Docs Project

The Fedora Documentation Project ("Docs Project") provides 100% free/libre open content, services, and tools for documentation.

Get Docs . . . Draft Docs . . . Translate Docs . . . Join the Team . . . Steering Committee

Project Workflow

The central project workflow page is DocsProject/WorkFlow .

The Documents

Published documentation:

• http://docs.fedoraproject.org
• Category:Documentation

Draft documentation:

• Docs/Drafts
• Category:Draft_Documentation

Using DocBook XML for Fedora-based documentation:

• http://docs.fedoraproject.org/documentation-guide/

Self-referential example tutorial in XML:

• http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/example-tutorial/en_US/example-tutorial2.xml?root=docs

Writing using the wiki guide:

• http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Writing_Using_The_Wiki

The latest works-in-progress are always available from our CVS repository:

• Using the Fedora Documentation Project's CVS Repository

Release Notes "Beats"

The Beats are the living documents that become the release notes for Fedora releases.

The process for creating the release notes is documented here:

• The Release Notes Process

Writers of the Beats can be found here:

• Beat Writers

You can help maintain the Beats here on the wiki:

• Beats
• Beat Writing How-To

Other Fedora Documentation

Check the FAQ on this wiki for general information on Fedora and links to other resources.

Project Administration

• Project goals

• Schedule of tasks to implement the goals

• A list of our contributors

• Ideas on Improving the Documentation Process Workflow

The Fedora Docs Project Steering Committee maintains the Project infrastructure, including the DocsProject Wiki pages.

Documentation Licensing

All documentation produced by Fedora is released under the Open Publication License :

Legal/Licenses/OPL

Miscellanea

The following pages collect notes, hints, and other bric-a-brac that would otherwise be lost to the vagaries of the list archive's "search" function.

• Useful scripts