[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] documented developmnt

[Soulliere, Robert]

Hi All,

During the DIG meeting Dan proposed that the DIG could suggest to the Evergreen community that any new contracted feature development should include docs to be submitted to the DIG as part of the development. I wonder if we could discuss this here and broaden the topic a bit to see if it is possible to get  documentation on new features into the official documentation more quickly?

 I would like to offer an open-ended question:

Is there  anything that DIG can do to help get documentation on new features into official documentation as they are developed so all organizations can get the information they need to learn about and use the new features when the install or upgrade Evergreen?

 It would seem that these new features would have something written somewhere -- even rough notes? Is there an economic or contractual  reason why these cannot be shared with the general Evergreen community at an earlier stage by either the developers of the features, users of the new features or trainers for the new features?

Robert

Robert Soulliere, BA (Hons), MLIS
Systems Librarian
Mohawk College Library
robert.soulliere at mohawkcollege.ca
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