Michele Zarri wrote: > On 7/31/07, Jean Hollis Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Snip!] > > > One possibility is to continue to *produce* our new material in >> ODT as we have been doing, but *maintain* it on the wiki after >> initial publication. Of course, that still leaves the problem of >> generating updated ODTs from the wiki. > > > The ODT should still be the master. I would also add that the update of the > wiki should only take place when a major revision takes place and there > should be a pointer to the OOoAuthors web site for those who may prefer to > read the user guide offline or print some selected parts. > The only advantage of the Wiki is probably the possibility to search for > keywords however, if we continue to provide pdfs, they are normally indexed > by search engines so the same can be done on OOoAuthors (it just requires a > bit more effort).
Let me jump in here. The most compelling advantage of a wiki as opposed to "offline" formats or a classical website is easy collaboration and contribution. So ultimately, using the wiki "just" to publish documentation would IMO be the wrong approach. I agree that the wiki currently is not set up for allowing to edit and publish documentation in book format. So I understand the reservations. However, I would like to work on the wiki and functionality around it to enable just that - work on files on the wiki and release them as a book through export to ODF/PDF/HTML. Maybe I'll fail miserably ;-) In any case, I would like to invite you to observe what's going on and see if we can come up with something that would fulfill the requirements. Thanks Frank -- Frank Peters, Documentation Project Co-Lead The OOo Documentation Project: SIGN UP - PARTICIPATE - CONTRIBUTE IT'S FREE! NO OBLIGATIONS! http://documentation.openoffice.org http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation
