[ckan-discuss] Documentation!

Tim McNamara paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz
Mon May 16 22:51:03 BST 2011


One thing to start with might be a flow chart that shows the steps of
implementing CKAN.

We also need to make it easier to compare CKAN with other offerings. I don't
know if that means a feature matrix and tick boxes.

Tim McNamara  |  @timClicks <http://twitter.com/timClicks>  |
timmcnamara.co.nz


On 17 May 2011 05:39, Seb Bacon <seb.bacon at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In an attempt to kickstart the improvement of CKAN documentation,
> Rufus has (perhaps misguidedly) appointed me "Documentation Czar" (I
> prefer Grand Poobah of Description).  I think the idea is that I'm
> hereby given some authority to cajole or annoy people into writing
> some documentation and putting it in the right place, so watch out all
> ;)
>
> Rufus has suggested it leans towards the more enterprisey / business
> decision / non technical end of the spectrum, and I think I agree.
> Our developer-focussed documentation could always be better, but I
> think it's pretty good.
>
> Before I get started, does anyone have any opinions or ideas?  Which
> audiences should we prioritise?  What kind -- pretty pictures, howtos,
> topic guides, white papers, manuals?  Are there specific topics that
> should be tackled first?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Seb
>
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