[openstack-dev] [Openstack-docs] What's Up Doc? Aug 14, 2013

David Cramer david.cramer at rackspace.com
Wed Aug 14 21:45:11 UTC 2013


On 08/14/2013 04:17 PM, Anne Gentle wrote:
> 5. Doc tools updates:
> 
> The Maven plugin that builds our docs is sourced at
> https://github.com/rackerlabs/clouddocs-maven-plugin and just released
> version 1.9.0. 
> 
> Our pom.xml files still point to 1.8.0 but we could start testing 1.9.0
> which adds supports for olinks. By using olinks instead of our current
> linking with xrefs would prevent Oxygen from showing non-valid file
> warnings in individual chapter files and adds an easier interface for
> finding cross-reference links. David Cramer can demo at the Boot Camp,
> and then we'll need to make decisions about how much cross-referencing
> we want. With fewer books going to a "released" docs site, we may want
> to limit the use of cross-references altogether, but let's discuss in
> person. Our current linking conventions are
> here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/Conventions#Linking.
> 
> Another addition for 1.9.0 is adding parameter style and type to the
> http://api.openstack.org/api_ref.html page. Review for testing at
> https://review.openstack.org/42011. 

To use olinks, you'll also need to add the olink-maven-plugin to your
pom. I plan to update one OpenStack doc to serve as a working example of
how it all fits together. Also, I can demo it at the Boot Camp:

https://github.com/rackerlabs/olink-maven-plugin

David




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