Re: Wiki qualms

My concerns with doing so much in the Wiki setting is that we are in danger of
"jumping on [our] horse and riding off in all directions".  I think that the
Wiki might (now) be good for collecting use cases, particularly with the
post-facto requirements on the use cases.  However, I am less sanguine
concerning the use of a Wiki for even enumerating compatability methods,
particularly with the very small amount of initial control on the compatability
part of the Wiki.

peter


From: Christopher Welty <welty@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Wiki qualms
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:21:26 -0500

> 
> Bijan, 
> 
> FWIW, the wiki is not replacing the current practice for publishing notes 
> - this will still be done in the same manner as other WGs. 
> 
> In particular:
> 
>                  1) a small number of editors who commit drafts to cvs
>                  2) discussion carried out primarily on the mailing list 
> (and in 
> meetings of course)
>                  3) changes to drafts announced to the mailing list
> 
> Will all still be true of notes, recs, etc. - the "formal" products of the 
> WG.
> 
> The wiki is merely a place to coalesce the initial contributions, and 
> especially to facilitate communication and "getting to know" each other. 
> The glossary, e.g., will (I hope) be a tremendous resource for us. 
> 
> -Chris
> 
> Dr. Christopher A. Welty, Knowledge Structures Group
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