[Lexicon] GeoLexicon (OSGeo Glossary) pilot kicking off

Wed Sep 16 12:54:47 PDT 2020

Lexicon folks,
The OGC have published a post about our project. It will be interesting to
see if we get any collaborators join us.

Thanks Simon for publishing - I like your image.

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 00:45, Simon Chester <schester at ogc.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> Apologies for the delay. The blog post has now been published at:
> https://www.ogc.org/blog/3292
> Keep an eye on Twitter (links in sig) for a post about it later today, and
> tomorrow on LinkedIn. Please feel free to share it in your network.
>
>
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> On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 at 15:36, Scott Simmons <ssimmons at ogc.org> wrote:
>
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> We have a new Blog volunteered for the OGC website. OGC is involved in
>> this effort with the GoodDocs project.
>>
>> The blog should be attributed to Ankita Tripathi and Cameron Shorter. I
>> only made a few minor edits and additions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Scott
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *Ankita Tripathi <ankitatripathi.2312 at gmail.com>
>> *Subject: **Re: GeoLexicon (OSGeo Glossary) pilot kicking off*
>> *Date: *August 23, 2020 at 11:45:39 PM MDT
>> *To: *Scott Simmons <ssimmons at ogc.org>, Rob Atkinson <ratkinson at ogc.org>
>> *Cc: *Scott Simmons <ssimmons at opengeospatial.org>, Alyssa Rock <
>> alyssa.rock at gmail.com>, Naini Khajanchi <khajanchi.naini at gmail.com>, "
>> standards at lists.osgeo.org" <standards at lists.osgeo.org>, Reese Plews <
>> rplews at tc211tmg.org>, Ronald Tse <tse at ribose.com>, Gobe Hobona <
>> ghobona at ogc.org>, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>>
>> Here is the link to the blog:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OAXSXcnBbZGZC9JX2622SStcKAqcuWo5L8_ZqkHLyTI/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Do comment.
>> Add suggestions.
>> Let us know if we missed out on anything.
>> Best Regards,
>> Ankita Tripathi
>> Tech Writer| Content Strategist
>> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/writer-tripathi/>
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>> <https://twitter.com/ankita_2312> | Schedule a call
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>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 10:50 PM Ankita Tripathi <
>> ankitatripathi.2312 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>> Cameron and I have drafted our blog for the OGC blog site. Please check
>>> it out, let us know if we should add more details or cut on some.
>>>
>>> @Rob Atkinson <ratkinson at ogc.org> Do you think we could modify or add
>>> some details?
>>> Scott <ssimmons at ogc.org> Looking at the blogpost, when do you think we
>>> can go live with this?
>>>
>>> Would really love some feedback.
>>> Looking forward to active participation from this community!
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Ankita Tripathi
>>> Tech Writer| Content Strategist
>>> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/writer-tripathi/>
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/writer-tripathi/>| Twitter
>>> <https://twitter.com/ankita_2312> | Schedule a call
>>> <https://calendly.com/writer_ankitatripathi/15min>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 5:12 AM Cameron Shorter <
>>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Scott,
>>>> Ankita and I are pulling a blog post together. We should have something
>>>> ready for you within a week or two.
>>>> Cheers, Cameron
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 00:24, Scott Simmons <ssimmons at ogc.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Cameron,
>>>>>
>>>>> OGC is certainly interested as we are building our Definitions Server
>>>>> with the express purpose that it be part of a larger ecosystem. I have
>>>>> copied Gobe Hobona (who leads Knowledge Management at OGC and works closely
>>>>> with Rob on our projects).
>>>>>
>>>>> Per Rob’s comment on linking standard writing and terminology
>>>>> management, we’ve gotten good at doing this manually (usually
>>>>> pre-publication), but have a desire for an integrated reference system for
>>>>> terms, documents, resources, etc. that editors can access during document
>>>>> preparation.
>>>>>
>>>>> We’d welcome a blog post on the OGC website!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Scott
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 16, 2020, at 9:21 PM, Rob Atkinson <ratkinson at ogc.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Cameron
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott - I think we need to spend some time mapping out how
>>>>> "glossaries" interact with specifications - and make sure we start off with
>>>>> linking specification writing processes into terminology management - both
>>>>> as a consumer and producer.
>>>>>
>>>>> for the broader community, OGC is looking to leverage OAS (Swagger)
>>>>> self-documentation capabilities - but at this stage we dont have a specific
>>>>> project looking at how to link terminology and API and specification
>>>>> processes together optimally, and if there are folk out there who feel
>>>>> willing able and/or expert enough to comment on this any input would
>>>>> be appreciated, and IMHO a best practice should be a key output of this
>>>>> documentation project
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Rob AtkinsonSenior Research Engineer | Open Geospatial Consortium
>>>>> (OGC)*
>>>>> Mobile: 61-419-202-973
>>>>> ratkinson at ogc.org <JFath at ogc.org> | ogc.org
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 12:14 PM Cameron Shorter <
>>>>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey Scott,
>>>>>> I'm not sure if you've been CCed on any of the developments around
>>>>>> the GeoLexicon project that we are kicking off?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As you can see from the participants in the manifesto linked in the
>>>>>> thread below, Rob, Reese and Ron are already involved.
>>>>>> Beyond their contributions, I think the OGC could really help by
>>>>>> lending your name to the project, and inviting OGC member organisations to
>>>>>> stand up their own glossaries as part of the pilot.
>>>>>> This could potentially start with a blog post that one of our tech
>>>>>> writers (CCed) could pull together, based on our project manifesto.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 07:11, Cameron Shorter <
>>>>>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi OSGeo folks,
>>>>>>> A bunch of communities are coming together to address cross-domain
>>>>>>> management of glossaries in a pilot running August - December 2020. In
>>>>>>> particular, we will be building an OSGeo Glossary, as well as custom
>>>>>>> glossaries for any OSGeo project that wants one and is prepared to help
>>>>>>> select and define your term list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Project manifesto is at:
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fjrl34ErnYammel9WmvXJ3rMWFANjoSiiGyyNSYOXUg/
>>>>>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fjrl34ErnYammel9WmvXJ3rMWFANjoSiiGyyNSYOXUg/edit#>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to introduce you to Ankita, Alyssa, and Naini who are tech
>>>>>>> writers who've volunteered to define and document our processes and
>>>>>>> glossaries. You'll likely be hearing from them over the next month or two.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Primary communication will be on this email list:
>>>>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/lexicon
>>>>>>> (Check your spam for your confirmation email when subscribing -
>>>>>>> gmail seems to have picked out "lexicon" as a problem word.) We will likely
>>>>>>> set up a slack channel as well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you'd like to join our kickoff meeting, please vote for your
>>>>>>> preferred timeslot at:
>>>>>>> https://doodle.com/poll/6uwxyngtse4rzxsk (Week of 23-29 August).
>>>>>>> (We might need two timeslots)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Communities involved:
>>>>>>> * Tech writing
>>>>>>> * Data modelling
>>>>>>> * OSGeo
>>>>>>> * OGC
>>>>>>> * ISO
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hope you'll join us,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>>>> Technical Writer, Google
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>>> Technical Writer, Google
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>> Technical Writer, Google
>>>>
>>>>
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Cameron Shorter
Technical Writer, Google
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