Hi everyone, The recent conversation about RSS and the subsequent questions about "What exactly is RSS?" got me thinking that we need to have a repository on the DDN website of commonly used jargon and their definitions. That way, we don't have to re-define certain terms on a regular basis for new DDN members - instead, we can point them to a definition on the DDn website.
We've recently installed a wiki on our server (http://wiki.digitaldivide.net) and I think this would be a great use for it. (Since we're talking jargon, a wiki is a website that anyone can visit and edit the text. Wikipedia.org, for example, is a wiki that allows people to create and edit their own encyclopedia definitions.) We could create definitions of terms like RSS, podcasting, blogs, ICT, etc, written specifically for the context of digital divide activists, plus link to other existing definitions on sites like Wikipedia. DDN members could even add their own words over time. For starters, I'd like to ask DDN members to email me off-list any terms they'd like to see defined. I can them compile a list of them, post them to the group, then ask for volunteers to offer definitions, as well as compile definitions that have been posted to the list previously. Since we'll be using a wiki, anyone will be able to go to the site, add a definition or edit one. So, please send me a list of any terms you'd like to see defined, and then I'll post a list of them so we can find volunteers to compile definitions for them. thanks, ac ------------------------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org ------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
