2026-2027 Techdocs Work Plan
Goals
Maintain ArchivesSpace technical documentation in tech-docs GitHub repository and Awesome ArchivesSpace GitHub repository.
Solicit feedback and contributions from the community.
Perform outreach and make ArchivesSpace community aware of TechDocs.
Specific Tasks or Projects
Ongoing/Recurring Tasks
Review pull requests and issues in Awesome ArchivesSpace repository and add new resources.
Monitor listserv, linking to relevant portions of documentation in listserv responses or encouraging the community to submit GitHub issues regarding documentation.
Review techdocs website to identify where further clarity is needed and where examples could be improved, creating Jira tickets to manage these updates.
For minor ArchivesSpace releases, review release notes and provide edits/suggested changes to developers.
In-Progress Projects Carried Over from Last Term
Current in-refinement tickets from last term:
Current in-progress tickets from last term:
https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/TD-79 + 10 sub tickets
https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/TD-27 + 1 sub-ticket
New Projects for This Term
Plan for and implement translation project for the techdocs content in collaboration with the ArchivesSpace development team and ArchivesSpace community.
Work with ArchivesSpace developers to provide feedback for changelog for upcoming releases, based on the feedback and template generated for https://docs.archivesspace.org/release-notes/v400/.
Investigate and plan for improvements to accessibility of technical documentation.
Work with the User Documentation sub-team and ArchivesSpace development team in anticipation of configuration feature updates.
Continue investigating ways to encourage ArchivesSpace community contributions and commentary on techdocs and Awesome ArchivesSpace.