[SeasonOfDocs] Geonetwork meeting notes

[Jo Cook]

Hi Cameron,

OK, we'll see what we can do. I'll begin by incorporating the comments we
have into a new document, and then try to get someone else to review it
asap.

Jo

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 1:01 AM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jo, others,
>
> If the improvements to the GeoNetwork Quickstart are better than what we
> currently have (which I suspect is the case), then I'd say we should
> include what we have in the upcoming OSGeoLive release.
>
> We can provide an improved version in the next release.
> On 15/7/19 6:27 pm, Jo Cook wrote:
>
> Hi Cameron,
>
> It's possible, but there's a few things that might trip us up. Firstly
> we've identified needing to find or create some additional pages on
> installation, which we probably won't have time to do. I appreciate these
> are not really required for OSGeo Live though so that might not be too much
> of a problem. Secondly we'd intended to get it reviewed by a technical
> writer, and we might not have the time to do that. If you're happy with it
> un-reviewed then we can certainly have a go.
>
> Jo
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 12:08 AM Cameron Shorter <
> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm really impressed with the quality of review being applied to the
>> GeoNetwork Quickstart.
>> I realise that timing is bad here, but if the quickstart source RST used
>> for OSGeoLive is updated within the next week or so, then it will be
>> included on the next OSGeoLive release.
>> Deadline for docs to be complete is 23 June 2019 [1].
>> It would be great to see your work showcased in the next OSGeoLive
>> release. Do you have the bandwidth to achieve this?
>>
>> I'd suggest first writing new text into the google doc version of the
>> Quickstart [2].
>> Then update the quickstart RST source [3].
>>
>> [1]
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO6zzmLFfprZGgp5x7Sjwi-EVN6NTGDR4KXvFVtNpR0/edit?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB#gid=0
>> [2]
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/117WkUYJUaOcCjxglcfKFkSKq6axyRKuO8iL9gLnvwYU/edit#
>> [3]
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/blob/master/doc/quickstart/geonetwork_quickstart.rst
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 at 20:18, Jo Cook <jo.k.cook at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Yesterday we had the second fortnightly meeting about the geonetwork
>>> component of Season of Docs, so I thought I'd give a quick summary.
>>>
>>> Since our first meeting, we've created a google doc of the Geonetwork
>>> quick start guide, and many people have provided constructive feedback on
>>> it. I'd like to give chance for a few more people to comment, then start to
>>> work in the improvements, and then hopefully get one of our wonderful
>>> technical writers to review.
>>>
>>> Byron Cochrane has created a spreadsheet of the current documentation
>>> down to sub-chapter level, with a quick overview of the current state of
>>> each sub-chapter, and this is going to act as our springboard for assigning
>>> sections of the documentation to volunteer reviewers to work through. We'll
>>> probably use the google docs approach for this as well, since it works well
>>> for collaboration.
>>>
>>> I still have an outstanding action from our first call to review the 3.6
>>> release notes and check that all new features have at least some
>>> documentation- hopefully I'll have chance to do this before our next call
>>> and feed the results into Byron's spreadsheet.
>>>
>>> Although Geonetwork 3.8 will soon be ready for release, we've decided to
>>> focus our documentation efforts on Geonetwork 3.6 as this will be the
>>> stable version for some time and it's the version that new users are more
>>> likely to pick.
>>>
>>> The links to the google doc Quick Start guide and the spreadsheet can be
>>> found here:
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#GeoNetwork
>>>
>>> If you'd like to join any of our fortnightly calls, then the link below
>>> shows you what time they are in all timezones- the next will be on Thursday
>>> 25th July. Please email me for an invite to the hangout.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Geonetwork+Meeting&iso=20190711T10&p1=136
>>>
>>> Thanks and all the best
>>>
>>> Jo
>>>
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