Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Press Release 90

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27 Feb 2020, 01:55:47 (4 years ago)

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camerons

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Press Release 90

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 1 March 2020
 
-A documentation-only version of the [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeoLive GIS software collection] has been released, featuring improved documentation for over 50 open source, standards compliant geospatial applications.
+Are you wondering what OSGeo docs would look like if they were written by senior technical writer? Then check out the latest [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/overview.html OSGeoLive Quickstarts] [0]. All English Quickstarts have been reviewed and improved by Felicity Brand as part of [https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs Google Season of Docs] [1]. We're so chuffed with the quality and consistency she's achieved that we've published them in a docs only point release of OSGeoLive, version 13.1. (We've also re-introduced our presentation, thanks to fixes from Seth.)
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+What else happened with OSGeo's Google Season of Docs?
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+* OSGeo doesn't have a definitive glossary of terms, so we've started aggregating glossaries, which led to a bunch of OSGeo folks kicking off a [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lexicon_Committee GeoLexicon] [2] project.
+* There was no definitive open source doc templates, so we've created them in [https://thegooddocsproject.dev/ TheGoodDocsProject] [3].
+* Another tech writer was allocated to GeoNework.
+* We [http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2019/12/why-qgis-docs-team-is-struggling.html reviewed QGIS's doc challenges] - and found a bunch of lessons which will likely be valuable for other projects too.
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+For more detials, check out [https://flicstar.com/2019/11/27/project-report-for-season-of-docs-2019/ Felicity's report] [2].
 
 == Successful results from the Google Season of Docs program ==
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+The OSGeo Foundation was lucky enough to be allocated two technical writers from the 
 
 The OSGeoLive team submitted projects for consideration in the 2019 [https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs Google Season of Docs] program. [1]
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 A successful match with technical writer, Felicity Brand, resulted in a concerted effort to improve the quickstarts for the applications on the OSGeoLive distribution. 
 
-Felicity worked with the OSGeoLive team to review our quickstart template and implement changes to the documentation to ensure accuracy and consistency. [2] 
+Felicity worked with the OSGeoLive team to review our quickstart template and implement changes to the documentation to ensure accuracy and consistency. [4] 
 
 == About OSGeoLive ==
  
-OSGeoLive [3] is a ​Lubuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. You can use OSGeoLive to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything.
+OSGeoLive is a ​Lubuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. You can use OSGeoLive to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything.
 
 
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+[0] http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/overview.html
 
 [1] https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/participants/project-osgeo-1
 
-[2] https://flicstar.com/2019/11/27/project-report-for-season-of-docs-2019/
+[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lexicon_Committee GeoLexicon
 
-[3] ​http://live.osgeo.org
+[3] https://thegooddocsproject.dev/ 
 
+[4] https://flicstar.com/2019/11/27/project-report-for-season-of-docs-2019/
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