Re: future of RTFM *.answers archives

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Kent Landfield (kent@landfield.com)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:38:29 -0600 (CST)

# I believe the right approach was the (defunct) initiative by FAQLib.
# This was a repository (with world wide mirrors) of FAQs written in
# HTML. When you submitted your FAQ you had two options:
#
# 1) Submit the pointer and FAQLib would store only a link to your FAQ.
#
# 2) Submit the actual FAQ in HTML and a home URL. The FAQLib server
# would automatically check the home URL once a week to see if the
# FAQ had changed and, if it had, would download the new version.

And I'd add a third as well

3) Submit a text file or location of a text file and have the archive
convert it for you allowing you to approve it.

# This struck me as a very elegant and low-maintenance solution.

While the right direction, there are some of the same problems that we
see in Usenet newsgroups.... crass commercialism... Not sure how to
deal with that right now but the faqlib model is a decent model.

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