[General] [Last Call] OSAF Wiki for Preview

[Katie Capps Parlante]

Hi Priscilla,

I'd support your proposal.

Perhaps we could make "ask everyone to go through and deprecate" more 
concrete -- I don't think we actually want *everyone* to be sidetracked 
by this project.

We could divide it up and assign owners to different pieces. Certainly 
it makes sense to give some of this to me, Philippe, Sheila, yourself, 
Ted, Aparna, etc.

Would it make sense for you to list out high level categories which we 
could assign owners to? If it is not immediately obvious, I can work 
with you on the categories/owners.

Cheers,
Katie

Priscilla Chung wrote:
> Not sure if everyone had the chance to read this. Please speak up if you 
> have any questions/additional comments on this proposal for the wiki.
> 
> *Next Actions:*
> + After creating some templates/styles for the new wiki we plan to copy 
> and migrate all the existing files over. Then ask everyone to go through 
> and deprecate old pages which are no longer useful.
> 
> See additional options and full proposal below.
> 
> *Timeline:*
> We're working towards mid/end December (oh yes it's Dec already!) to 
> update the framework and look-and-feel, then a second round in 2007-Q1 
> for final wiki pruning.
> 
> Thanks, -Priscilla
> 
> 
> On Nov 27, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Priscilla Chung wrote:
> 
>> The current wiki is running Twiki 4.0.1; the new wiki will run Twiki 
>> 4.0.5. The default templates on the new wiki are CSS-based, and we'll 
>> be updating the look-and-feel to be based on the new default templates.
>>
>> *GOAL*
>> Our goal is to try and have people pointing to the new wiki before the 
>> Preview launch dates. This will help make things easier for people 
>> outside the organization to find the most recent information when 
>> running searches on the wiki (and in Google). 
>>
>> *OPTIONS*
>> The following options have been proposed. The pros and cons of each 
>> are listed out on the wiki 
>> page: http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Journal/DraftWikiProposal
>>
>> + Option 1: Copy and migrate all the existing files over, ask everyone 
>> to go through and deprecate old pages which are no longer useful.
>> + Option 2: Start completely fresh. Perhaps even to use a different 
>> wiki. Link back to the old wiki site, but as a read-only view. The old 
>> wiki site will not be maintained, only one wiki will be 'in production'. 
>> + Option 3: Copy only selected pages over. Link back to the old wiki 
>> site, but as a read-only view. So if people would want to move a page 
>> over to the new wiki after migration, they would have to create a new 
>> page on the new Twiki. Once again only one wiki site is in production 
>> and maintained.
>>
>> *PROPOSAL*
>> + The wiki team will be working on new templates, layout and sections 
>> based on the taxonomy work by 
>> Ted/Mimi: http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Journal/WikiReTaxonomy
>> + We're deciding to go with option #1: Copy all the wiki pages and 
>> migrate all the existing files over to the new server. Excluding some 
>> obvious sections ie. trash, other pages which are deprecated. 
>> + Locate all the important pages and map them to the new hierarchy. 
>> ie. Journal to Notes section, some sections in 'Projects' need to be 
>> moved to the new 'Planning' section.
>> + Ask everyone to do some wiki gardening on their own sections 
>> and deprecate any pages which are no longer relevant.
>> + Send out a last call to review any last wiki pages left on the old 
>> wiki site.
>> + The plan is to only have a single wiki in production, so after the 
>> defined 'cut-off' date all the old content will be available under the 
>> new UI. 
>> + Continue to follow up with more wiki pruning into 2007 as needed.
>>
>> *TIMELINE*
>> We're working towards December to update the framework 
>> and look-and-feel, then a second round in 2007-Q1 for final wiki pruning.
>>
>> We'd like to ask if anyone has any concerns before we move forward 
>> with the proposal.
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