Re: Server-based (hosted) documentation and user comments (DocBook?)

[quills -at- airmail -dot- net]

Peter,

I would say that what you describe could either be accomplished as a 
BBS, or as a WIKI. In either instance requiring posters to be 
registered before posting, would winnow the comments somewhat. You 
could further control postings by having the comments moderated and 
requiring approval before they are posted in general. PDF is usually 
a good method of providing the base document and you can incorporate 
the comment capabilities of PDF files and use those as the method of 
sending comments to your board. These comments can be in the form of 
database emailings. You should examine the capabilities of Acrobat in 
detail.

Scott

At 8:27 AM -0400 10/31/08, Crimmin, Peter wrote:
>[cross-posted to frameusers mailing list]
>
>Can anyone recommend technologies to do the following:
>
>*	Hosted documentation, available on the internet as a web
>service.
>*	Each doc topic allows users to add comments. (e.g. "Here's a
>better example to do this task...")
>*	Management tools to moderate user comments, and to handle
>documentation updates (retaining the comments).
>*	Authoring tools to produce said documentation.
>
>The open source community exploits these technologies. How do they do
>it?
>Solutions starting with FrameMaker preferrred.
>
>Thanks for your ideas
>
>
>______________________________________________________________________
>
>
>Peter Crimmin
>Documentation Manager
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