[ckan-dev] Docs status

Mon Jul 4 10:53:23 UTC 2011

Anna,

Super - looks like a good document already.

People usually get confused about the distinction of data and metadata
(and also what these terms mean), and so it might be worth being
clearer about this in your text and diagram. CKAN is focussed on
metadata, but has a new (beta?) extension that can store the data -
Rufus knows more about this.

I've sent you some ideas sourced last week, so hopefully these can
expand on some of the points on the second page. I think the quantity
of the text is about right, but maybe we can tighten up some of the
language to include some of these points.

Also, here's a good quote from OKCon which may help. Andrew Stott was
the UK Government's Director of Transparency & Digital Engagement and
was responsible for the launch of data.gov.uk:
"Using Open Source was the best decision we ever made. A big thumbs up
to the Open Knowledge Foundation and CKAN."

David

On 4 July 2011 10:24, Anna Powell-Smith <annapowellsmith at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick update on docs.
>
> Currently, things are on hold, as I'm at the point of documenting
> common CKAN admin tasks, using paster etc, in the Admin Manual. I
> started writing questions into a Google doc, but quickly found that I
> had so many I couldn't continue without talking to someone from CKAN!
> So I'm planning to meet James in London on 12th May to go through
> these. Anyone is welcome to join us.
>
> In the meantime:
>
> 1. I've written a draft two-page overview of CKAN - the glossy,
> printed, two-page document we give to potential users. The graphic
> design is draft, more important at this stage is the content. Comments
> welcome: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u18fIfdJOQqk9PxUl1SnucRGR8w4axmrglCL05bM2Rg/edit?hl=en_US
>
> 2. I've hopefully left ckan.org in a tidy/correct state before I
> continue work, but let me know if I should update anything.
>
> best wishes
> Anna
>
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