Where: channel #dtl on the FreeNode IRC network (See http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml )
When: Tue, Oct 17, 8:00am Pacific, 11:00am Eastern, 17:00 Paris, 11:00pm PRC Who: People interested in Linux and Open Source documentation for developers The OSDL DTL Technical Board is organizing an IRC session on developer documentation. This is a follow up to discussions that took place on the first OSDL Desktop Architect Meeting [1] and in preparation of DAM III [2] where we would like to move this topic forward. [1]http://groups.osdl.org/workgroups/dtl/desktop_architects/december_200 5_meeting [2]http://developer.osdl.org/dev/desktop_architects/index.php/Desktop_Ar chitects_Meeting-3 At the first Desktop Architects meeting (Dec, 2005) it was found that ISVs have difficulty finding documentation, and choosing between alternative libraries and tools. ISVs would like a site with complete, up-to-date, high-quality Linux documentation. They need roadmaps (perhaps more than one). There's a lot of misleading documentation out there which discusses deprecated interfaces as if they were preferred; the site should help people avoid those. A key concern raised with respect to any portal is the maintenance burden. The only viable way to guarantee that information in a development portal is kept up to date is through a strong relation with upstream projects that can provide key information with authority. Another requirement to take into account is the desire of OSVs to point their customers to a company site that reflects more closely their products instead of a third party site. The above requirements hint towards a distributed content model that facilitates multiple distinct content owners with a feedback mechanism to route feedback back to the authorative content owner. It may be that the solution to the documentation problem will not be so much a single documental portal but more so a standardized documentation infrastructure that the various stakeholders can tap into; as a consumer of content, as a provider of content, or as a combination of the two. See http://developer.osdl.org/dev/desktop_architects/index.php/Key_Topics#De veloper_Portal for more information. Preliminary Agenda * Introduction, who is who * Documentation Best Practices * Improvement Areas * Documentation Aggregation Framework: worth the effort? * Next Steps Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology Channel Platform Solutions Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/opensource OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list Desktop_architects@lists.osdl.org https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects