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Posted to dev@ofbiz.apache.org by Shi Yusen <sh...@langhua.cn> on 2008/09/23 22:05:25 UTC
Re: Learning Experience and Documentation Help - The Advanced
Framework Videos Transcript
David,
I'll try to translate these docs in Chinese later in this year. What a
license statement could I use? :)
Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.
在 2008-09-22一的 23:59 -0600，David E Jones写道：
> Sorry about the delay on this Scott.
>
> I just attached Word Doc files for the Advanced Framework and
> Framework Introduction Transcriptions:
>
> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBTECH/Advanced+Framework+Transcription+Work+Plan
>
> -David
>
>
> On Aug 12, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Scott Gray wrote:
>
> > Hi David,
> >
> > I'd like to spend some time converting the framework docs into
> > confluence pages, which will hopefully make it more digestible for
> > inclusion in xsd files and the like. But I'm having trouble
> > extracting the text because of the 2 page layout in the pdf, do you
> > have any other formats available?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Scott
> >
> > 2008/5/24 David E Jones <da...@hotwaxmedia.com>:
> >>
> >> As part of the effort to do a GA release of the framework
> >> documentation can
> >> play a big role in how much it is adopted and how well it is used.
> >> This is
> >> of course true for OFBiz in general as well, related to the framework
> >> specifically for the point of this email.
> >>
> >> Anyway, the more comprehensive body of knowledge I'm aware of is in
> >> the
> >> advanced framework training videos from Hotwax Media (previously from
> >> Undersun Consulting). These are nearly 2 years old now, but still
> >> cover
> >> around 90-95% of the framework as it stands today.
> >>
> >> The material includes lots of intro and overview text, lots of
> >> reference
> >> text (descriptions of EVERY xml element/attribute that existed at
> >> the time),
> >> and lots of example descriptions.
> >>
> >> The video transcript and the framework quick reference book it
> >> describes are
> >> now available for free download on docs.ofbiz.org. They are
> >> attached to a
> >> page that I have started (not yet finished, help wanted on this
> >> too) to list
> >> every section of the transcription and who is working on it, and
> >> what the
> >> status is.
> >>
> >> Please check out this page and help with this effort to get
> >> annotations in
> >> for every element and attribute in the OFBiz XSD files, and to
> >> compile a
> >> good set of intro/overview docs and example descriptions that
> >> people can use
> >> to learn about the OFBiz framework.
> >>
> >> I plan to work on this myself, but it's a BIG project and we need
> >> all the
> >> help we can get.
> >>
> >> Note that to edit many of these things you need access to the
> >> technical
> >> documentation space on the docs.ofbiz.org site. If you have not
> >> already
> >> volunteered for helping with docs and you don't have permission,
> >> please let
> >> me know and we'll talk about your planned involvement and then
> >> decide on the
> >> best way to move forward so you can help out.
> >>
> >> Please note that all XSD changes should be submitted as patches
> >> through
> >> Jira.
> >>
> >> I'm excited to see this happening, and want to thank the partners
> >> at Hotwax
> >> who are behind this direction and have released the IP of this
> >> stuff to make
> >> it happen.
> >>
> >> The page in Confluence on docs.ofbiz.org is here:
> >>
> >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBTECH/Advanced+Framework+Transcription+Work+Plan
> >>
> >> -David
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
Re: Learning Experience and Documentation Help - The Advanced Framework Videos Transcript
Posted by David E Jones <jo...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Feel free to translate it and either license under the Apache License
2.0 or something like that, or just copyright it but distribute it for
free like we're doing.
-David
On Sep 23, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Shi Yusen wrote:
> David,
>
> I'll try to translate these docs in Chinese later in this year. What a
> license statement could I use? :)
>
> Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.
>
>
> 在 2008-09-22一的 23:59 -0600，David E Jones写道：
>> Sorry about the delay on this Scott.
>>
>> I just attached Word Doc files for the Advanced Framework and
>> Framework Introduction Transcriptions:
>>
>> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBTECH/Advanced+Framework+Transcription+Work+Plan
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>> On Aug 12, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Scott Gray wrote:
>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> I'd like to spend some time converting the framework docs into
>>> confluence pages, which will hopefully make it more digestible for
>>> inclusion in xsd files and the like. But I'm having trouble
>>> extracting the text because of the 2 page layout in the pdf, do you
>>> have any other formats available?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> 2008/5/24 David E Jones <da...@hotwaxmedia.com>:
>>>>
>>>> As part of the effort to do a GA release of the framework
>>>> documentation can
>>>> play a big role in how much it is adopted and how well it is used.
>>>> This is
>>>> of course true for OFBiz in general as well, related to the
>>>> framework
>>>> specifically for the point of this email.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, the more comprehensive body of knowledge I'm aware of is in
>>>> the
>>>> advanced framework training videos from Hotwax Media (previously
>>>> from
>>>> Undersun Consulting). These are nearly 2 years old now, but still
>>>> cover
>>>> around 90-95% of the framework as it stands today.
>>>>
>>>> The material includes lots of intro and overview text, lots of
>>>> reference
>>>> text (descriptions of EVERY xml element/attribute that existed at
>>>> the time),
>>>> and lots of example descriptions.
>>>>
>>>> The video transcript and the framework quick reference book it
>>>> describes are
>>>> now available for free download on docs.ofbiz.org. They are
>>>> attached to a
>>>> page that I have started (not yet finished, help wanted on this
>>>> too) to list
>>>> every section of the transcription and who is working on it, and
>>>> what the
>>>> status is.
>>>>
>>>> Please check out this page and help with this effort to get
>>>> annotations in
>>>> for every element and attribute in the OFBiz XSD files, and to
>>>> compile a
>>>> good set of intro/overview docs and example descriptions that
>>>> people can use
>>>> to learn about the OFBiz framework.
>>>>
>>>> I plan to work on this myself, but it's a BIG project and we need
>>>> all the
>>>> help we can get.
>>>>
>>>> Note that to edit many of these things you need access to the
>>>> technical
>>>> documentation space on the docs.ofbiz.org site. If you have not
>>>> already
>>>> volunteered for helping with docs and you don't have permission,
>>>> please let
>>>> me know and we'll talk about your planned involvement and then
>>>> decide on the
>>>> best way to move forward so you can help out.
>>>>
>>>> Please note that all XSD changes should be submitted as patches
>>>> through
>>>> Jira.
>>>>
>>>> I'm excited to see this happening, and want to thank the partners
>>>> at Hotwax
>>>> who are behind this direction and have released the IP of this
>>>> stuff to make
>>>> it happen.
>>>>
>>>> The page in Confluence on docs.ofbiz.org is here:
>>>>
>>>> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBTECH/Advanced+Framework+Transcription+Work+Plan
>>>>
>>>> -David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>