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---
id: 173-documentation
title: Status Documentation
status: draft
created: 2018-05-31
category: core
lead-contributor:
contributors:
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-
exit-criteria: yes
success-metrics: yes
clear-roles: no
future-iteration: yes
roles-needed:
- QA
- UXR
- Clojure dev
- Designer
- Community
okrs:
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-
---
## Preamble
Idea: 173-documentation
Title: Status Documentation
Status: Draft
Created: 2018-05-31
Requires (*optional): <Idea number(s)>
## Summary
A new-and-improved home for Status documentation, with fresh information and a plan for continuous maintenance.
## Swarm Participants
- Lead Contributor:
- Contributor:
- Contributor:
- QA:
- PM (required for user-facing):
- UX(R) (required for user-facing swarms):
## Product Overview
The Status wiki is collecting cobwebs. Much of the information is out-of-date and further, the wiki hasn't gained traction as a resource.
The goal of the wiki is to share knowledge and make it easy for developers to get involved with Status. This swarm aims to better fulfill that need by:
1. Updating existing content and proposing additional, if appropriate
2. Building a static site to host our documentation (reference [Embark](https://embark.status.im/docs/))
3. Forming a strategy to keep documentation up-to-date in the future
**Update existing content and propose additional**
- A team of contributors will review the existing wiki and mark content as `irrelevant`, `relevant/outdated`, or `relevant/current`.
- Swarm will gather a list of additional documentation that should be written or included by working with teams across the organization.
- Additional documentation is not required for the completion of this swarm; the main emphasis is on migrating the wiki materials and creating a process for future docs.
**Build static site to host documentation**
- During a [discussion on Slack](https://status-im.slack.com/archives/CAB6WB38X/p1525340980000332), it was agreed that a static site which contributors can write to in markdown is a happy solution for now.
- Swarm will decide on a potential architecture of information for the documentation site.
- Site to be hosted on Github Pages, same as Embark and ethprize.io.
- Swarm will decide on a static site generator to use, or to build from scratch.
**Strategy to keep documentation up-to-date**
- Swarm will propose a workflow that teams can follow to keep documentation up-to-date.
- Swarm will get feedback and buy-in on the strategy.
### User Stories
- A developer follows the quick start to build Status on their device and begin working on a status-react issue.
- A developer learns about Status handling of push notifications, mail servers and messaging by reading the docs.
- A developer follows the extensions documentation to build a native integration for their DApp. [future scenario]
### Requirements & Dependencies
Participation from Core teams to create and edit documentation.
### Security and Privacy Implications
## Dates
TBD once swarm participants are identified.
### Minimum Viable Product
Goal Date: 2018-06-08
Description:
- Wiki content is reviewed
- New content proposed—should we include Readmes? *New content is not a requirement*
- v1 content architecture agreed upon
- Website generator, if using, agreed upon—[Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/), [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/)?
### Iteration 1
Goal Date:
Description:
- Existing wiki content is updated
- Any new content in progress
- Design assets for site prepared
### Iteration 2
Goal Date:
Description:
- Website created, content migrated
- Plan for maintaining documentation proposed
Note: translatiosn can also be considered at this stage.
## Success Metrics
- A developer can complete a set of required tasks by following the Status documentation.
- Community feedback is positive.
## Exit criteria
- New Status documentation website is live
- Organization-wide buy-in for maintaining documentation
## Supporting Role Communication
Sync with marketing, Embark and community teams
## Copyright
Copyright and related rights waived
via [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).