The TinyOS Documentation Working Group

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The TinyOS Documentation Working Group
Kevin Klues TinyOS Technology Exchange (TTX)
V February 22, 2008 UC Berkeley
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Objective

• Build tools to develop and distribute online
  documentation for TinyOS
• Dont write all of the docs ourselves
• Maintain infrastructure to help others do so

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Model

• Similar to the model of the Linux Documentation
  Project
• HOWTO or Tutorial
• Short, informal document about a specific topic
• Written and maintained by small number of
  interested individuals
• Organized inside a Wiki framework
• Mantra is More documentation is better"

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Members

• Matt Welsh, Chair (Harvard University)
• Phil Levis (Stanford University)
• Kevin Klues (Stanford University)
• Michael Schippling (Santa Fe Institute)
• David Culler (UC Berkeley)
• August Joki (UCLA)
• Benjamin Madore (University of Pittsburgh)
• Steve McKown
• Ákos Maróy

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Current Progress

• Wiki up and running at http//docs.tinyos.net
• All official TinyOS tutorials have been ported
  over (Lessons 1-16)
• Installation tutorials
• Linux and Windows
• MAC OS
• Xubuntos
• VMware virtual machine
• Index of contributed Code

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Current Progress

• User contributed tutorials
• Boomerang documentation from Moteiv
• Tunit installation and use
• Woes of bringing a new platform up and running
• Whats still missing?
• http//docs.tinyos.net

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Adding Documentation

• Anyone and everyone is encouraged to
  contribute!!!
• Login today and start writing tutorials
  immediately
• Well figure out the structure later