Maemo-Barcelona Long Weekend/Documentation

= Documentation workshop =

There will be a Documentation workshop in Barcelona, where we will discuss the needs of user and developer documentation during a half day, and have a "docfest" to work on a specific wiki task for another half day.

Just now our minds are being boggled by questions on Maemo documentation. Things like: what kind of info is needed, by what kinds of users, how should it be structured so that everyone finds what they need, what's the easiest way for you to add information, questions, answers, etc? How can we get more and better info onto maemo.org, how can we get beginners up and running in the quickest way possible? What questions are boggling your mind? Where do you look for answers?

And most of all: how should Maemo documentation be produced in the future? How can we ensure that community participation in documentation writing and maintenance continues to be possible?

Join us to brainstorm on this important area!

Schedule

 * Friday 4th December
 * Attend UX meets Code sessions, and find out expectations developers have of Maemo developer documentation
 * Participate in discussions of UX documentation


 * Saturday 5th December
 * Morning:
 * Brainstorming session, around the following core goal - how can we structure Maemo documentation and infrastructure to best facilitate work on Maemo? This question leads to others:
 * What do Maemo developers expect from documentation on maemo.org?
 * What do community documentation contributors expect from infrastructure?
 * What are the various roles of maemo.org and wiki.maemo.org?
 * How can we ensure that the Maemo wiki grows in a healthy way?
 * Should the focus of efforts be on writing new material or on cleaning up existing material?


 * Afternoon:
 * Working session to improve some content in the wiki and on maemo.org.
 * Consolidate and improve FAQs
 * Improve navigation to wiki from maemo.org & within wiki
 * Work on maemo.org/intro as an introduction & filter page for new Maemo visitors


 * Sunday 6th December
 * Morning:
 * Continue workshop from Saturday, or participate in UX meets Code workshop (to be decided)