<div dir="ltr"><div>I think we're at the point where we can formalise this and put it somewhere prominent.</div><div><br></div><div>We can always refine it further if we need to outside of this list.</div><div><br></div><div>But until it's published somewhere off-list, it doesn't really exist. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Should this be it's own Wiki page? </div><div><br></div><div>Should this be part of the Summer of Docs page (that page is getting rather long now)?</div><div><br></div><div>What do you all think feels right?</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Jared Morgan<div>M: +61413005479</div><div><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/117309635670089895654/posts/p/pub" target="_blank">Google+</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/!#/jaredmorgs" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/jaredmorgs" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 12:20, Christopher Pettit <<a href="mailto:c.pettit@unsw.edu.au">c.pettit@unsw.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Subject:</b> [SeasonOfDocs] Fwd: What is our vision?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">I agree that it is a good list (thanks Cameron for starting this). I've added one more point, and suggested a bit of word-smithing (explanatory notes below):<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(56,87,35)">* quick and simple procedures for contributors to add content;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span class="gmail-m_2525660176468897374gmaildefault"><i><span style="color:rgb(56,87,35)">* high level of visibility and recognition for contributors;</span><span style="color:rgb(56,87,35)"><u></u><u></u></span></i></span></p>
<p><i><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)">* Clear and intuitive documentation</span><span class="gmail-m_2525660176468897374gmaildefault"><span style="color:blue">;</span></span></i><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="word-spacing:1px"><i><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)">* </span><span class="gmail-m_2525660176468897374gmaildefault"><span style="color:blue">C</span></span><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)">over</span><span class="gmail-m_2525660176468897374gmaildefault"><span style="color:blue">ing</span></span><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)"> the </span><span class="gmail-m_2525660176468897374gmaildefault"><span style="color:blue">evolving
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<p style="word-spacing:1px"><span class="gmail-m_2525660176468897374gmaildefault"><i><span style="color:blue">* Structured to meet the diverse needs of the OSGeo community;</span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="word-spacing:1px"><i><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)">* </span><span class="gmail-m_2525660176468897374gmaildefault"><span style="color:blue">Designed to invite and facilitate user contributions; and</span></span><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)"> </span></i><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="word-spacing:1px"><span class="gmail-m_2525660176468897374gmaildefault"><i><span style="color:blue">* Linking to relevant external learning resources</span><u></u><u></u></i></span></p>
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<p style="word-spacing:1px"><i><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)">* ... and what else ??? </span></i><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Replaced "QGIS and GeoNetwork" with "OSGeo" as it is succinct and enduring (evolving)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Added "community" (but kept "user" on the next line) as it is broader and reflects core OSGeo values (that we want to promote?)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">"Structured" (could be designed?) meaning not just the writing style, but also including consideration of how different resource types integrate (manuals, tutorials, etc.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">"Invite and facilitate" -- a bit more expansive than "lowers the barrier"?<i> (e.g., would it be possible/desirable to allow comments at the bottom of doc pages, thereby inviting and facilitating minimal effort
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">"Linking..." to pick up my earlier comments about the potential to consider how official documentation can complement/integrate with other resources.<span class="gmail-m_2525660176468897374gmaildefault"> May be too ambitious, but worth considering
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri., 31 May 2019, 19:22 Jo Cook, <<a href="mailto:jo.k.cook@gmail.com" target="_blank">jo.k.cook@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As a further vision for the overarching Google Season of Docs project, I would like to add:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"Lowering the barriers for users to contribute to documentation"<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Our email thread has covered multiple topics, so I've changed the title and am focusing here just on the question of "Vision":<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> Jared Morgan wrote: Do we have a learning vision defined for the project? Where would I<br>
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Matteo wrote: what do you mean exactly here? The type of contribution an user wants to<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jared Morgan wrote: Apologies for not being specific enough here. What I'm curious about is whether we have any overarching learning goals that we would like users to get out of existing training modules.<br>
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<p>Great question Jared. Research [1] [2] into open source has identified success metrics to include:
<i>"vision" and "opportunity to identify alignment with the community"</i>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Defining a vision is harder than asking. As we don't seem to have a ready answer yet, I suspect we either haven't articulated our vision, or we have room to improve it.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>I was hoping to cut-and-paste a clear vision from our OSGeoLive home page, but it appears we have work to do as our vision is spread across multiple places.
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<p><i>OSGeoLive is a self-contained bootable USB or Virtual Machine based on the Lubuntu Linux distribution, that is pre-installed and pre-configured with over 50 of the best GeoSpatial Open Source applications along with sample datasets. It contains clear
and consistent Overviews and Quickstarts for each application. This allows people to quickly learn the breadth of OSGeo software, and is regularly used in workshops and training sessions or is being handed out at conferences.</i><u></u><u></u></p>
<p>What is our vision for QGIS and GeoNetwork documentation and this Season of Docs initiative? Maybe:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><i>* Clear and intuitive documentation</i><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><i>* Which addresses our key user groups (defined as ???)</i><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><i>* Which covers the breadth of rapidly innovating QGIS and GeoNetwork software
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<p><i>* ... and what else ??? </i><u></u><u></u></p>
<p>[1] <a href="http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2018/11/comprehensive-research-into-open-source.html" target="_blank">
http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2018/11/comprehensive-research-into-open-source.html</a>
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<p>[2] <a href="https://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2018/12/catching-elusive-episodic-volunteer.html" target="_blank">
https://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2018/12/catching-elusive-episodic-volunteer.html</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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