RE: [chairs] TC FAQ Template

["Considine, Toby \(Facilities Technology Office\)" <Toby.Considine@unc.edu>]

- RSS is an option in either one today.

- Forums tend to be set up a little better for "watch this topic and let me know whenever updated"

- I do like the editorial control of the BLOG

 

- How would you handle drive-bys in either scenario?

Register to post (fine) email confirmation with IP legalese click to register account (fine)

But what if we wanted to...Do we let a drive-by start a Blog section?  Do we moderate the comments? Does it come back to the top of the list when someone responds to last weeks issue?

- Blog is perfect for a finite number of [Subcommittee chairs] [good minutes takers] [evangelists] to control outgoing presentation.

 

I agree that the distinction is blurry.

 

I like the anonymous readers

 

Would an early mention in the archived BBS/Blog provide a defense against spurious prior art claims?

 

tc

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From: David RR Webber (XML) [mailto:david@drrw.info]
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:41 PM
To: Bill Parducci
Cc: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org; Jeff Mischkinsky
Subject: RE: [chairs] TC FAQ Template

Bill,

 

The line blurs here - I've seen blogs operated that look and feel identically to forums.

 

The big + on the blog is the rss feed mechanism.  Plus - I think that most TC chairs would want to manage this somewhat depending on their TC needs.

 

The ability to have a FAQ built-in to the blog is also appealing - that can be quickly updated to respond to input, etc - the sidebar menuing on blog is perfect for that use.

 

The member mail archive lists already have that feel - it may be conflicting to have two such.

 

A forum is a little too ad hoc at times! ; -)

 

DW

> -------- 
>   Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [chairs] TC FAQ Template
> From: 
>   Bill Parducci <bill.parducci@simulalabs.com>
> Date: Tue, February 14, 
>   2006 4:34 pm
> To: "David RR Webber (XML)" <david@drrw.info>
> Cc: 
>   chairs@lists.oasis-open.org, Jeff 
>   Mischkinsky
> <jeff.mischkinsky@oracle.com>
>
> i would offer that a 
>   forum is better suited to (persistent) Q&A where  
> a blog is more 
>   editorially oriented. since i thought that the purpose  
> was to allow 
>   for some form of reusable public Q&A a forum would be  
> the better 
>   choice in that it allows users to create topics that can  
> start 
>   threads of discussion.
>
> b
>
> On Feb 14, 2006, at 12:20 PM, David RR 
>   Webber (XML) wrote:
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > OK - weeds, 
>   eh?
> >
> > The blogger environment allows you to create persistent 
>   html pages  
> > - complete with archive and indexing - as well as 
>   the RSS content -  
> > and Google search loves it 
>   all!
> >
> > DW
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message 
>   --------
> > Subject: Re: [chairs] TC FAQ Template
> > From: Bill 
>   Parducci <bill.parducci@simulalabs.com>
> > Date: Tue, February 14, 
>   2006 1:07 pm
> > To: Jeff Mischkinsky 
>   <jeff.mischkinsky@oracle.com>
> > Cc: 
>   chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
> >
> > without spinning to far out into 
>   the weeds i would suggest that a
> > forum would be a better solution 
>   here. the are searchable,
> > 'skinnable', can easily be setup to allow 
>   anonymous reads (good for
> > google searches ;o) while requiring 
>   authentication (read: "by signing
> > up you agree to abide by X "), 
>   typically have RSS feed capabilities
> > and allow you to keep 
>    things in some sort of order by topic.
> >
> > b