Thanks Steve for the links. Thanks Susan and Nick for the great input.
I will keep in mind the suggestions for now: - annotate which terms are for OSM, HOT, and Activation in parentheses at the end of each entry - search LearnOSM for other terms - also search Tasking Manager for other terms that should be included other glossary for reference: [OSM wiki glossary] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Glossary [1] http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary [2] http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/GIS_Glossary On 24 July 2015 at 23:45, Steve Bower <st...@worldvista.net> wrote: > +1 for Susan's comments. > > A multi-language GIS glossary (eventually) will be a real accomplishment for > OSM. > > A few other thoughts you may have already considered: > > I suggest maintaining either a LearnOSM glossary or the OSM wiki glossary, > but not both. One can point to the other. Or, the LearnOSM glossary could be > shorter, focused on beginners, and point to a more comprehensive OSM wiki > glossary. > > OGC has a glossary [1] that's copyright OGC, but they might make it > available to OSM on request. > > The wiki.gis.com glossary might be of use [2]. > > [1] http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary > [2] http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/GIS_Glossary > > ~~Steve > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Suzan Reed <su...@suzanreed.com> wrote: >> >> Hi althio and all, >> >> As an organizer of information and a newbie, my opinion is to leave >> everything in one list and not divide it. It should be alphabetic. >> >> There is a lot to learn reading through a Glossary, and it’s always useful >> to have everything in one place. It’s easy to find what you are looking for >> when organized alphabetically. If you want, you could annotate which terms >> are for OSM, HOT, and Activation in parentheses at the end of each entry. We >> have done that when a glossary combines words from different languages or >> references similar to this situation. It’s also important to format the page >> so the entries are easy to read. >> >> Suzan >> >> >> On Jul 24, 2015, at 9:28 AM, althio <althio.fo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am not sure how to handle the glossary mixture of: >> - basic OSM terms >> - basic HOT terms >> - advanced HOT/Activation terms >> >> I mean the growing glossary page could become overwhelming for a beginner. >> >> What do you think? >> All glossay in one continuous page? One page, sections by topics? >> Differents pages, one glossary by section >> (beginner/JOSM/remote/Activation...)? >> >> >> >> Back to the content, a few proposals: >> - We could read through the content of LearnOSM to flag terms that >> need to be included in the glossary (best done by newcomers!) >> - We could take a pick in the OSM wiki glossary and see if any of >> those terms is used in LearnOSM >> [OSM wiki glossary] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Glossary >> >> >> Best >> >> althio >> >> On 13 July 2015 at 22:51, Yachtsman Dev <yachtsman....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > My name is Anwaario and I am one of the LearnOSM Interns this summer. >> > >> > I have been tasked with improving the LearnOSM glossary . >> > >> > Help us make the LearnOSM glossary more informative by forwarding your >> > vocabulary suggestions. >> > >> > This is an ongoing project and new terms will be added and live as soon >> > as >> > they are approved by my mentors. >> > >> > All replies should be sent directly to both me and the list. >> > >> > >> > Respectfully, >> > >> > >> > >> > Anwaario >> > >> > -- >> > >> > >> > skype: hahafresh >> > email: yachtsman....@gmail.com >> > phone: 415.562.6927 >> > intern/blog: https://yachtsmandev.wordpress.com/ >> > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Anwaario >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > HOT mailing list >> > HOT@openstreetmap.org >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Training WG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to training+unsubscr...@hotosm.org. >> To post to this group, send email to train...@hotosm.org. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/hotosm.org/d/msgid/training/243816FF-59ED-4C07-9533-3A02840C8738%40suzanreed.com. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Training WG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to training+unsubscr...@hotosm.org. > To post to this group, send email to train...@hotosm.org. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/hotosm.org/d/msgid/training/CALqDmbCFJw_CrWbBRgUGZt_i%3Dp%2B4sVYGEbxbhVEXy89usRQyCw%40mail.gmail.com. _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
