Dear all,

I have surfaced for a few hours, only to head back into the puna before the water freezes solid. I can only address the most important issues right now and I will take the rest of them back with me into the field to work on over the next few days (it doesn't freeze inside the pickup if there is a warm body and a running laptop in there).

I think it best that the Issue Tracker is great for public review from the perspective of the Darwin Core Working Group. Having everything there to organize and "track" is exactly what that is for. I have updated the code site "Home" page http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/ to be more explicit about the location and use of the Issue Tracker. I think that is a better place for specific issues about the documents than the tdwg-content list. I think the tdwg-content list is the best place for more philosophical discussions (non-decisive ramblings) that don't point out specific errors or make specific requests. Once the philosophical discussions result in action items, that's when they should go into the issue tracker.

What I don't know, and would very much appreciate someone new to try, is to see what submitting public review commentary would be like. It's all too natural to me at this point to have an realistic perspective for new contributors, which almost everyone will be. Also, this is the kind of thing I for which I would have to be connected to the internet to properly visualize from other possible perspectives. I won'thave that luxuryfor another week or so.

As I said, I embellished the darwincore Project Home page with respect to the issue tracker. Non-owners and non-project-members will be able to use one of two currently existing issue templates - Report Error (the default) and New Term. These templates can be changed to be more helpful, more can be added if necessary. Anyone with a few spare minutes could give these a try and let us know how it can be made more clear. Don't be afraid to submit a false issue, just note them as such in the summary and/or description. Then, when you have a suggestion, submit it for real as an issue!

Thanks,

John

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Gail Kampmeier gkamp@illinois.edu wrote:

Regarding the message sent last night on using this list for the public review, I have now run into another prospective method on http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/ --the "Issue Tracker" but it has no link... where is this?  Is this it http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/list ?  Is it suitable for public review or should this be more internal to your working group?

Would you rather I be using something other than this list to post questions?  I know John is in the field, but please someone else jump in if you can help.  I am hoping to send this to the Exec once I finish going through it myself.

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