Sorry about the delay on this Scott.
I just attached Word Doc files for the Advanced Framework and
Framework Introduction Transcriptions:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBTECH/Advanced+Framework+Transcription+Work+Plan
-David
On Aug 12, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Scott Gray wrote:
Hi David,
I'd like to spend some time converting the framework docs into
confluence pages, which will hopefully make it more digestible for
inclusion in xsd files and the like. But I'm having trouble
extracting the text because of the 2 page layout in the pdf, do you
have any other formats available?
Thanks
Scott
2008/5/24 David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
As part of the effort to do a GA release of the framework
documentation can
play a big role in how much it is adopted and how well it is used.
This is
of course true for OFBiz in general as well, related to the framework
specifically for the point of this email.
Anyway, the more comprehensive body of knowledge I'm aware of is in
the
advanced framework training videos from Hotwax Media (previously from
Undersun Consulting). These are nearly 2 years old now, but still
cover
around 90-95% of the framework as it stands today.
The material includes lots of intro and overview text, lots of
reference
text (descriptions of EVERY xml element/attribute that existed at
the time),
and lots of example descriptions.
The video transcript and the framework quick reference book it
describes are
now available for free download on docs.ofbiz.org. They are
attached to a
page that I have started (not yet finished, help wanted on this
too) to list
every section of the transcription and who is working on it, and
what the
status is.
Please check out this page and help with this effort to get
annotations in
for every element and attribute in the OFBiz XSD files, and to
compile a
good set of intro/overview docs and example descriptions that
people can use
to learn about the OFBiz framework.
I plan to work on this myself, but it's a BIG project and we need
all the
help we can get.
Note that to edit many of these things you need access to the
technical
documentation space on the docs.ofbiz.org site. If you have not
already
volunteered for helping with docs and you don't have permission,
please let
me know and we'll talk about your planned involvement and then
decide on the
best way to move forward so you can help out.
Please note that all XSD changes should be submitted as patches
through
Jira.
I'm excited to see this happening, and want to thank the partners
at Hotwax
who are behind this direction and have released the IP of this
stuff to make
it happen.
The page in Confluence on docs.ofbiz.org is here:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBTECH/Advanced+Framework+Transcription+Work+Plan
-David
