Re: Making the Tao a web page

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Mon, 04 June 2012 06:03 UTC

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On 6/4/2012 12:36 AM, SM wrote:
> At 14:33 01-06-2012, Russ Housley wrote:
>> So, I am left with a few questions:
>> - What is the similar forcing function if we use a wiki?
>> - Will the number of people that can make updates eliminate the need
>> for such a forcing function?
>> - Who designates the editor-in-chief of the wiki?
...
>   ...  Instead of discussing the above questions it is easier
> to create an Wiki page and leave it to anyone with a tools login who
> cares to update it.


In effect, the wiki construct becomes a form of incrementally-updatable 
internet draft.  For documents involving procedures rather than 
products, this well might be a better working base than I-Ds...

But with the I-D model superimposed.

That is, perhaps what makes this workable is imposing an editor role 
onto the wiki and assign responsibility for monitoring changes to the 
editors?  (It might even be worth integrating it into the rest of the 
I-D administration environment?)

Note that this still leaves a place for published snapshots as RFCs.

d/
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  Dave Crocker
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