ODMdev Construction Zone

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This is the Construction Zone for the front-porch (root-section) level of the ODMdev site.

• Every folder in this site is bolted into the construction structure.  The construction structure is always enterable via the index.htm page that every folder possesses, no matter what other default pages are present.  Each index.htm page provides an anchor point for any other scaffolding in the section.  The index page also serves as the default page of the section during early construction and sometime for a long time after that.
     

• The construction structure is never removed.  It becomes covered over by the placement of content and any facade page (e.g., default.htm)  that provides a friendlier, production entry to the folder, but the structure remains as foundation.
    

• The construction structure of the site is also a way to situate and anchor all of the content.  The top-right corner of every ordinary page presents the directory hierarchy that the page is situated in.  It is a way to navigate to the containing section and its superiors.  The construction structure and the content structure are congruent in this regard–they share the same folder hierarchy.  It is useful to think of the construction structure as the skeleton on which the content is supported.
     

• Access to the construction structure is always available.  The "Hard Hat" image in the lower-left corner of all non-index pages provides a link to the construction structure under which the current page is situated.  These links are to the  index.htm page in the same folder. 
    

• The construction structure locates applicable construction zones.  The "Hard Hat" image in an index.htm page is used to link to the nearest construction zone.  This will be in the same or a superior section.  Each construction zone provides a local job jar of "work orders" and construction items.  There may be additional materials that are specific to the construction of the given section and its subordinate folders.
     

• Chaining of construction zones.  A construction zone page, such as this one, always provides a table for reaching the construction zones in its vicinity: the construction zone that is immediately superior to this one and those other construction zones for which the present one is the immediate superior.  Every table also provides a link to the Construction Materials section and any other resources. 
    

• The current construction zone applies to the construction of all pages in the "root" or front-porch of ODMdev.  This construction zone is reachable from all construction zones in subordinate folders.  There are no superior construction zones.

For further information on the construction approach and the practices for achieving consistent construction of ODMdev, go to the Construction Material section.

Revision History:

0.26 2007-08-14-14:47 Repave with the new Construction Structure Format

The in-progress material is revamped based on the approach that was first confirmed on nfoWare.

0.25 2006-01-19-06:50 Setup as Independent Mini-Web

The ODMA /dev section is structured as ODMdev, a min-web anchored in the ODMA Interoperability Exchange site.  This front-porch section reflects that new status.

0.00 2005-03-10-12:27 Create ODMA /dev Section

The dev section is created as the /dev portion of the ActiveODMA Project.  The section is created to provide a connection to the SourceForge project.

You are navigating ODMdev construction structure. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

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