Mark, Mark Johnson wrote: > > Kevin Cullis writes: > > I'm currently focusing on cataloging Linux Documentation and was > > wondering if Debian would like to adopt my cataloging system of Linux > > Documentation? My web site will be up in the next couple of months, but > > you can get the jest of it here: > > > > http://www.linuxloc.com > > > > I'm categorizing all of the HOWTOs, man pages, etc into a system which > > will have five approaches to find an answer. > > Hi Kevin, > > I saw a post you made to the ldp-meta list. Are you planning to use > the Open Source Metadata Framework (OMF)?
Yes, I've even posted to the OMF regarding adding some metadata categories to it's current specs, but have not heard anything concerning it. > > This stuff looks pretty interesting, and potentially useful. Does it > require the creation of a separate OMF entry for each doc to be > catalogued? If so, do have a means to automate the process for > DocBook? I'm currently only focusing on the cataloging effort, what goes where, etc., but I'll need some help with DocBook since I'll have to learn that. > > Since I package some docbook xml stuff for debian, I'm interested in > how we might make use of the OMF without increasing the > workload. (Hmm... sounds suspiciously like I'm asking for that elusive > free lunch again...) I'm all for preventing an increase in workload. > > > My intent is not to write the documentation, but provide a system > > whereby you can see what docs need to be produced by the gaps which are > > left. > > > Good luck! Sounds like a major undertaking. It's actually larger than I expected involving more issues that I had expected, but that's the challenge then. About this project, consider that Yahoo only provides a browsing way of finding information and I intend to do more. Thanks for the interest. Kevin
