I’m curious how people, especially newcomers, will find the Glossary. Will there be a link to Resources within the Tasking Manager? As a newcomer I could not find resources or a Help button. Finding these things is not intuitive and should be. There’s plenty of room in the menu bar for a select few menu items, possibly including a dropdown for Resources?
Suzan On Jul 24, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Nick Allen <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Personally I'd prefer a single glossary within LearnOSM [1] which is available in many languages. If you don't know what a term or acronym means, you won't know where to search for it, hence my preference for a single glossary. LearnOSM is linked from a number of sources which are HOT related and is expected to provide the answers for those who wish to donate their time and expertise through HOT. For instance visit the Tasking Manager [2] now and you will find 5 of the first 6 tasks refer to 'IDP Informal camps'. You will not find an explanation of 'IDP' within many other glossaries. Perhaps a search of the TM for other terms that should be included? The search engine of LearnOSM only searches for the title of a module or guide, so it will not find words within the module or guide itself. It would make sense to have all of the entries listed in alphabetic order to make finding the terms easier, although you can also use the 'Ctrl+f' function to search most documents. For most subjects within the glossary I believe it would be sensible to provide a short explanation, but then link to another site that has a fuller explanation for those who wish to explore further. Many people have helped to provide translations for LearnOSM and hopefully they will continue to support HOT by continuing with their production of translations. We've just started using Transifex [3] for our translations, which should make the process simpler. We're more likely to be able to provide more translations for a glossary on LearnOSM than an entry somewhere else is able to provide. [1] http://learnosm.org/ [2] http://tasks.hotosm.org/ [3] https://www.transifex.com Regards Nick On 24/07/15 17:28, althio wrote: > Hi all, > > I am not sure how to handle the glossary mixture of: > - basic OSM terms > - basic HOT terms > - advanced HOT/Activation terms > > I mean the growing glossary page could become overwhelming for a beginner. > > What do you think? > All glossay in one continuous page? One page, sections by topics? > Differents pages, one glossary by section > (beginner/JOSM/remote/Activation...)? > > > > Back to the content, a few proposals: > - We could read through the content of LearnOSM to flag terms that > need to be included in the glossary (best done by newcomers!) > - We could take a pick in the OSM wiki glossary and see if any of > those terms is used in LearnOSM > [OSM wiki glossary] > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Glossary > > > > Best > > althio > > On 13 July 2015 at 22:51, Yachtsman Dev > <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> My name is Anwaario and I am one of the LearnOSM Interns this summer. >> >> I have been tasked with improving the LearnOSM glossary . >> >> Help us make the LearnOSM glossary more informative by forwarding your >> vocabulary suggestions. >> >> This is an ongoing project and new terms will be added and live as soon as >> they are approved by my mentors. >> >> All replies should be sent directly to both me and the list. >> >> >> Respectfully, >> >> >> >> Anwaario >> >> -- >> >> >> skype: hahafresh >> email: >> [email protected] >> >> phone: 415.562.6927 >> intern/blog: >> https://yachtsmandev.wordpress.com/ >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Anwaario >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot -- Nick Volunteer 'Tallguy' for https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Tallguy _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
