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> 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.
> >
> >
> >
