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[gnomeweb-wml] tracker: Updated pages according to the current state of things:

commit 4a9759fc6cff48e61c1186e183b6e13b6c49fc2f
Author: Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>
Date:   Fri Apr 15 01:47:26 2011 +0100

    tracker: Updated pages according to the current state of things:
    
    - Updated index to reflect what Tracker is more accurately.
    - Updated features to focus on ontologies and data relation ships
    - Updated documentation and removed images/sections which are out of date
    
    More updates are to come.

 projects.gnome.org/tracker/documentation.html |    5 +-
 projects.gnome.org/tracker/features.html      |   76 +++++++++++++------------
 projects.gnome.org/tracker/index.html         |   12 +++-
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/tracker/documentation.html b/projects.gnome.org/tracker/documentation.html
index d5fe8ff..68cf730 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/tracker/documentation.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/tracker/documentation.html
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 	ignore:</p>
 	<p><a href="images/screenshots/screenshot-tracker-preferences.png"><img src="images/screenshots/screenshot-tracker-preferences.png" width="50%"/></a></p>
 
+<!--
 	<h4>Search Bar</h4>
 	<p>The search bar is an applet for GNOME which allows quick
 	access to your data by entering a few search terms. This is
@@ -69,11 +70,13 @@
 	by category. Each time a file is selected the details about
 	that file are described in a bottom pane of the window:</p>
 	<p><a href="images/screenshots/screenshot-tracker-search-tool.png"><img src="images/screenshots/screenshot-tracker-search-tool.png" width="50%"/></a></p>
+-->
 
 	<h4>Desktop Integration</h4>
 	<p>There are Tracker plugins
 	for <a href="http://projects.gnome.org/totem/";>Totem</a>, <a href="http://projects.gnome.org/nautilus/";>Nautilus</a>
-	and the GTK+ File Chooser.</p>
+	and the GTK+ File Chooser. There is also a patch for GNOME
+	shell integration currently in the works.</p>
       </div> <!-- content -->
       
     </div> <!-- container -->
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/tracker/features.html b/projects.gnome.org/tracker/features.html
index ec0f1a0..bf8da61 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/tracker/features.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/tracker/features.html
@@ -41,6 +41,44 @@
       </div>
       
       <div id="content">
+	<h2>Ontologies</h2>
+	<p>Ontologies describe how data is related to each other. We use this method to store data intelligently. These are some of the ontologies we support:</p>
+	<ul>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; alt="">XML Schema Document</a> (xsd)</li>
+	  <li>Resource Description Framework (rdf)</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nrl/"; alt="">Nepomuk Representational Language</a> (nrl)</li>
+	  <li>Dublin Core meta-data (dc)</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nie/"; alt="">Nepomuk Information Element</a> (nie)</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nao/"; alt="">Nepomuk Annotation Ontology</a> (nao)</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nco/"; alt="">Nepomuk Contact Ontology</a> (nco)</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nfo/"; alt="">Nepomuk File Ontology</a> (nfo)</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nmo/"; alt="">Nepomuk Message Ontology</a> (nmo)</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/ncal/"; alt="">Nepomuk CALendar</a> (ncal)</li>
+	  <li>Simplified Calendar Ontology (scal)</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nid3/"; alt="">Nepomuk ID3</a> (nid3)</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://xesam.org/main/Hackfest2008/nmm"; alt="">Nepomuk MultiMedia</a> (nmm)</li>
+	  <li>Maemo Transfer Ontology (mto)</li>
+	  <li>Maemo Location Ontology (mlo)</li>
+	  <li>Maemo Feeds Ontology (mfo)</li>
+	  <li>Multimedia Transfer Protocol (mtp)</li>
+	  <li>Tracker specific annotations (tracker)</li>
+	  <li>Maemo specific annotations (maemo)</li>
+	</ul> 
+
+	<h2>Standards</h2>
+	<p>Tracker complies with many cross desktop and technology
+	standards, including:</p>
+	<ul>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus"; alt="">D-Bus</a> is used for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-process_communication"; alt="">inter-process communication</a> (IPC).</li>
+	  <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/"; alt="">SPARQL</a> is used for <a href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/"; alt="">RDF</a> style querying.</li>
+	  <li>The <a href="http://nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org/"; alt="">Nepomuk</a> ontologies are followed as closely as possible.</li>
+	  <li>The <a href="http://live.gnome.org/ThumbnailerSpec"; alt="">thumbnailer</a> specification we started is used for creating and managing thumbnails for images and album art.</li>
+	  <li>The <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/basedir-spec"; alt="">base directory</a> specification details how desktops should locate files at run-time.</li>
+	  <li>The <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/config-spec"; alt="">shared configuration</a> specification outlines where configurations for applications should be kept (desktop-neutral). </li>
+	  <li>The <a href="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards/shared-filemetadata-spec"; alt="">shared file meta-data</a> specification outlines a common meta-data naming scheme that should be used by all technologies similar to Tracker. We try to follow this as closely as possible.</p>
+	  <li>The <a href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html"; alt="">auto-start</a> specification describes how Tracker's processes should be initiated on the desktop's start up.</p>
+	</ul>
+
 	<h2>Technologies</h2>
 	<ul>
 	  <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_text_search";
@@ -67,20 +105,6 @@
 	  <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify"; alt="">File notification</a> for real time updates.</li>
 	</ul>
 
-	<h2>Standards</h2>
-	<p>Tracker complies with many cross desktop and technology
-	standards, including:</p>
-	<ul>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus"; alt="">D-Bus</a> is used for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-process_communication"; alt="">inter-process communication</a> (IPC).</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/"; alt="">SPARQL</a> is used for <a href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/"; alt="">RDF</a> style querying.</li>
-	  <li>The <a href="http://nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org/"; alt="">Nepomuk</a> ontologies are followed as closely as possible.</li>
-	  <li>The <a href="http://live.gnome.org/ThumbnailerSpec"; alt="">thumbnailer</a> specification we started is used for creating and managing thumbnails for images and album art.</li>
-	  <li>The <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/basedir-spec"; alt="">base directory</a> specification details how desktops should locate files at run-time.</li>
-	  <li>The <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/config-spec"; alt="">shared configuration</a> specification outlines where configurations for applications should be kept (desktop-neutral). </li>
-	  <li>The <a href="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards/shared-filemetadata-spec"; alt="">shared file meta-data</a> specification outlines a common meta-data naming scheme that should be used by all technologies similar to Tracker. We try to follow this as closely as possible.</p>
-	  <li>The <a href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html"; alt="">auto-start</a> specification describes how Tracker's processes should be initiated on the desktop's start up.</p>
-	</ul>
-
 	<h2>Accessible</h2>
 	<p>Tracker supports a number of features which makes it more appealing, including:</p>
 	<ul>
@@ -90,29 +114,7 @@
 	  <li>UTF8 support</li>
 	  <li>Documentation</li>
 	</ul>
-	<h2>Ontologies</h2>
-	<p>Ontologies describe how data is related to each other. We use this method to store data intelligently. These are some of the ontologies we support:</p>
-	<ul>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; alt="">XML Schema Document</a> (xsd)</li>
-	  <li>Resource Description Framework (rdf)</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nrl/"; alt="">Nepomuk Representational Language</a> (nrl)</li>
-	  <li>Dublin Core meta-data (dc)</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nie/"; alt="">Nepomuk Information Element</a> (nie)</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nao/"; alt="">Nepomuk Annotation Ontology</a> (nao)</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nco/"; alt="">Nepomuk Contact Ontology</a> (nco)</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nfo/"; alt="">Nepomuk File Ontology</a> (nfo)</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nmo/"; alt="">Nepomuk Message Ontology</a> (nmo)</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/ncal/"; alt="">Nepomuk CALendar</a> (ncal)</li>
-	  <li>Simplified Calendar Ontology (scal)</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://www.semanticdesktop.org/ontologies/nid3/"; alt="">Nepomuk ID3</a> (nid3)</li>
-	  <li><a href="http://xesam.org/main/Hackfest2008/nmm"; alt="">Nepomuk MultiMedia</a> (nmm)</li>
-	  <li>Maemo Transfer Ontology (mto)</li>
-	  <li>Maemo Location Ontology (mlo)</li>
-	  <li>Maemo Feeds Ontology (mfo)</li>
-	  <li>Multimedia Transfer Protocol (mtp)</li>
-	  <li>Tracker specific annotations (tracker)</li>
-	  <li>Maemo specific annotations (maemo)</li>
-	</ul> 
+
       </div> <!-- container -->
     </body>
   </html>
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/tracker/index.html b/projects.gnome.org/tracker/index.html
index 5b25aa1..7cd74e5 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/tracker/index.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/tracker/index.html
@@ -42,9 +42,15 @@
     
       <div id="content">
 	<h2>What is Tracker?</h2>
-	<p>Tracker is a search engine and that allows the user to find
-	their data as fast as possible. Users can search for their
-	files and search for content in their files too.</p> 
+	<p>Tracker is a semantic data storage for desktop and mobile
+	devices. Tracker uses W3C standards for RDF ontologies using
+	Nepomuk with SPARQL to query and update the data.</p>
+
+	<p>Tracker is a central repository of user information, that
+	provides two big benefits for the user; shared data between
+	applications and information which is relational to other
+	information (for example: mixing contacts with files,
+	locations, activities and etc.).</p>
 
 	<h2>Technology Involved</h2>
 	<p>Tracker is a
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