Civium Documentation
This page is intended to be an incubator of material that will eventually form a comprehensive beginner's guide to using the Information Commons.
Contents
Topics to be covered may include
-
Introduction to the Information Commons
-
What are attributes and values?
-
What is a u-form?
-
Why is this a general approach?
-
What is a Repository?
-
Python API documentation
-
Java API documentation
-
Your first u-forms - getting and setting attributes and values
-
Building new u-forms - creating and editing new u-forms
-
Managing collections
-
Creating and querying indexes
-
Roles
-
The role system.
-
How to become a contributor to the commons
Questions
We have gathered (and hope to answer) several frequently asked questions (with frequencies greater than or equal to 1). These are currently gathered on the Frequently Asked Questions page.
Format
These pages are probably going to be written largely by new MAYANs and presented to more experienced hands for comments and corrections.
Effectively we're trying to design the "Information Commons 101" class, which some of us need to take before we can teach it.
This Wiki documentation should not be regarded as definitive, it is more a vehicle for collaborative prototyping. When appropriate, definitive introductions and instruction manuals will be published.
Ways to help
If you want to help with this project you can edit these pages directly, starting by adding yourself to the list of contributors below. Feedback by e-mail is also welcome.
