Hi Guillaume, I just started reading the chapter, and I am really enjoying it. Your intro reminded me of an article Mathias Schindler and I wrote a few years back, maybe you want to skim it, and even find something interesting in it.
http://journal.webscience.org/213/ Cheers, Denny 2011/10/24 Guillaume Paumier <gpaum...@wikimedia.org> > Hi, > > As you may know from previous postings to this list and the Wikimedia > Blog, I've been working on a document presenting MediaWiki's > architecture. The document will be integrated as a chapter in the > second volume of the "Architecture of open-source applications" book. > > The reason the Wikimedia Foundation agreed to do this, besides the > book, was because we thought that such a document would also prove > useful for new developers who want to familiarize themselves with how > MediaWiki works. See [1] for more context. > > I just finished most of the write-up, based on the input provided by > developers, on the documentation on mw.o, on the doxygen doc, and on > deep dives into the code. > > We'll submit the final draft to the book's editors in about a week, > but before that I'd like to ask you guys to review the document. > Mostly for accuracy (we don't want to publish something that contains > factual errors), but other comments are encouraged as well. > > Please try to centralize the feedback on the document's talk page to > avoid duplication between the mailing list and the talk page. > > You don't have to review everything; if you want to focus on a > specific section, that's fine, and I'll be grateful for any help that > you provide. > > Also, if you find the document useful, please say so on the talk page; > it's really difficult to assess the impact of this kind of work, so > any feedback will help us determine if we should attempt similar > endeavors in the future. > > The document is at: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_architecture_document/text ; > be bold and feel free to edit the page directly, unless the changes > are likely to be very disruptive. > > Many thanks in advance for your help; I'm available to answer any > question on- or offlist. > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_architecture_document > > -- > Guillaume Paumier > Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation > http://donate.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
