2026-2027 Techdocs Work Plan

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:

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.