<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Linux Documentation Project Reviewer HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="introduction.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Linux Documentation Project Reviewer HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Emma Jane Hogbin</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><SPAN CLASS="orgname" ><A HREF="http://www.xtrinsic.com" TARGET="_top" >xtrinsic</A ><BR></SPAN ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:emmajane@xtrinsic.com" >emmajane@xtrinsic.com</A >></TT ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN12" >David Merrill</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" >david -AT- lupercalia.net</P ></DIV ></DIV ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN17" >Joy Yokley</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:jyokley@us.ibm.com" >jyokley@us.ibm.com</A >></TT ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="pubdate" >2004-04-19<BR></P ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.4.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-05-24</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: EJH</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Corrected spelling mistakes.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.4.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-04-19</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: EJH</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor updates to the language and markup, emphasizing the reporting procedures for reviews. Also changed the order of the reviews to reflect actual procedure (technical, language and finally metadata).</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-04-18</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: EJH</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Updated the language review: clarified use of capitals, and added a new requirement that Latin abbreviations always use their English counterpart instead.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-01-31</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: EJH</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added the metadata and markup review information.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-11-09</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: TMM</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Updated content, URLs, mailing lists, converted to XML.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-05-12</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: DCM</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor bugfixes.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-05-01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: jy</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial release.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN24" ></A ><P ></P ><P >This document will help you review LDP documentation. It includes procedures and techniques for the review process of all new, and existing, LDP documents.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#copyright" >Copyright and License</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="introduction.html#acknowledgements" >Acknowledgements</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="newdocs.html" >Reviewing Newly Submitted Documentation</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="existing.html" >Reviewing Existing Documentation</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="existing.html#picking" >Choosing a Document</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="existing.html#licenseissues" >License Issues</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="existing.html#newversion" >Working With the Latest Version</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="existing.html#pickatype" >Picking a Review to Conduct</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="peerreview.html" >Peer Review</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="techreview.html" >Technical Accuracy Review</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="languagereview.html" >Language Review</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="metadatareview.html" >Metadata and Markup Review</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="metadatareview.html#requiredmarkup" >Required Markup</A ></DT ><DT >7.2. <A HREF="metadatareview.html#requiredmetadata" >Required Metadata</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="reporting.html" >Reporting Your Results</A ></DT ><DT >A. <A HREF="fdl.html" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.1. <A HREF="fdl-preamble.html" >0. PREAMBLE</A ></DT ><DT >A.2. <A HREF="fdl-section1.html" >1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.3. <A HREF="fdl-section2.html" >2. VERBATIM COPYING</A ></DT ><DT >A.4. <A HREF="fdl-section3.html" >3. COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></DT ><DT >A.5. <A HREF="fdl-section4.html" >4. MODIFICATIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.6. <A HREF="fdl-section5.html" >5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.7. <A HREF="fdl-section6.html" >6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.8. <A HREF="fdl-section7.html" >7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></DT ><DT >A.9. <A HREF="fdl-section8.html" >8. TRANSLATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.10. <A HREF="fdl-section9.html" >9. TERMINATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.11. <A HREF="fdl-section10.html" >10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></DT ><DT >A.12. <A HREF="fdl-using.html" >Addendum</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="introduction.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >