I really believe the functionality desired would not be served by Web
Notes as currently conceived --even if thy did work. To capture much
of the wisdom that is shared on this list requires the ability to add
new topics and links. Web Notes is just a place to make a coment
about an existing dictionary entry or topic.
I like the basic concept proposed by Dan below. It is a good place
to start a discussion because he has a wealth of prior knowledge with
the practical implementation of the desired goals, and he is a first
rate documentation guy to boot!
On Oct 27, 2005, at 9:48 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:
Several years ago, I headed up a project which involved an extensive
documentation effort and this same issue was raised. I like the way
we solved it. Furthermore, I happen to have access to the tool and a
server where it could be deployed and would make both freely
available if: (a) at least one or two others would be willing to
share site management and editing chores; and (b) the community
thinks it's a good idea. The approach we used was akin to a
discussion board. Each section of the docs was a topic on the board.
Everyone who was a member (and that term could be loosely defined, of
course) could add their comments to a section of the docs. There was
also a general topic area where people could post questions and
suggestions about the docs in their totality. Periodically, an editor
assigned to a given section would go through the comments,
incorporate the suggestions that made sense, edit the topic, create a
new topic on that section, hibernate the old, and move comments that
remained relevant to the new topic area.
This functionality would be achieved if the existing docs web notes
worked properly. While I haven't tried adding to them, it sounds as if
there are problems at the moment. However solving these problems would
give a mechanism for adding user's comments to the docs, while
allowing RunRev to moderate or incorporate as they see fit. It also
provides the mechanism for having these user comments as part of the
Revolution IDE rather than having to remember to start up another
application and go to a web page to check whether there are any
existing comments.
Cheers,
Sarah
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