[Doc-SIG] proposal: a process for solving the Python Documentation Problem
Fredrik Lundh
fredrik at pythonware.com
Sun Jan 8 15:22:31 CET 2006
Chad Whitacre wrote:
> 0. Agree on a problem-solving process. :^)
I'll check back in 2020 ;-)
In the meantime, using a small number of 15-minute slots, I'll implement
a first draft of a pythondoc/edit-through-the-web solution for a wider
audience.
An outline follows:
> 1. Decide what documentation is in scope: Library Reference only?
> Language Reference as well? Everything?
Library reference plus relevant portions of the language reference.
> 2. Brainstorm the end-user formats we might possibly want to read
> documentation in: HTML, PDF, plain text, etc.
HTML (in this iteration).
> 3. Prioritize formats.
Done.
> 4. Crop the list to three or fewer primary target formats.
Done.
> 5. Define the information that needs to be encoded to support the given
> formats.
Done.
> 6. Identify the storage format that best balances ease of migration,
> maintenance, and authoring with adequacy to the task of encoding and
> making accessible the necessary information.
Done ;-)
> 7. Build, borrow, or buy the tools to migrate, maintain, author, access,
> and transform the information.
In progress. I'll let you all know when there's something to play with.
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