I noticed that some Wiki's let you build forms for input. I've been thinking about using forms myself.
-- Dustin Puryear President and Sr. Consultant Puryear Information Technology, LLC 225-706-8414 x112 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ Tim Fournet wrote: > we're using wiki for our collaborative documentation, but it is by no > means clean, and there's nothing to ensure accuracy. It's great for > quickly inputting vital info, then coming back to format later, but > there's nothing in the way of enforcing consistency or forcing it to be > used. It may be better in the below listed case to build something with > customized forms where users can input data where it goes, and keep > track of and build searches of the data that's been input > > > > willhill wrote: >> Here's an interesting question a friend had about documentation. The >> hospital >> where I did my rotation used Microsoft Word. They were relatively "clued >> up" >> but I hate to give my enthusiastic friend an answer like that. >> >> Has anyone migrated to a wiki? Is anyone using subversion? >> >> On Thursday 28 August 2008, my friend wrote: >> >>> .... >>> As part of ISO-17025 requirements we have to have a clean and >>> accurate documentation system. He [his bos] started off using LaTeX >>> some years ago then found DocBook and hasn't looked back. >>> >>> On the face of it docbook sounds cool. It goes a level higher than >>> TeX/LaTeX to concentrate the writer's attention almost solely upon >>> content (ostensibly a goal of LaTeX but even TeX doesn't escape >>> some effort in devotion to layout). >>> >>> If you have heard of anything like docbook or perhaps something >>> even more powerful do let me know. I was wondering, for example, >>> what the really clued-up quality assurance physicists use in the >>> smarter/smaller medical physics institutions, since if anyone would >>> know or rely upon elegant documentation systems they would, >>> I'd guess. I'd imagine a fair few hackers involved in large developer >>> base collaboration projects would also use tools highly fit for >>> purpose. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://esva.puryear-it.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id= > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
