[Lexicon] Deciding on a website and repository for our glossary project

[Reese Plews (ISO/TC211 - TMG)]

hello Cameron, i am sorry i was not able to attend the meeting last
week. i will be there tomorrow. please see my comments inline below,
which we can also discuss tomorrow. 

thank you, 

reese

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On 2021-09-12 16:49, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> In our last meeting, we discussed providing a landing page for our project. Thanks Michael for the suggestion. 
> 
> So this off-week we'll have a meeting to discuss hosting questions. 
> (You will only need to come along if you have an interest in our domain selection.) 
> 
> In preparation, questions I expect we need to cover: 
> 
> A. What content do we want to include? Maybe: 
> 1. A landing page and and associated project pages (about the project, contact details, etc) 
> 2. How-to pages describing the various design patterns for using distributed glossaries. 
> 3. A URL to store our glossary schema profile (which will be referenced by other schemas). 
> 
> i agree with A1 and A2. i do not really understand A3 probably because it was discussed in a meeting i could not attend. i look forward to that discussion tomorrow. 
> 
> B. Where should we store our git repository? 
> 1. glossaries.github.com [1] 
> 2. thegooddocsproject.github.com/glossaries [2] 
> 3. something else? 
> 
> in my opinion, this "landing page for our project" should be tied to the thegooddocsproject; i dont see OSGEO managing this type of project and the domain is larger than OSGEO so based on my current understanding of "the project" i think thegooddocsproject is best 
> 
> C. Where should we put the home page? Maybe: 
> 1. Fit under The Good Docs Project, with maybe: https://thegooddocsproject.dev/glossaries or  https://glossaries.thegooddocsproject.dev 
> 2. Fit in github? (Maybe start here, then move later.) 
> 3. Take over ownership of an existing domain, such as https://www.geolexica.org/ . Ron, what are your thoughts on this? 
> 4. Find a new domain? 
> 
> here too, i think the "homepage" should be "at" the gooddocs project site... 
> 
> regarding C3... geolexica.org is a content discovery site for other geolexica sites, it is not a project page. i do not think there should be any "take over" of the existing geolexica domain, it is fine the way it presently is. 
> 
> D. What else? 
> 
> again i appologize for not being in the last meeting... if there is time some clarifications about the project would be helpful. i thought the project was already "at" thegooddocs site/page... 
> 
> anyway, i look forward to the meeting, thank you, 
> 
> reese 
> 
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> 
> Cameron Shorter 
> Technical Writer, Google 
> 
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Links:
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[1] http://glossaries.github.com
[2] http://thegooddocsproject.github.com/glossaries
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