Re: [odf-adoption] Carol's questions on OpenDoc XML.org Knowledge base

[Erwin Tenhumberg <Erwin.Tenhumberg@Sun.COM>]

> 1) I moved the information Erwin posted to the Knowledge base for "Related
> Projects and Initiatives" to the Resources directory Web sites page
> (http://opendocument.xml.org/web-sites). I created a link and a few sentences
> of description for each site. This should make it easier to update and expand
> on this information. It also allows readers to post comments on each listing,
> and lets us track how many people have read them.

Good.

> 2) Assistive technologies: http://opendocument.xml.org/assistive-technologies
> -- can we add a few sentences about why assistive technologies are relevant to
> ODF or does is that not necessary? Does this information belong in the
> Knowledge base or should it be listed within the Resources directory
> http://opendocument.xml.org/resources?

Since accessibility is a key area of ODF and office productivity as we
all have seen in Massachusetts, I think there should be at least a link
from the Knowledge Base to more information, because people will check
out the knowledge base first.

I will ask Peter Korn for a short statement/summary!

> 3) Open Standards Efforts (http://opendocument.xml.org/node/63) I think we need
> a sentence here too describing what this page is about. If it's list of links
> to which we want readers to contribute (instead of content controlled by the
> Editorial Board), then we should create it as a wiki page or part of the
> Resources directory.

You're probably right about the wiki.

The sentence could be something like:

"Various governments are in the process of adopting ODF. Some have
already decided to make ODF mandatory, others are currently evaluating
ODF as a national standard. Here is a list of various ODF related
government initiatives:"

> 4) Do we need Vendor Support (http://opendocument.xml.org/node/58)? Isn't this
> covered by the Products/Services Directory and by the Testimonials pages? Also,
> a link to the ODF Adoption TC member list isn't strictly *vendor* support, as
> many TC members don't represent vendors. 

Vendor support might be the wrong terminology, but I think we somehow
should highlight how many companies are driving the ODF standard as
members of the OASIS TC's or the ODF Alliance.

> 5) I'm concerned the Developer Resources page in the KB
> (http://opendocument.xml.org/node/56) will be confused with the Resources
> directory http://opendocument.xml.org/resources. I moved each of these links to
> the appropriate page within Resources. If you don't object, I'll delete the
> "Developer Resources" page from the KB section. 

Sounds good.

> 6) At http://books.evc-cit.info/odf_utils/ I notice some links for ODF
> Applications. Is this a category we should be providing in our Resources
> directory? If yes, should I create a new page for "Applications" or "Utilities"
> or would these fit under an existing category?

J. David Eisenberg might be the best person to answer this question, but
my feeling is that we should not hide the information behind too many
links, i.e. developers should easily find both the developer
documentation and the utilities. Thus, I'm not sure if the two should
be separated for now, considering that we don't have too many of them,
yet.


Best regards,
Erwin