[Directory-discuss] Status report

[Joshua Gay]

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Hello! I owe you all a status update. The short update is as follows.
All of the data has been imported onto our staging server 
(directory-dev.fsf.org). A little more work needs to be done with 
templates and forms by me over the next few hours. Once completed, I 
will move on to providing a slightly more detailed roadmap of what needs 
to be tested, as well as documentation on how the wiki is currently 
organized. So, you can expect a follow-up email later today.

I have also put together a slightly more detailed status report and some 
notes on workflow, below.

From: <http://directory-dev.fsf.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page>

== Status Report 14 April, 2011 ==

* ''' Staging server''': We have created a staging server called 
directory-dev.fsf.org; if you want access, simply log-in with your FSF 
account and then email me (jgay) and I will give you administrative access.
* '''Data migration''': To the best of our knowledge, anyhow. We believe 
we have successfully moved all of the data from the existing 
directory.fsf.org over to the wiki.
* '''Forms/Templates''': Are not yet complete, but we are rapidly 
approaching completion. When this is complete, testing and review will 
need to be done before we can launch. Further notes on workflow below; 
although detailed documentation on how this wiki is organized 
(Properties, Templates, Forms, et al) is not yet completed.
* '''Backlog of work''': There is a backlog of work (updates and new 
submissions). We will likely create an RT queue to deal with such work. 
Eventually we may be able to move task-management over to the wiki 
itself, but, currently such requests are in RT.

=== Workflow ===

Our basic workflow is that '''users with administrative credentials''' 
will be able to edit and post entires to the directory. Such entries can 
be made visible to internal search and querying of the wiki as well as 
crawled by search engines. The entires can be added or edited using a 
form, [[Form:Entry|''Form:Entry'']] (creation of detailed documentation 
for how forms, templates, etc. are organized should be coming soon).

'''Users without administrative credentials''' will not be able to edit 
pages/entries within the Main namespace.  However, they will be able to 
contribute new submissions to the ''Review'' namespace. Pages in this 
namespace will not appear in search results or queries on the site, nor 
will they be crawled by search engines. Users will be able to submit new 
entries using the form, [[Form:Submit|''Form:Submit'']].

When Entries have been approved, administrators can move them from the 
Review namespace over to the Main namespace for official publication on 
the Free Software Directory.