Re: [Exist-open] How many people would be open to a KickStarter project for a new documentation of eXist?

[Casey J. <cas...@jo...>]

We would be interested in this if it was DITA based. And of course the
easyDITA CMS (http://easydita.com) built on eXist is available to the eXist
community for free use.

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Dan McCreary <dan...@gm...>wrote:

> Perhaps Loren's project is more about creating a general purpose
> DocBook-centric publishing tool that could be used by anyone that
> wants to do single-source document publishing and creating a
> easy-to-load app our of the work.  Added tools that would ingest the
> Wikibooks (XQuery, XRX and XForms) would be a very nice component that
> we had discussed.  Having a very high quality search tool for all the
> various exist documentation (as well as app documentation) is really
> important to getting new users up to speed quickly.
>
> Perhaps your book is more about the "content" of how to use eXist and
> Loren's project is more about the "tools".
>
> Just a thought.
>
> - Dan
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Erik Siegel <er...@xa...> wrote:
> > Hello Loren,
> >
> >
> >
> > Good initiative. But are you aware that Adam Retter and me are together
> > writing a real book about eXist for O'Reilly (yes, an official one with
> an
> > animal at the cover)? If all goes according to plan, it should be there
> > 2Q13.
> >
> >
> >
> > That is not saying we no longer need documentation (not at all!). But
> maybe
> > it shifts focus towards more reference and less "overall explaining"?
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyway, I'm not sure whether I have the time to actually help you but I
> do
> > would like to stay informed about this.
> >
> >
> >
> > Erik Siegel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Van: Loren Cahlander [mailto:lor...@gm...]
> > Verzonden: maandag 24 september 2012 22:16
> > Aan: exi...@li...
> > Onderwerp: [Exist-open] How many people would be open to a KickStarter
> > project for a new documentation of eXist?
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello folk,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am wondering what the reception of a KickStarter project for a refresh
> of
> > the documentation of eXist.  I am currently in the position to be able to
> > take the time to do this as my sole project.  If I were to take this on
> as
> > my sole project, then I would need funding for my time.
> >
> >
> >
> > I do have the beginnings of the project underway at
> > http://greatlinkup.com:8080/exist/apps/docs/index.html
> >
> >
> >
> > I am working with Dan McCreary and Dave Finton on a DocBook 5 to HTML 5
> > XQuery typeswitch transform function module to facilitate the project.
> >
> > The project is to be written using DocBook 5 at informational structure
> of
> > the documentation.
> >
> >
> >
> > While I was at ZH Computer, my work allowed me the time to restructure
> the
> > function docs for the Java based XQuery function modules.
> >
> >
> >
> > If there is enough interest from the group, then I will create the
> > KickStarter project.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Loren
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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