Re: [SKOS] developing the SKOS Semantics and SKOS Primer as wiki drafts

Hi Alistair,

I think I agree with what you propose, this is clearly a nice way to 
deal with the fact these documents are likely to be edited in a 
collective way.

I have however concerns about the readability of the final document and 
its 'ready-to-export' propriety. The many colors and tables, and the 
lack of auto;atic numbering in the wiki (or at least in your document) 
might cause problems. One thing is sure: hacing distinct pages for 
editing these sections in an easy way is a requirement ;-)

Cheers,

Antoine
> Hi all,
>
> This email explains how I propose to develop the SKOS Semantics and SKOS Primer.
>
> I've set up a wiki draft for the SKOS Semantics at:
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> <http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SKOS/Semantics>
>
> and for the SKOS Primer at:
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> <http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SKOS/Primer>
>
> Note that these are not simple wiki pages. Each document is broken down into a number of major sections. The content for each major section is included from a sub-page.
>
> So, for example, the introduction section for the SKOS Semantics is included from:
>
> <http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SKOS/Semantics/Introduction>
>
> These documents are likely to get quite big, and so I propose to use this include mechanism to make editing individual sections easier.
>
> Note also that, because content is included from other pages, there *will not* be any citable URLs for specific snapshots of the SKOS Semantics wiki draft or the SKOS Semantics wiki draft, although there *will* be citable URLs for specific revisions of each major section.
>
> For example, the URL below denotes the 14th (currently latest) revision of the introduction section for the SKOS Semantics wiki draft:
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> <http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/SKOS/Semantics/Introduction?action=recall&rev=14>
>
> I propose to develop these wiki drafts section by section, and then at appropriate times I will manually create a snapshot of the whole wiki draft and publish it as an editor's draft outside of the wiki.
>
> Also, where I am the owner of a SKOS issue, and where there is some consensus on the issue already, I may use sections of these wiki drafts as proposed resolutions to the issue, rather than make a separate proposal first via email or another wiki page - this is just to make my life easier, and I'm more than happy for other issue owners to propose resolutions as they see fit.
>
> How does that sound?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alistair.
>
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> Alistair Miles
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Received on Friday, 15 June 2007 13:17:01 UTC