dita.xml.org: was [dita-users] DITA Getting started]

[Kristen James Eberlein <keberlein@pobox.com>]

(E-mail sent by David Hollis to Carol Geyer and others on 22 August 2008).

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Subject: 	Re: dita.xml.org was [dita-users] DITA Getting started
Date: 	Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:46:55 +0100
From: 	David J. B. Hollis <dhollis@AandOConsultancy.ltd.uk>
To: 	Carol Geyer <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>
CC: 	'Kristen James Eberlein' <keberlein@pobox.com>, 'Gershon Joseph' 
<gljoseph@yahoo.com>, 'Scott Tsao' <scott.tsao@boeing.com>, 'Bob Thomas' 
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'JoAnn Hackos' <joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com>
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Hi, Carol

Can I be a big nuisance?! ;-)

I think I'm feeling much the same as I did with the Adoption TC a  
short while ago. Namely that I'm coming to this fairly fresh, whilst  
other folk are way ahead of me! I just don't feel I've got a proper  
'handle' on the site.

dita.xml.org seems to go back a number of years, at least I've  
certainly seen content from 2006, and I'm sure there's stuff older  
than that.

Would it be possible to have a fairly brief top-level synopsis about  
the site?

Which areas can site users access for editing, and which not?

Which areas are relatively static, and  which are forever changing?

Which areas of the site address which needs?

How can a site driven by a wide and diverse community be properly  
administered - correcting obvious mistakes.


I think that would help me, at least. Would others find that useful?

Many thanks,
David


 > This feedback is very helpful. Never worry about being overly  
 > critical.
 > Fresh eyes are great.
 >
 > 1. It's definitely possible to list the wiki topic headings in the  
 > vertical
 > nav. In fact, it would take me about 15 minutes.  Can we agree on what
 > other things we want to keep or add in the vertical nav?
 >
 > 2. The explanation behind the 'Book' tag is kind of complicated. We  
 > can
 > discuss it on the next call. In the meantime, I'll see if we can  
 > find a
 > solution.
 >
 > 3. Fixing out-of-date pages is a never-ending job, but if we assign SC
 > members to oversee portions of the site, we should be able to stay  
 > on top
 > of it much better.
 >
 > 4. I've asked our webmaster to teach me how to edit the tag list  
 > (it's not
 > intuitive). Once we remove the bloopers, the SC might want to  
 > periodically
 > review the tags and update as needed--or just assign that job to one
 > person.
 >
 > Looking forward to making progress,
 > Carol
 >
 >
[Earlier e-mails snipped by Kris Eberlein]