Embedded Wiki Design

Here are some notes on CELF's new idea to create an embedded wiki.

from AG meeting

 * current wiki is too CELF-centric
 * new wiki focus should be embedded, but with CELF as a sponsor
 * could look for other sponsors as well
 * current wiki is very unorganized (just like all wikis)
 * need to methodically maintain content, but it doesn't happen
 * need to have a specific project to organize content and maintain it
 * no volunteers
 * should be able to fund a part-time person for task of initial implementation
 * maybe 10-20K cost

Tim's Notes

 * this might compete with commercial sites (linuxdevices?)
 * probably not - won't be a news site
 * should augment or reference existing materials
 * need to go in and categorize content after each conference (CELF or otherwise)
 * should be highly useful to average embedded developer
 * content should be organized by???:
 * feature areas: boot time, power management, real time?
 * technology areas: synchronization, XIP, file systems, audio?
 * development tasks: configuration, development, debugging, tuning?
 * need "clusters" of pages
 * how to get people to contribute?
 * idea for e-mail based micro-contributions??
 * request and/or pay people for articles in specific areas?
 * have to avoid "I'm not the page owner" syndrome
 * site has to become popular within open source community
 * need to actively market the site?
 * need to open it up to Japan audience
 * need translations of pages
 * this didn't get very far on the original wiki - How to improve?
 * how to avoid wiki rot?
 * automatically re-validate pages over time using a micro-contribution system?
 * ability to sort page by age of last update/last validation?
 * how to avoid wiki-spam?
 * use latest Moin Moin
 * how to make it easy to publish
 * automatic system for handling data (charts, graphs, etc.)
 * need to unlock and refactor content in presentations.
 * Should get original presentations as well as PDFs so they can be put onto wiki pages

Some notes on building a community
See this article: How to Turn Lurkers Into Posters