[time-nuts] documentation for beginners (was: Followup (still want a GPS-type NTP refclock))
Hal Murray
hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Mon Oct 22 01:05:44 UTC 2012
tvb at LeapSecond.com said:
> It doesn't often matter to me if that information resides on personal
> servers, or a KO4BB wiki, or as occasional postings to the time-nuts mailing
> list. Google does the work of finding it regardless. The key point is that
> people take the time to document and share what they've learned so google
> has something interesting to find.
My 2 cents...
It really helps if there is a FAQ or Wiki type starter page. It doesn't have
to say everything. It should have many links to other web pages. The idea
is some place that is reasonably high-quality where you can get started.
Sure, google will find stuff, but you have to know what to search for. A
FAQ/Wiki starting page tells you the terms you might want to search for.
For example, if you were a beginner time-nut, how would you know that you
should search for TBolt or Thunerbolt and that if you searched for
Thunderbolt you needed to add Trimble or you would get a lot of other junk?
A glossary can also be a wonderful resource. Again, it can have links to
other info, but a quick description tells you whether that is a term you are
interested in and/or how it fits in.
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