[SAC] Re: Wiki and Names Spaces

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at pobox.com
Thu Apr 27 10:13:43 EDT 2006


Arnulf Christl wrote:
> Hi,
> I guess that we should follow two different paths (hmmm, this might also 
> be discussed in the Wiki I guess. Hmm hmm, I guess too much I guess. :-)...
> 
> 1. Set up a separate Wiki for each project (it seems like MapGuide would 
> like to have one too). Then we can delve into the use of InterWiki links 
> which I think are "the way" to (technically seen highly loosely) connect 
> Wiki content very firmly.
...
> I think I would prefer the first way to do it as it keeps content 
> separated and much more better organizable. I am heavy user of "recent 
> changes" and I expect the changes list to reflect on one type of 
> content. With respect to OSGeo I would not want to see too many 
> "Mapbender has corrected this typo" and "GDAL has resolved this bit 
> shift issue" but rather see what OSGeo does. Whenever something major 
> does happens in one of the other project (Wikis) it can be added (fx) to 
> the news section of the OSGeo Wiki and who is interestd then cann follow 
> the InterWiki link to the corresponding MapGuide/GDAL/Mapbender/WhatEver 
> Wiki.
> 
> Additionally this would allow GeoTools to stick with their choice of 
> Confluence Wiki and GRASS to keep with whatever they have, etc. Its up 
> to the projects to choose to migrate and the projects have to make sure 
> their InterWiki links work fine. We have done this when we migrated from 
> ewiki to Mediawiki half a year ago and it still works.
> 
> Anybody in need of migration or setup support can contact us.
> 
> The longer I come to think of it the better I like version 1.

Arnulf,

I like the idea of one set of Mediawiki software with different backend
databases.  This sounds relatively easy to manage centrally.  Perhaps we
will consider this a longer term todo item for SAC (at which point we
might well come asking for some help).  For me there is no pressing hurry.

I might need to read up a bit on "InterWiki links" which I gather are
different than simple urls.

Thanks for your help.

Best regards,
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