[oslc-core] OSLC Primer straw-man outline
Andrew J Berner
ajberner at us.ibm.com
Wed Dec 1 16:21:04 EST 2010
+1 for what Arthur says!
(I assume I'm using the right metaphor---if not, Right ON!!!)
Andy Berner
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|Arthur Ryman <ryman at ca.ibm.com> |
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IMHO, the primary purpose of a Primer should be to teach people how to use
the specifications, without having to read the specifications in detail.
This means that the Primer should be very pragmatic and have lots of
realistic examples. Ideally, the Primer should progressively reveal more
detail, starting with a simple example and building on it, showing how
each feature of the specification is motivated by some real-world
requirement.
Ideally, the Primer should use a consistent, unifying, realistic scenario
as the basis for the examples - no foo's or bar's. The Core spec currently
uses a Blog scenario. That could be elaborated.
The Primer I most frequently use is the XML Schema Primer. Notice the
absence of generalities and the abundance of concrete examples.
Lengthy general information should not be in the Primer. It should be in
other documents, e.g. Guides or Overviews.
Regards,
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Arthur Ryman, PhD, DE
Chief Architect, Project and Portfolio Management
IBM Software, Rational
Markham, ON, Canada | Office: 905-413-3077, Cell: 416-939-5063
From:
Steve K Speicher <sspeiche at us.ibm.com>
To:
oslc-core <oslc-core at open-services.net>
Date:
12/01/2010 02:52 PM
Subject:
Re: [oslc-core] OSLC Primer straw-man outline
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I think this is a pretty comprehensive list.
Though, I think this should be divided into 3 main primers/overviews based
on who the consumers of this information are which I believe would be:
1. New to OSLC - know very little about it and don't want to know too
much (at the moment)
2. Architecture / Motivation of OSLC - want to know more, sort of
modeled off of Architecture of WWW
3. Implementers - index of resources and content to help
Perhaps there could be more detailed version of #1 where it includes:
* OSLC Domains - want to know how all domains come together: scope of
each domain, resource interaction diagram, etc
* OSLC Community - I want to get involved, who is involved, how does
it work
For implementation, I wonder how much we really want to do at
open-services.net verses reference other works: open source projects, IBM
developerWorks articles, videos, etc.
Thanks,
Steve Speicher | IBM Rational Software | (919) 254-0645
> From: Dave <snoopdave at gmail.com>
> To: oslc-core <oslc-core at open-services.net>
> Date: 11/30/2010 10:31 AM
> Subject: [oslc-core] OSLC Primer straw-man outline
> Sent by: oslc-core-bounces at open-services.net
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> We've discussed the need for an OSLC "Primer" document to introduce
> OSLC to those new to OSLC, REST, RDF and/or related technologies and
> to explain to them how OSLC and the domains work. I think there is
> general consensus that development a primer is high-priority, so I've
> gone ahead and put together a straw-man outline for such a primer
> here:
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> http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcPrimer
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> Please take a look and let me know you think either here or tomorrow
> in the Core workgroup meeting.
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> Thanks,
> - Dave
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