BTW, this wiki page includes a diagram of the workflow used by ODFAuthors for many years for docs production. The descriptive text is a bit out of date (especially info on naming convention) and not relevant to Alfresco (again, naming convention), but the general flow is one I think should be adapted to work with the Alfresco tools. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#First_steps_with_the_Documentation_team
--Jean On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > David, I see you have provided the Enterprise edition of two of the > Alfresco manuals. Aren't we using the Community Edition of Alfresco? > Are there differences? Or perhaps Alfresco has not updated the > Community Edition manuals? > > --Jean > > On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ah, I now see these are PDFs. That helps! --Jean >> >> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi David, >>> Thanks for starting this discussion, even though your timing is unfortunate >>> for me. I am travelling, with limited Internet access and only inconvenient >>> ways to view ODT files on my iPad. I may not get a chance to deal with this >>> until mid-August, but I'll try. >>> >>> --Jean >>> >>> On 04/08/2012, at 6:00, David Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Jean, Sanket, guys, >>>> >>>> If you have time, I would just like to start a brainstorming about the >>>> docs team workflow, as it is now and how it might be if Alfresco was >>>> the primary working platform. >>>> >>>> For this, I have downloaded Alfresco documentation from the Alfresco >>>> project about "generic" use of Alfresco Share (Share is what is >>>> installed and operating at http://alfresco.libreoffice.org). At the >>>> same time I also downloaded the Alfresco project's Alfresco >>>> administration guide. >>>> >>>> I have posted these on the LibreOffice Alfresco platform in a folder >>>> at Repository> English> Community> Alfresco Documentation. >>>> >>>> These documents are not ideally suitable for offering to new docs team >>>> contributors and Alfresco admins, as they don't address the particular >>>> context of the LibreOffice project as such, and because they contain >>>> information that is really surplus to the needs of those audiences. >>>> But they can provide an excellent jumping-off point, and some of the >>>> material can be used in adapted form in guides that fit the >>>> LibreOffice project's specific needs. >>>> >>>> Might I suggest that you take a look? In particular, the "Getting >>>> Started with Alfresco Share Collaboration" manual would be >>>> particularly relevant to Jean and docs team workers. The "Alfresco >>>> Enterprise 4.0.2 Administrator's Guide" would be of particular >>>> interest to Sanket and other admins. The "Alfresco Web Quick Start >>>> User Help" gives an idea of what Alfresco admins and LibreOffice team >>>> leaders could possibly build for individual teams; but the first two >>>> mentioned guides are probably of the most interest. >>>> >>>> In addition, there's another useful resource online at >>>> http://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/index.jsp that sometimes duplicates >>>> what's in the .pdf guides above but that also contains coverage of a >>>> few aspects not to be found in the guides. >>>> >>>> Jean, guys, I was wondering if you'd be willing to start a discussion >>>> about what your ideal workflow is/would be? >>>> >>>> Cedric Bosdonnat, I was wondering if you might give us an idea of the >>>> progress with CMIS support within LibreOffice? I'm curious about this >>>> as it could have a big impact on how team workers would interact with >>>> the Alfresco platform, i.e. via their local LibreOffice software >>>> rather than via the http://alfresco.libreoffice.org site. >>>> >>>> The end result after this brainstorming should be that we have some >>>> kind of outline that can be used for an Alfresco section in the docs >>>> team contributor's guide. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> David Nelson >>>> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
