additional notes given by each user.
If you have indicated your own familiarity, it is displayed at the top of the list:
If there are any people who have roles which are expected to indicate familiarity, but have not done so yet, you can see those people by scrolling to the bottom of the panel: