More details are available in this forum post. The short version is that its basically Google Summer of Code but for documentation.
Do we have any plans to participate?
I would have loved to be a mentor for ODKX Docs but I am already participating in GSoC. I know we have plenty of opportunity for a project. @elmps2018, you have contributed documentation in the past, is this something you would want to participate in?
cc @LN and @yanokwa because you have administered GSoC.
I would be happy to help on the content-needing-documentation side and reading content. However, I should note that I still have not figured out how to actually add to the docs with all the coding that entails, so do not feel qualified to be the technical part of mentoring. If a mentor team can be established with someone (not me!) who has a good grasp of the technical side of things I would be happy to team
Thanks for posting this, Jeff! I'm planning on mentoring and recruiting some back up mentors (hi @adammichaelwood and @Jaredbhatti) to work on the ODK docs.
(I work at Google now, BTW, so I think I can swing some 20% time for it.
Though - I'm on the TensorFlow team and I think we are planning to participate also.)
@elmps2018 I'm sure we can find you a technical buddy. I'll add it to the agenda for our next call. I'd be happy to help train someone up in that area as well. I would love to co-mentor but I hesitate to make a time commitment that would overlap GSoC.
Fabulous! So contemplating the timeline it looks like we need to do an application by April 23. Do we need one app for the all of us? How shall we coordinate this across, if I am tracking right, @yanokwa, @adammichaelwood, @Jaredbhatti, @bengreen and @W_Brunette? What has worked well in the past for coordinating applications? Does anyone have a past app they can share as a model?
For GSoD, we will need two org admins and can request up to two technical writers and each writer needs two mentors. My plan is that each suite gets one technical writer and thus has to provide two mentors.
@LN and I will be org co-admins and co-mentors for the ODK docs. I will take the lead on filling in the org details and making sure we meet the various deadlines. @LN will take the lead on being a mentor.
Please use Open Data Kit as the name and https://opendatakit.org as the project website so Google can more easily find your registration.
Mentors must write up their project ideas in this Project Ideas doc by April 12th.
Org admins will provide review of the project ideas by April 16th. Changes must be made by April 19th.
If we have a good set of project ideas and mentors by April 19th, I'll proceed with the application. If we don't, I won't proceed. Does that plan sound reasonable?
Happy to spread the love and have you as org admin! In all likelihood there won't be a ton to do unless projects get derailed somehow which feels less likely in a docs context. Will be good to have someone in an opposite timezone so there can truly be org admin coverage around the clock!
Updates: Just registered as a mentor! @bengreen and I will be co-mentors if that works (does one of us need to be designated as lead? If so we can sort that out) and @W_Brunette and @Jeff_Beorse will provide extra support as needed.
We had some brainstorming on our call today that I added as cryptic notes to the project ideas doc, to be improved. @Raquel_Bernedo, did you have some features documentation you were working on already that might be good to add there?
Regarding this, we are working on it, at the moment we have ODK Tables and ODK Services, still working on the others. Could this help or should we wait until we have the complete picture? Knowing, that it will be an alive documentation...
Have now turned notes in Project Ideas into actual paragraphs, essentially two concepts: (1) documenting all the features and customizability (I think this warps in some specifics that we had identified on our call as well as furthering @berpita's work) and (2) making the documentation for Sync Endpoint more streamlined and user friendly.
I also want to note that the two items currently developed under ODK Docs Project Ideas are ones that I think are very true for both ODK and ODK-X; I especially love the idea of making it easier for folks (like, say, me!) to contribute to the docs. The technology has so far outsmarted me.
As promised, @LN and I have reviewed the project ideas and it's looking pretty good.
@bengreen@elmps2018 We combined your two ideas into one to match the format the GSoD called for. Take a look when you get a chance and tweak as necessary before April 19th.
I've sent a reminder for myself to submit the application on April 22nd (a day before it's due).
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