Categories

Categories allow us to group pages by topic. They are essential in a loose collaborative effort like this one.

General instructions

• To specify that a page belongs to given category (say SENSE) add the following code at its end.

[[Category:SENSE]]

• At the very minimum you should tag all pages with the name of your group: IRIS, OIS, SENSE, WRC.
• Pages of interest to all ISTLab members (such as this one) belong to the ISTLab category.
• If you intend to use a page for private collaboration tag it as Private username. For example

[[Category:Private dds]]

• For pages describing equipment (πάγια) see the following section.
• If you establish another category schema that could be useful to all ISTLab members, document it here, in a separate section.

Equipment

• To keep track of equipment, create a separate page for each piece of equipment
• Name the page with the manufacturer and the specific model name (e.g. HP LaserJet 1022).
• Be consistent in the naming you adopt by looking at the names of other equipment pages.
• Fill in the equipment page with any material you find useful: specifications, links for drivers and firmware upgrades, a cheat sheet for using it.
• Copy/paste and fill-in the following categories for each equipment page.

[[Category:Equipment]]
[[Category:Equipment PROJECTNAME]
[[Category:Equipment GROUPNAME]]
[[Category:Equipment USERNAME]]
[[Category:GROUPNAME]]

• GROUPNAME should be the name of the group that bought the equipment e.g. SENSE.
• PROJECTNAME should be the project that bought the equipment e.g. SQO-OSS.
• USERNAME should be the username of the person responsible for the equipment e.g. dds.

Books

• To keep track of the books available in your group's library (not your personal collection), create a separate page for each book.
• Name the page with the book's title.
• Be consistent in the naming you adopt by looking at the names of other book pages.
• Copy/paste and fill-in the following text for each book page.

Author: [[:Category:FIRSTNAME SURNAME (book author)| FIRSTNAME SURNAME]]

{{Book}}
[[Category:Book GROUPNAME]]
[[Category:GROUPNAME]]
[[Category:Book PROJECTNAME]]
[[Category:FIRSTNAME SURNAME (book author)]]

• GROUPNAME should be the name of the group that shelves the book e.g. SENSE.
• PROJECTNAME should be the project that bought the book e.g. SQO-OSS. This category is optional.
• FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are used for the book's author. Use one such entry for each author.

Example of book page

Author: [[:Category:Bruce Schneier (book author)| Bruce Schneier]]

{{Book}}
[[Category:Book SENSE]]
[[Category:SENSE]]
[[Category:Book SQO-OSS]]
[[Category:Bruce Schneier (book author)]]

The, click on the author link, and add the following text on the author page.

[[Category:Book author|LASTNAME,FIRSTNAME]]

Example of author page

[[Category:Book author|Schneier,Bruce]]