FYI.
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Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:03:28 -0700
From: Rick WIdmer <[email protected]>
Reply-To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <[email protected]>
To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <[email protected]>
Subject: [aprssig] aprs101a milestone
Wb4APR: Please be sure to read the note to Bob near the end...
All:
For those who have not yet heard, I am compiling what I currently call
aprs101a.pdf. This will be a document that combines aprs.org/doc/APRS101.PDF
and aprs.org/aprs101.html into a single document. It should be a one-stop
document showing the current state of the 1.1 version of the APRS
specification.
It is still a long ways from completion. So far I have finished merging web
pages into the document. The current counts are:
202 web pages from aprs.org
82 broken links in aprs.org pages
9 web pages from 5 other sites
1080 pages of letter size paper
188 sections
I expect the page count to shrink quite a bit as I apply proper formatting to
the document, and remove duplicate information.
The first file I am releasing is a list of all the web pages I have added, and
how they are linked together on the web. The link appears below, followed by a
description of what it contains.
The list can be described as aprs11.html, everything it links to, and pretty
much all the links in those pages until there are no more links... unless I
thought something clearly did not belong in the specification. I am avoiding
decisions on what to add, and just putting most everything in. There is
certainly too much included, but I am working from the assumption that it will
be easier to trim than add later on.
My next project is to work on formatting with emphasis on making sure that the
table of contents and outline view are valid. Then I will drag things around
in outline view for a while. Hopefully by the time that is done, I will have
info on the broken links currently in the specification, and I can merge a few
more web pages before I upload the first preview.
I am assuming it will be fairly easy to get Bob to allow the use of content
from the aprs.org web site, but it is necessary to get permission from the
owners of the pages found in "Files added from other web sites" starting about
page 92 of the manifest before the full document can be released.
If you are the owner of: wa8lmf.net, www.wxsvr.net, www.aprs-is.net,
core.aprs.net, www.aprs2.net I will be asking for permission to add parts of
your web site to the APRS specification. Well not the specification itself,
since your pages are already linked into the specification, but the new
combined document I am working on.
My list of web pages added to aprs101.pdf to create aprs101a.pdf so far can be
found here:
http://rickwidmer.com/manifest01.pdf
Inside that file you will find records like:
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PC2satgateA.txt *
URL:
http://aprs.org/astars/PC2satgateA.txt
Notes:
Reference:
See ‘Error! Reference source not found.’ on page Error!
Bookmark not defined..
Referenced From:
astars.html
GO32-ops.html
Links merged into this document:
astars.html
iss-faq.html
Broken links-- left out:
http://satgate.aprsca.net:14701/
Changelog
11 JUL 2006
--------------------------------------------------
Each section is named after a web page that has been added - PC2satgateA.txt in
this example.
Reference - This is the text that replaces existing links to this page. They
are broken in this extract, but work properly in the full document.
Referenced From - These web pages have links pointing to the current web page.
Links merged into this document - links in this web page that have been merged
into the document.
Links to external web pages - Links that remain pointing to the web.
Broken links – corrected - Hitting this link fails, but I was able to identify
and include the content.
Broken links – removed - Hitting this link fails, so leave it out of the
document.
Links intentionally left our of this document - For some reason I chose not to
include this web page.
Most of the file name only entries (like astars.html) are links within this
document. Those that are complete web addresses (like
http://satgate.aprsca.net) are links to the Internet. Both are click-able in
both .doc and .pdf versions. At least most of them. The others are bugs...
There is no need reporting them yet.
On the other hand suggestions on things that should be left out, or things I
left out that should be added are welcome.
Bob: Please search through this document for the word 'broken'. This will show
you all the broken links I've found on aprs.org. Hopefully you can use this to
fix or remove them fairly soon. If so, please keep a list of the original URL
and and correct URL for any pages you can find the proper target, as well as
the URL of links you decide to remove from your site. That will make syncing
the web site and document much easier for me...
If you don't have time to update your site now, a list of any updated URLS you
know off the top of your head would be helpful...
Many of the broken links are pages from either www.ew.usna.edu or
web.usna.navy.mil. I found a few correlations but there are many more that I
don't have a valid link for.
Thanks,
Rick KD7VKZ
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