samredai commented on a change in pull request #59:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-docs/pull/59#discussion_r813153720



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File path: README.md
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@@ -31,20 +31,30 @@ The Javadocs are in the `./javadoc` directory.
 
 ## Relationship to the Iceberg Repository
 
-The `documentation` folder in the [Iceberg 
repository](https://github.com/apache/iceberg) contains all the markdown docs 
used by the website.
-The `common` subfolder contains contents used by the landing page.
-The `versioned` subfolder contains the contents different for each version.
+All markdown pages that are part of a versioned released are maintained in the 
iceberg repository. All pages common across all version releases are
+kept here in the iceberg-docs repo. A few exceptions are the markdown files 
that can be found in the `format` folder in the iceberg repository and contains
+markdown files that are copied to `./landing-page/content/common/format`.
+
+`apache/iceberg`
+- The `docs` folder in the [Iceberg 
repository](https://github.com/apache/iceberg) contains all the markdown docs 
used by the **versioned** docs site.
+- The `format` folder contains some items that are common accross all 
versions, such as the Iceberg format specification.
+
+`apache/iceberg-docs`
+- The `docs/content/docs` folder is a mirror of the `docs` folder in the 
iceberg repo and the target when copying the docs over during a release
+- The `landing-page/content/common` folder is where you can find the common 
markdown files shared across all versions
 
 During each new release, the release manager copies contents from the Iceberg 
repository to this docs repository and cuts a new version branch.
-Contents under `common` are copied to `./landing-page/contents/common` here,
-and contents under `versioned` are copied to `./docs/contents/docs` here.
+Contents under `docs` are copied to `./docs/content/docs` here,
+and contents under `format` are copied to 
`./landing-page/content/common/format` here.
 Javadocs generated from the release are copied to the `javadoc` directory.
 
 # How to Contribute
 
 ## Submitting Pull Requests
 
-Changes to the markdown contents should be submitted directly in the Iceberg 
repository.
+Changes to the markdown contents for **version** specific pages should be 
submitted directly in the Iceberg repository.
+
+Changes to the markdown contents for common pages should be submitted to this 
repository against the `main` branch.

Review comment:
       Added the following:
   
   > In summary, you can open a PR against where you find the related markdown 
file. There are no duplicate markdown files between the `master` branch in the 
iceberg repo and the `main` branch in the iceberg-docs repo.




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