Re: [Gzz] Re: What is our Wiki for? (WAS: reST/Docutils Wiki and Navidoc)

[Benja Fallenstein]

Hermanni Hyytiälä wrote:
> > Why would wiki make a good starting point?
>
> 1) Information categorization
> We could categorize things under different categories with links (e.g.,
> "Tutorials", "Terms", "Best practices", "Documentation",
> "Tutorials/Fenfire project", "Tutorials/Subprojects", "Best
> Practices/LibVob", "Best Practices/Design Patterns" "Best
> Practices/Avoid these things", "Terms/Xanalogical model", "Terms/3D
> programming" &c).
...
> > I'd think we should use .rst for those things.
>
> If .rst files can do categorization then it should be fine ;).

Of course we can already use hierarchy, but we could also extend rst a 
little to make categorization more flexible. Suggestion: Add a header to 
rst pages::

    =====
    Title
    =====

    :Author: ...
    :Created: ...
    :Categories: Tutorials -> Fenfire project; Terms -> RDF

Then, in the output the categories would be hyperlinked, and there would 
be auto-generated summary pages; a bit like in Tim Bray's ongoing_, 
where articles can also be in multiple categories (example_).

.. _ongoing: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/
.. _example: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/28/SummerPix

I think it would be cool if it were possible to categorize everything 
that way, including PEGs, darts, and design documents...

- Benja