Changelog (down to TODO)
2002-05-30 * Matt
2002-05-23 * Matt
- Added the very exciting BC Sensitive Habitat Inventory & Mapping (SHIM) & Community Mapping Network (CMN) to Data
2002-05-13 * Matt
- Internationally, Jan-Oliver Wagner emphasizes the importance of difference between free-of-charge and free-for-use, while Dan Jacobsen updated his entry for Taiwan.
- an experimental version of TWiki, collaborative web authoring software, has been installed. Anyone can add content. Check it out at http://freedata.ca/~twiki/
2002-05-10 * Matt
- the mass mailout to previous commenters finally made it out.
- In BC comments, Jeff Ardron and Fran Rose had some new things to say.
2002-04-28 * Matt
2002-04-25 * Matt
- fixed a handful of local broken links and a couple of external links too
- added a new logo to all pages (visible to all browsers), tweaked the stylesheets to accomodate this
- removed warning banner from all pages
- added missing Saskatchewan Resources page
2002-04-22 * Matt
- added new and improved Why Free
2002-04-20 * Matt
- added image maps to Comments and Resources
- moved default.css to @import (eg. hide from non-compliant browsers); needs testing
2002-04-17 * Matt
- added Collaboration Guidelines
- changed the home page to be a News page, moved old content to About.
- moved Background to Why Geospatial Data Should Be Free
- addded Quick & Dirty Sitemap
- add "history of the freedata committee/movement so far" to About.
2002-04-16 * Matt
- added page titles for comment & resources pages; context links for same
- split "the north" into North West Territories, Nunavut & Yukon
2002-04-15 * Matt
- some minor style sheet tweaking (don't forget to try out the different sheets)
- added "Sponsoring Advocates" to Participate (which used to be Contact Us).
- all pages are now declared DOCTYPE 4.01 transitional
- added font-size=x-small statement to the CSS in order to stop IE from shouting (standards compliant browsers just see "small"; see the style sheets for details.
- adding proper titles to the six main pages
- added this page
ToDo
Now
Background needs major work, especially the bit about LandData BCadd a "history of the freedata committee/movement so far" pageimage maps for Resources & Commentsset stylesheets to be friendly to all browsers (move style links to @import)- w3c validate all pages
- edit "description" meta field for all pages
- verify all pages have the correct and proper title
notify past contributors of new site- find all of the missing documents
- find a method of making a decent site-map
- add dates to the comments
Later
- work on a better classification/navigation system for Resources & Comments
- design a usable and maintainable "cookie trail" nav system
- lay ground work for a FAQ page
Sometime
- get mailing list archives online and searchable
- install TWiki to encourage collaboration