Quality Open Source Documentation/Walkthrough

1 Internet Navigation

Navigation facilitates desired access.

Internet navigation mainly consists of hyperlink filtration.

2 User Context Filtration

The internet user possesses a memory that provides context for their actions and intentions. The user inputs search parameters according to their relevance to the user.

Ex. Cute Bunnies, Latest News, Weather Forecast

2 Parametric Search Filtration

Navigation websites filter internet hyperlinks according to the relationship between search parameters and website information.

Cute Bunnies!

2 Webpage Associative Filtration

Webpages that include hyperlinks to other webpages are filtering navigation paths. Webpage associative filtration is determined by the creator/editor of the filtering webpage. No search parameters are utilized; despite this, webpage associative filtration is effective because such filters often hyperlink to related webpages; ie. if the user arrived at webpage 1 about technology, then they likely would be interested in going to webpage 2 about a particular technology. One could say that the search parameters are presupposed by the user's entry into a particular webpage.

1 Websites

A website is a pile of webpages, analogous to a book being a pile of papers.

Any list of associated webpages such as

http://opensourceecology.org/

http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Main_Page

can be called a website.

2 Web Address

A web address is a piece of information that distinguishes webpages from one another, hence providing webpage identity.

Sometimes, the information within the web address is different from the information within the webpage.

Ex. A webpage with .../video should contain a video but some may not.

Because internet navigation websites analyze the information within webpages instead of just the web address, the confusion risk is small. Nonetheless, any confusion risk should be avoided where possible.

Web addresses are often organized using forward slashes. Generally, each slash represents another level of category. Accessing webpages by manually editing web addresses is slow; hyperlinks provide a easier method of webpage access.

3 Scope of the Internet

Within the scope of the internet, webpage organization and navigation is provided by user context, parametric search, and webpage associative filtration processes.

3 Scope of Itself

A webpage should have a versatile format that is easy to edit.

A webpage should have information that is organized with 3 differentiated points: categorization, identification, and content.

Categorization refers to a grouping system that undergoes branching. Categorization is useful for omitting common words using structure as well as performing conceptual breakdown of a complex topic.

For example, a webpage with little categorization would have to do the following:

Hex Nut, Stainless Steel, Metal Lock M5 2cm Length

Hex Nut, Stainless Steel, Metal Lock M5 3cm Length

Hex Nut, Stainless Steel, Metal Lock M5 4cm Length

Hex Nut, Stainless Steel, Metal Lock M5 5cm Length

Whereas a categorized webpage would be able to do this:

4 Hex Nut, Stainless Steel, Metal Lock, M5

2cm Length 3cm Length 4cm Length 5cm Length

Identification consists of a name that identifies the discrete item within its category.

3 Scope of Itself and the Internet

Hyperlinks are available to webpages as not only a navigation process but also an information organization tool.

The major advantage of hyperlinks is allowing multiple users to perform edits on a certain topic without interrupting one another's edits.