[ckan-discuss] Documentation!

Tue May 17 10:35:13 BST 2011

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Tim McNamara
<paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote:
> 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  |  timmcnamara.co.nz

+1 On both of Tim's ideas.

Is it worth trying to use the following as a basis:

http://wiki.ckan.net/Managing-Data-Packages
http://wiki.ckan.net/Searching_Packages
http://wiki.ckan.net/Creating_and_editing_Packages ?

They should (when finished) cover three main topic areas... More could
be added...

>
> 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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