Hi Paul,
It's a sweet solution! I'm just giving it a quick run but will definitely
go over it more thoroughly and offer some constructive thoughts. :)
Ron
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Paul Newby wrote:
> Some time ago there was some discussion about
> setting up something to make it easier to dig
> up content from the Midgard mailing list archive
> that should be included in the documentation.
> Scripts were written for this so-called 'archive
> mine', but were never activated for various reasons.
> Nevertheless, the application has been slowly
> grinding away in utter darkness, and now there's
> an experimental site dedicated to the idea of
> closer links between dialog and documentation...
> see
>
> http://www.commentext.org.
>
> There's a demo forum and an associated document,
> and some linking utilities to promote interchange
> between the two. The forum provides a familiar
> vehicle for dialog, and the linked document is
> intended to make it easier to retain and focus the
> information that comes up in the dialog in a
> structured format. The document is set up so
> that anyone can create new versions; however,
> existing versions are not affected and there are
> editorial hooks available to allow versions to
> be stamped as 'approved' by editors/administrators.
> Such approval would usefully be employed to
> steer the content of the document and would help
> to channel the dialog in the forum.
>
> Lots of challenging issues to resolve, particularly in
> the area of linking between the forum and document
> verisons, and how these links should be propagated
> into new versions; there are also quite a few usability
> issues to address. Any comments or suggestions from
> anyone who tries the demo would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul N.
>
>
>
