Thanks a lot, Andrea for your feedback. I will make the changes you 
suggest, as they are good. I have commented on a few below:

Andrea Aime wrote:
> Looked a bit into it. Some general feedback:
> - the tutorial assumes familarity with SVN, it would be nicer to provide 
> a link to a zipped file with everything needed to setup the tutorial

The config includes a build.xml to create the zip (this is the usual way 
I distribute my configs), but would the zipped file need to go in SVN to 
be included in the docs? I need to understand :download:.

> - the tutorial uses property files. Developers are comfortable with 
> them, but I think no normal user has ever seen that data source in 
> action. Some explanation about it is probably required

Is there a property file tutorial or documentation for 
PropertyDataSource in the user or developer manual?

> - in gml:id mapping, why OCQL? I've heard of ECQL (extended) but never
>    about OCQL

Neither have I. This term was used before I joined the project. I have 
emailed some likely suspects for an explanation.

> Finally, I'm a little concerned about the many referencing to your
> wiki... as in, how long is that wiki going to be around? Plus, say you
> work on new features, how do you ensure the GeoServer 2.0 documentation
> points to the state the wiki had for 2.0, and not the current one? (in
> other terms, how to ensure the documentation is versioned?)

Your concern is well-justified. All the configuration documentation on 
the seegrid wiki has to be migrated to the GeoServer user manual. There 
is no other sensible way to manage it. Now that we have a Hudson for 
trunk docs, there is no reason not to move it as soon as we have time. 
In my view, this piece of work is not complete until we have done so.

Thanks again for your extensive and useful feedback.

Kind regards,

-- 
Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]>
Software Engineer, CSIRO Exploration and Mining
Australian Resources Research Centre
26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington WA 6151, Australia

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