[Xastir] [aprssig] aprs101a milestone (fwd)

Fri Jan 7 17:36:05 EST 2011

FYI.

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Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:03:28 -0700
From: Rick WIdmer <yahoo at rickwidmer.com>
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Subject: [aprssig] aprs101a milestone

Wb4APR:  Please be sure to read the note to Bob near the end...

All:
For those who have not yet heard, I am compiling what I currently call 
aprs101a.pdf.  This will be a document that combines aprs.org/doc/APRS101.PDF 
and aprs.org/aprs101.html into a single document.  It should be a one-stop 
document showing the current state of the 1.1 version of the APRS 
specification.

It is still a long ways from completion.  So far I have finished merging web 
pages into the document.  The current counts are:

     202 web pages from aprs.org
      82 broken links in aprs.org pages
       9 web pages from 5 other sites
    1080 pages of letter size paper
     188 sections

I expect the page count to shrink quite a bit as I apply proper formatting to 
the document, and remove duplicate information.

The first file I am releasing is a list of all the web pages I have added, and 
how they are linked together on the web.  The link appears below, followed by a 
description of what it contains.

The list can be described as  aprs11.html, everything it links to, and pretty 
much all the links in those pages until there are no more links...  unless I 
thought something clearly did not belong in the specification.  I am avoiding 
decisions on what to add, and just putting most everything in.  There is 
certainly too much included, but I am working from the assumption that it will 
be easier to trim than add later on.

My next project is to work on formatting with emphasis on making sure that the 
table of contents and outline view are valid.  Then I will drag things around 
in outline view for a while.  Hopefully by the time that is done, I will have 
info on the broken links currently in the specification, and I can merge a few 
more web pages before I upload the first preview.

I am assuming it will be fairly easy to get Bob to allow the use of content 
from the aprs.org web site, but it is necessary to get permission from the 
owners of the pages found in "Files added from other web sites" starting about 
page 92 of the manifest before the full document can be released.

If you are the owner of:  wa8lmf.net, www.wxsvr.net, www.aprs-is.net, 
core.aprs.net, www.aprs2.net I will be  asking for permission to add parts of 
your web site to the APRS specification.  Well not the specification itself, 
since your pages are already linked into the specification, but the new 
combined document I am working on.

My list of web pages added to aprs101.pdf to create aprs101a.pdf so far can be 
found here:

    http://rickwidmer.com/manifest01.pdf

Inside that file you will find records like:

--------------------------------------------------

PC2satgateA.txt *

    URL:
      http://aprs.org/astars/PC2satgateA.txt

    Notes:

    Reference:
       See ‘Error! Reference source not found.’ on page Error!
       Bookmark not defined..

    Referenced From:
       astars.html
       GO32-ops.html

    Links merged into this document:
       astars.html
       iss-faq.html

    Broken links-- left out:
       http://satgate.aprsca.net:14701/

    Changelog
       11 JUL 2006

  --------------------------------------------------

Each section is named after a web page that has been added - PC2satgateA.txt in 
this example.

Reference - This is the text that replaces existing links to this page.  They 
are broken in this extract, but work properly in the full document.

Referenced From - These web pages have links pointing to the current web page.

Links merged into this document - links in this web page that have been merged 
into the document.

Links to external web pages - Links that remain pointing to the web.

Broken links – corrected - Hitting this link fails, but I was able to identify 
and include the content.

Broken links – removed - Hitting this link fails, so leave it out of the 
document.

Links intentionally left our of this document - For some reason I chose not to 
include this web page.

Most of the file name only entries (like  astars.html) are links within this 
document.  Those that are complete web addresses (like 
http://satgate.aprsca.net) are links to the Internet.  Both are click-able in 
both .doc and .pdf versions.  At least most of them.  The others are bugs... 
There is no need reporting them yet.

On the other hand suggestions on things that should be left out, or things I 
left out that should be added are welcome.

Bob: Please search through this document for the word 'broken'.  This will show 
you all the broken links I've found on aprs.org.  Hopefully you can use this to 
fix or remove them fairly soon.  If so, please keep a list of the original URL 
and and correct URL for any pages you can find the proper target, as well as 
the URL of links you decide to remove from your site.  That will make syncing 
the web site and document much easier for me...

If you don't have time to update your site now, a list of any updated URLS you 
know off the top of your head would be helpful...

Many of the broken links are pages from either www.ew.usna.edu or 
web.usna.navy.mil.  I found a few correlations but there are many more that I 
don't have a valid link for.

Thanks,
Rick  KD7VKZ

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