[Tinyos-alliance] Re: TInyOS Documentation Working Group charter

[Matt Welsh]

Please find below a revision to the TinyOS Documentation WG charter  
as discussed.

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The TinyOS Documenation Working Group will develop tools and  
infrastructure for development, dissemination, and maintenance of  
TinyOS-oriented technical documentation online. A major aspect of  
this effort will involve development of a TinyOS documentation  
website. We plan to work with the TinyOS Alliance to integrate this  
new website into the overall tinyos.net site, to migrate appropriate  
content from tinyos.net to the new site, and resolve any overlap  
between the two.

In addition, we will work to foster a community of documentation  
writers and maintainers using online tools such as Wiki sites,  
mailing lists and forums, and an
appropriate policy for contributing documentation. We wish to  
emphasize that the Documentation WG does not intend to write all  
documentation itself. While it will manage a small amount of core  
documentation in order to ensure it stays up to date, such as the  
basic tutorials and installation instructions, its primary goal is to  
seed a community for greater contributions.

Membership will be determined by the chair in consultation with the  
WG members.

Our rough timeline:

Fall 2007: Set up basic website and tools, start planning effort
Late 2007-early 2008: Initial TinyOS "howto" documents written and  
policy for contributing new documents established; public launch of  
documentation website
Spring 2008: Revision of site structure if necessary to accomodate  
influx of community-contributed documentation
Summer 2008 onwards: Maintenance of site and periodic cleanup of  
online materials.

Members:

Matt Welsh, chair <mdw at eecs.harvard.edu>
Phil Levis <pal at cs.stanford.edu>
August Joki <august at cs.ucla.edu>
Michael Schippling <schip at santafe.edu>
Steve McKown <rsmckown at yahoo.com>
Benjamin Madore <bcmadore at cs.pitt.edu>
Ákos Maróy <darkeye at tyrell.hu>
David Culler <dculler at archrock.com>
Kevin Klues <klueska at gmail.com>