[Evergreen-web-team] Draft replacement for the glossary on the Evergreen wiki

jim at chicagotech.org jim at chicagotech.org
Wed Jun 8 13:59:30 EDT 2011


Sounds great to me; go for it!  :)

Do you have a wiki editing account or would you like me to edit it on your behalf?

Thanks,
Jim

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Steve Wills <steve.wills at lyrasis.org>
>  To: jim at chicagotech.org <jim at chicagotech.org>
>  Subject: RE: Draft replacement for the glossary on the Evergreen wiki
>  Sent: 08 Jun '11 11:49
>  
>  Thanks Jim,
>  
>  I like the idea of considering the wiki an addendum to the "official" cuts of documentation.   The trick 
with the wiki is making sure that information offered is identified as relevant to specific versions of 
Evergreen and OpenSRF.
>  
>  in that spirit i might propose:
>  
>  "This wiki is a repository of additional information, appendixes, opinions and annotations to the official 
documentation. (perhaps official documentation is hypertexted?)
>  As such, it is an excellent place to...... etc."
>  
>  What do you think?
>  
>  Steve Wills
>  
>  
>  ________________________________________
>  From: jim at chicagotech.org [jim at chicagotech.org]
>  Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:35 PM
>  To: Lori Bowen Ayre
>  Cc: Bob Molyneux; Jason Etheridge; Anoop Atre; Amy Terlaga; Jed Moffitt; Jim Corridan; John Boggs; 
John Houser; Kate Sheehan; Kathy Lussier; Rayner, June; Steve Wills; Turner, Jennifer M
>  Subject: Re: Draft replacement for the glossary on the Evergreen wiki
>  
>  I didn't hear any objections, so I added this sentence to the Contributing page's general documentation
>  contribution guidelines:
>  
>  This wiki is a repository of information contributed by the Evergreen community that, while useful, isn't
>  suitable for inclusion in the official technical documentation.  As such, it's an excellent place to contribute
>  informal documentation, helpful resources, and other content that the Evergreen community may find
>  useful.  To learn more about contributing to the wiki, visit the [[webteam:draft_guidelines|Draft Wiki
>  Guidelines]].
>  
>  If anyone has any preferred language, feel free to change it or send me your changes to implement if 
you
>  don't have wiki access.
>  
>  Thanks!
>  Jim
>  
>  >  -------Original Message-------
>  >  From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com>
>  >  To: jim at chicagotech.org
>  >  Cc: Bob Molyneux <bob at esilibrary.com>, Jason Etheridge <jason at esilibrary.com>, Anoop Atre
>  <anoop.atre at mnsu.edu>, Amy Terlaga <terlaga at biblio.org>, Jed Moffitt <jmoffitt at kcls.org>, Jim 
Corridan
>  <jcorridan at icpr.in.gov>, John Boggs <boggs at plsinfo.org>, John Houser <houser at hslc.org>, Kate
>  Sheehan <ksheehan at biblio.org>, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>, Rayner, June
>  <raynerj at einetwork.net>, Steve Willis <steve.wills at lyrasis.org>, Turner, Jennifer M
>  <jennifer.turner at mnsu.edu>
>  >  Subject: Re: Draft replacement for the glossary on the Evergreen wiki
>  >  Sent: 07 Jun '11 13:19
>  >
>  >  Jim,
>  >
>  >
>  >  You mean just add a little reference that shoots people over to the Wiki
>  >  editing guidelines page ([LINK:
>  >  http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam:draft_guidelines]
>  >  http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam:draft_guidelines)
>  >  from this page ([LINK:
>  >  http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contributing]
>  >  http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contributing) which is really
>  >  focused on contributing code not wiki content...?  I'm for it!
>  >   Unless someone objects, I think you should do that.
>  >
>  >
>  >  Also, the contributing code page still refers to Subversion and I believe
>  >  we are completely on Git now....but that's not for me to edit.
>  >
>  >
>  >  Lori
>  >
>  >
>  >  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  >
>  >  Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant
>  >  The Galecia Group // [LINK: http://www.galecia.com/] www.galecia.com
>  >  (707) 763-6869 // [LINK: mailto:Lori.Ayre at galecia.com]
>  >  Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
>  >
>  >
>  >  [LINK: mailto:Lori.Ayre at galecia.com] Specializing in open source ILS
>  >  solutions, RFID, filtering,
>  >  workflow optimization, and materials handling
>  >
>  >  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:06 PM, <[LINK: mailto:jim at chicagotech.org]
>  >  jim at chicagotech.org> wrote:
>  >  I just sent Bob a big email listing some ways to get started with the
>  >  wiki.  When doing so, I completely
>  >  forgot that the Existing Website Group had done some great work creating
>  >  preliminary Wiki user guidelines
>  >  for new contributors:
>  >
>  >  [LINK:
>  >  http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam:draft_guidelines]
>  >  http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=webteam:draft_guidelines
>  >
>  >  Maybe we could add a section with this info to the Contributing to
>  >  Evergreen doc on the wiki, which can be
>  >  found here:
>  >
>  >  [LINK: http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contributing]
>  >  http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contributing
>  >
>  >  I think it's a good idea because contributing to the wiki is a great
>  >  way for people to dip their toe in the
>  >  participation water without having developer skills or having to follow
>  >  the DIG guidelines (which are
>  >  necessary, of course, but obviously more onerous than "get a wiki account,
>  >  click Edit, and go nuts!"  :)
>  >
>  >  Thoughts?
>  >  Thanks,
>  >  Jim
>  >
>  >
>  >  >  -------Original Message-------
>  >  >  From: Lori Bowen Ayre <[LINK: mailto:lori.ayre at galecia.com]
>  >  lori.ayre at galecia.com>
>  >  >  To: Bob Molyneux <[LINK: mailto:bob at esilibrary.com]
>  >  bob at esilibrary.com>
>  >  >  Cc: [LINK: mailto:jim at chicagotech.org] jim at chicagotech.org, Jason
>  >  Etheridge <[LINK: mailto:jason at esilibrary.com] jason at esilibrary.com>, Anoop
>  >  Atre
>  >  <[LINK: mailto:anoop.atre at mnsu.edu] anoop.atre at mnsu.edu>, Amy Terlaga
>  >  <[LINK: mailto:terlaga at biblio.org] terlaga at biblio.org>, Jed Moffitt <[LINK:
>  >  mailto:jmoffitt at kcls.org] jmoffitt at kcls.org>, Jim Corridan
>  >  <[LINK: mailto:jcorridan at icpr.in.gov] jcorridan at icpr.in.gov>, John Boggs
>  >  <[LINK: mailto:boggs at plsinfo.org] boggs at plsinfo.org>, John Houser <[LINK:
>  >  mailto:houser at hslc.org] houser at hslc.org>, Kate
>  >  Sheehan <[LINK: mailto:ksheehan at biblio.org] ksheehan at biblio.org>, Kathy
>  >  Lussier <[LINK: mailto:klussier at masslnc.org] klussier at masslnc.org>, Rayner,
>  >  June
>  >  <[LINK: mailto:raynerj at einetwork.net] raynerj at einetwork.net>, Steve Willis
>  >  <[LINK: mailto:steve.wills at lyrasis.org] steve.wills at lyrasis.org>, Turner,
>  >  Jennifer M
>  >  <[LINK: mailto:jennifer.turner at mnsu.edu] jennifer.turner at mnsu.edu>
>  >  >  Subject: Re: Draft replacement for the glossary on the Evergreen wiki
>  >  >  Sent: 07 Jun '11 12:48
>  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  Copying Anoop on this.  It may just be a matter of Anoop and Bob
>  >  doing a
>  >  >  little orientation on wiki editing but it would be great if we had
>  >  another
>  >  >  competent contributor to this kind of info for the wiki.
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  This might be a good opportunity to establish some guidelines and
>  >  around
>  >  >  getting content contributors/owners/???? for certain areas of the
>  >  website.
>  >  >   And then supporting those guidelines with instructions.
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  For example, what should people agree to when they are given editing
>  >  >  privileges on the wiki....?
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  Lori
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  >  >
>  >  >  Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant
>  >  >  The Galecia Group // [LINK: [LINK: http://www.galecia.com/]
>  >  http://www.galecia.com/] [LINK: http://www.galecia.com] www.galecia.com
>  >  >  [LINK: tel:%28707%29%20763-6869] (707) 763-6869 // [LINK:
>  >  mailto:[LINK: mailto:Lori.Ayre at galecia.com] Lori.Ayre at galecia.com]
>  >  >  [LINK: mailto:Lori.Ayre at galecia.com] Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  [LINK: mailto:[LINK: mailto:Lori.Ayre at galecia.com]
>  >  Lori.Ayre at galecia.com] Specializing in open source ILS
>  >
>  >  >  solutions, RFID, filtering,
>  >  >  workflow optimization, and materials handling
>  >  >
>  >  >  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  >  On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Bob Molyneux <[LINK:
>  >  >  mailto:[LINK: mailto:bob at esilibrary.com] bob at esilibrary.com] [LINK:
>  >  mailto:bob at esilibrary.com] bob at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>  >  >  Jim,
>  >  >
>  >  >  I don't believe I have a wiki account. At least, I tried to log in
>  >  >  with my blog credentials and they didn't work--although I may have
>  >  fat
>  >  >  fingered it.
>  >  >
>  >  >  I could reformat it. It looks to me like the HTML code is adaptable
>  >  but,
>  >  >  in any case, I would  like to learn it.
>  >  >
>  >  >  I have also written Anoop about my working with him on the EG
>  >  libraries
>  >  >  page on the wiki. Right now, I keep track of the EG community pretty
>  >  >  closely because of my work with the Google maps and also the EG data.
>  >  The
>  >  >  current method for that group of pages to get updated is for me to
>  >  send him
>  >  >  the changes I find via email. He may have found them too, but I
>  >  don't
>  >  >  know and I err on the side of caution. Then he updates them when he
>  >  gets to
>  >  >  them. He is obviously very busy and does it in batches. I haven't
>  >  heard
>  >  >  back about my suggestion (he is very busy!) but I think that it would
>  >  be
>  >  >  one-stop shopping and make the EG libraries page updates faster. If
>  >  the Web
>  >  >  team and Anoop are amenable, I would need to learn whatever
>  >  differences in
>  >  >  coding there are to fix it. It is just a markup language and I have
>  >  been
>  >  >  doing that for a long time.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Bob
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  Hi Bob,
>  >  >
>  >  >  Thanks so much for sending this over!  I think it will make a great
>  >  >  resource on the site.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Do you have a wiki account?  One of the goals of the Web Team is to
>  >  bring
>  >  >  as many interested people as
>  >  >  possible into the group of website content contributors, and as has
>  >  >  already been mentioned, you'd make a
>  >  >  great contributor.
>  >  >
>  >  >  If you don't have an account on the wiki yet, I believe Jason
>  >  >  (cc'ed on this email) can create one for you.
>  >  >  Once you have one, feel free to edit any page on the site, including
>  >  this
>  >  >  glossary.  We don't want people
>  >  >  with wiki accounts (like me) to be bottlenecks if people without
>  >  accounts
>  >  >  have content to contribute!
>  >  >
>  >  >  In the meantime, I'm going to take a look at reformatting this
>  >  >  glossary; I don't believe we can enter raw
>  >  >  HTML into the Docuwiki system, so I need to confirm that and possibly
>  >  do
>  >  >  some text juggling.  I'll let you
>  >  >  know what I am able to do.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Thanks again!
>  >  >  Jim
>  >  >
>  >  >   -------Original Message-------
>  >
>  >  >   From: Bob Molyneux<[LINK: mailto:[LINK: mailto:bob at esilibrary.com]
>  >  bob at esilibrary.com]
>  >  >  [LINK: mailto:bob at esilibrary.com] bob at esilibrary.com>
>  >  >   To: Lori Bowen Ayre<[LINK: mailto:[LINK:
>  >  mailto:lori.ayre at galecia.com] lori.ayre at galecia.com]
>  >  >  [LINK: mailto:lori.ayre at galecia.com] lori.ayre at galecia.com>, [LINK:
>  >  mailto:[LINK: mailto:jim at chicagotech.org] jim at chicagotech.org]
>  >
>  >  >  [LINK: mailto:jim at chicagotech.org] jim at chicagotech.org, Jason Etheridge
>  >  >  <[LINK: mailto:[LINK: mailto:jason at esilibrary.com]
>  >  jason at esilibrary.com] [LINK: mailto:jason at esilibrary.com]
>  >  jason at esilibrary.com>
>  >
>  >  >   Subject: Draft replacement for the glossary on the Evergreen wiki
>  >  >   Sent: 06 Jun '11 13:00
>  >  >
>  >  >   Lori and Jim,
>  >  >
>  >  >   I offer the attached as a draft to replace the glossary here:
>  >  >   [LINK:
>  >  >  [LINK:
>  >  http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_and_open_source_glossary]
>  >  http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_and_open_source_glossary]
>  >
>  >  >  [LINK:
>  >  http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_and_open_source_glossary]
>  >  http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faqs:evergreen_and_open_source_glossary
>  >  >
>  >  >   In an earlier email, I believe I mentioned the provenance of this
>  >  >   document on the wiki. It started out as something I did a bit ago
>  >  that
>  >  >  I
>  >  >   have continuously revised since then. Karen used it as a template
>  >  for
>  >  >   this glossary on the wiki. It has not been revised since 2008
>  >  according
>  >  >   to the date stamp.
>  >  >
>  >  >   This version I am sending you started out as from the current
>  >  version
>  >  >  of
>  >  >   the one on the Equinox blog and I took the 2008 wiki and compared
>  >  them
>  >  >   and made changes in what I started with. I also removed all
>  >  references
>  >  >   to Koha since the Equinox blog glossary has both. I left the
>  >  provenance
>  >  >   information at the bottom as well as the acknowledgments in case
>  >  they
>  >  >   are needed but I suspect that after editorial revisions and getting
>  >  the
>  >  >   HTML to conform to the standards on the wiki it could replace the
>  >  >   current glossary.
>  >  >
>  >  >   I also left in the CC license just to confirm that point.
>  >  >
>  >  >   Bob
>  >  >
>  >  >   --
>  >  >   Bob Molyneux
>  >  >   | V.P., Business Development
>  >  >   | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
>  >  >   | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) x710
>  >  >   |      : [LINK: tel:770-709-5570] [LINK: tel:770-709-5570]
>  >  770-709-5570
>  >  >   | email: [LINK: mailto:[LINK: mailto:bob at esilibrary.com]
>  >  bob at esilibrary.com] [LINK: mailto:bob at esilibrary.com] bob at esilibrary.com
>  >  >   | Skype: ESI-Bob
>  >  >   | Web: [LINK: [LINK: http://www.esilibrary.com/]
>  >  http://www.esilibrary.com/] [LINK: http://www.esilibrary.com/]
>  >  http://www.esilibrary.com/
>  >
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  --
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >  Bob Molyneux
>  >  >  | V.P., Business Development
>  >  >  | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
>  >  >  | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) x710
>  >  >  |      : [LINK: tel:770-709-5570] [LINK: tel:770-709-5570]
>  >  770-709-5570
>  >  >  | email: [LINK: mailto:[LINK: mailto:bob at esilibrary.com]
>  >  bob at esilibrary.com] [LINK: mailto:bob at esilibrary.com] bob at esilibrary.com
>  >  >  | Skype: ESI-Bob
>  >  >  | Web: [LINK: [LINK: http://www.esilibrary.com/]
>  >  http://www.esilibrary.com/] [LINK: http://www.esilibrary.com/]
>  >  http://www.esilibrary.com/
>  


More information about the Evergreen-web-team mailing list