[R-wiki] R Wiki structure - level 1 & start page
Frank E Harrell Jr
f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu
Thu Feb 2 14:15:59 CET 2006
Philippe Grosjean wrote:
> OK, let's proceed step-by-step.
>
> Do we agree with the top level structure of the wiki:
>
> - beginners: collects together material for first time R users (and for
> curious people wanting to discover what R is). Subsections must still be
> defined.
>
> - documentation: the wikified .Rd pages of all CRAN and Bioconductor
> packages, one subsection per package. Automatic update of the pages;
> free discussion at the end of each page.
>
> - packages: one wiki page for each package on CRAN and Bioconductor
> (subsections CRAN / Bioconductor + one page automatically generated for
> each package). Package authors can add material there (wiki versions of
> vignettes, todo lists, further examples, links to related resources,
> etc.). This would be a kind of default package homepage, i.e., we will
> advise to use it as default URL in the package description.
>
> - snippets: this is a huge section to contain various short pages. We
> have currently:
> + tips: tips & tricks about R (please, do not comment yet on
> subsections there). The template for this is Paul Johnson's Rtips +
> James Wettenhall R Tcltk examples. It will also contain wikified
> versions of interesting threads on R-Help
> + cookbook/examples: (I wonded if we really need to make two
> different sections here). Pages explaining from beginning to end how to
> make a given analysis in R, examples in focused on practical application
> of the method, cookbook is more "theoretical".
> + faq: shouldn't it compete with the existing FAQ files on CRAN? The
> advantage of the wiki version is that other people can easy add FAQs,...
> but is it really an advantage?
> + surprises: suggested by Tony Plate: a special location for tricky
> stuff.
> + notes: really a free section for consideration about R development,
> R use, etc.
> + easier: a collection of functions to ease R use. Could perhaps
> become a collaborative r package on CRAN in the future.
>
> - tutorials: typically, longer documents than in snippets: introductions
> to R, tutorials, session demos, ...
>
> - varia: anything that does not fit in the other sections. Ben proposed
> "miscellaneous" instead, but (1) it is longer and (2) a section name
> beginning with 'm' falls between the previous one in alphabetic order,
> which is less satisfactory in the index. What about the idea of a
> 'challenge' section there? (see
> http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/wiki/doku.php?id=varia:0_introduction)
>
> - weblinks: related web resources.
>
> - Wiki: all about the Wiki itself.
>
> There is also a rather sober proposal for the 'start' page. Please, keep
> in mind that the 'index' at left will be replaced with a sidebar
> proposing direct links to various places of interest (a little bit like
> the left part of http://wiki.tcl.tk/). Would you like to propose an
> alternate 'start' page, feel free to do so by creating 'start2',
> 'start3', etc...
>
> Best,
>
> Philippe Grosjean
I like this design and just wish to emphasize the importance of
cookbook/examples and ask the group to consider splitting data
manipulation examples from analysis examples. Data manipulation
resources are sorely needed by many users.
Frank
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Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
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