The openSUSE Wiki team has announced that it is in the last preparations to launch the new wiki for the openSUSE project this coming Monday. “As with all shiny new things the new wiki is different than the old one. But different how? You can sum that up in one word: Structure,” quips the teamThe current wiki is online since the start of the openSUSE project in 2005. The team thought that there is a need to structure the content for the user-groups they have, provide better means of navigation than simple links, work on standardised templates and make sure that the most prominent content is of an acceptable quality.
So this is what they have come up with -- the content in the new wiki is separated by topic in a couple of namespaces. “Most prominently the main namespace (with no prefix) for the presentation of the latest openSUSE Distribution, think of it as the product brochure, for people who are new to openSUSE and maybe to Linux in general. The support database’s SDB: namespace for people who have a problem with the openSUSE distribution and seek written instruction on how to solve it. And the openSUSE community’s openSUSE: namespace to collaboratively write on documentation for their projects and teams. With namespaces we ensure that the right content in the right form reaches the right users,” it elaborates.
The openSUSE Wiki team has also made changes in navigation, which now happens through portals; and styling, now styling of content happens through templates. Also, prominent namespaces (currently: Main & Portals) in the new wiki are subject to a quality assurance (QA) process to ensure articles meet the required quality.
Click here to see the current state of preparations for the new wiki. .
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