[libreoffice-l10n] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Proposal: Documentation workflow and cooperation between NL teams

Hi Michael,

thanks for your proposal. I had a quick look at it.

2010/12/26 Michael Wheatland <michael@wheatland.com.au>:
> Hi David et al,
> As I had promised, it is Boxing day, and my idea has been developed
> into something more than just a scribble on a scrap of paper.
>
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOffice_documentation_workflow_proposal.odp
>
> The idea is to promote structured coordination between documentation
> language teams to allow concepts and content to flow from one language
> to another without restricting how the concept is implemented in any
> NL document.
> I have built the idea from the documentation workflow that Jean
> proposed we use from the OOoAuthors site, including an editing and
> review process for every proposed change regardless of language.
>
> I am not sure what direction language teams have taken regarding
> documentation and if this proposal fits in with any existing plans,
> could someone comment on this?
>
> I would appreciate feedback to the open questions at the end of the
> document, if you have a constructive opinion, I am more than happy to
> adapt the approach if something is more appropriate / better outcome.

To answer some of your open questions:

We should also have a look at pootle, since Sophie is running a test
to use it for translation purposes (see her announcement here:
<http://go.mail-archive.com/Hn9qvZS2yGYyXSWq7P0JtElbvo0=> ). Pootle is
a tool, that is known to many translators, so it might be useful to
take it into account as well. We'll see what the result is of this
test.

Btw, I'm not sure, that Jean recommended using the Wiki for developing
the documentation. I would say it was more the opposite. :)

I would like to have a common template among all the languages, so I'm
in favour of this idea.

For having the same structure: I think, the headings are chosen to
have a logical layout and flow of the text. So in my opinion, it would
make sense to have a similar structure in the other languages as well.
But I would not force other language teams to have the same structure.
Maybe there is a good reason, why they want to change it.

So I'll stop here for now - if I have more to say, I'll send another mail. ;)

Sigrid

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