discuss: New HOWTO: Self-certifying File System (SFS)
Subject:
Re: New HOWTO: Self-certifying File System (SFS)
From:
Stein Gjoen ####@####.####
Date:
3 Feb 2005 19:44:34 -0000
Message-Id: <42027F5C.4050500@mail.nyx.net>
Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 06:58:22PM -0000, G Ferguson / LDP wrote:
>
>>>>>I feel there is a need for overview documents for wide
>>>>>topics with relevant links to specific HOWTOs too.
>>>>>
>>>>Wouldn't it be better then to make the HOWTO index a bit more desciptive?
>>>>This was suggested on the feedback mailinglist last week.
>>>>
>>>I second this. I also made a suggestion how it could be done:
>>> http://www.nyx.net/~sgjoen/doc_index.html
>>>
>>That's really not any more *descriptive* than the current HOWTO
>>index is it? It states the abstract, which is what we do now. The
>>difference is that it contains links to the different variants for the
>>document (postscript, pdf, plain text etc)
>
> I like the full list of links provided by Stein's version. I think it will
Thanks.
> be difficult to do the list of keywords though. How would this information
> be extracted from the documents? Maybe once there is a standardized CMS
> that stores the meta-data this is something that authors could be asked to
> provide for their documents.
Keywords (and categories) are part of the HOWTO Generator features and
could be part of the Review process.
Lampadas, CMS and workflow management are excellent tools we all hope
for but do not yet have. In the meantime, would a simple and plain
text file be sufficient? Or HTML? I always like to start from simple
solutions and grow upwards rather than making huge leaps.
> The feedback links are interesting, but i don't think Tille will want the
> feedback to go to feedback@. I know in the Author Guide all the feedback@
> addresses were changed to discuss@. I'd also combine the author links into
Just tell me what address you want and I will update the prototype.
Should we implement a new address for such semiautomated replies? That
could simplify extraction of metrics.
> a single, "Feedback to the author" and then in brackets "(positive feedback
> and corrections are welcome)" or something like that.
If you click on these links you will see the mail client come
up with a lot of fields ready filled in. I am aiming for maximum
user friendliness without going Clippy or Bob (insert TM at will).
>>I could easily produce such a list from my existing scripts, if that's
>>what we want and folks feel it would make for a better "index".
>
> I'd say it's more of a table of contents than an index...you say potayto I
> say potahto.
Is it a vice or presidential to say potatoe?
Do we have your vote too? And something for the weekly news?
Regards,
Stein Gjoen
