quality of http://bizdev.openoffice.org/consultants.html

Hi
  First, Thanks!

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On 2006-11-10, at 10:57 , Peter Vandenabeele wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am Peter Vandenabeele and new to this list. I am
working
> on the improved adoption of Open Standards for document
> exchange (ODF et al.) in a Belgian government agency.
>
> When looking at this page
>
>  http://
bizdev.openoffice.org/consultants.html
>
> for "Belgium", I see a lot of bad links:
>
> * some web sites do not even resolve anymore to a
working web site
> * some companies are not longer operational in Belgium
(out of  
> business)
> * some web sites do not even have the word OpenOffice
or any relevant
>  mentioning on the refered page (or on the web site
that they are  
> part of)
> * some only have an e-mail address available, while I
would prefer a
> real web site.
>
> On the other hand, I miss a few names that I know have 

> knowledgeable people
> and deliver services on OO.o in Belgium.
>
> I have not checked other countries, but I fear there
may be similar  
> problems
> (while 'fear' is typically not the best motivation to
take  
> decisions 
>
> Below are a few proposals on how to improve the quality
with a few  
> very basic
> criteria for staying listed on the site:
>
> continuous automated checks:
> * the entry must resolve to a web-site (not an e-mail
address)
> * the web-site must be up (not down longer than 30
days)
> * the  web-site must at least mention some relevant
keyword
> {OpenOffice.orgO.oOo|StarOf
ficeDF}
> (this avoids the "domain for sale" web sites
and the "US company
> with US phone number, advertising for spamming
software" to be
> counted as valid web sites, each of which category
currently
> represents at least 1 out of the 8 or so Belgian
entries ...)
>
> With these basic checks, dead or irrelevant links are
at least  
> basically
> purged.
>
> I find it essential that, to increase adaption of OO.o
and ODF, the  
> quality of
> also this aspect must be improved. Once the quality of
this list is  
> improved,
> also the more serious companies will be motivated to
post their  
> info on the
> list. The list will become a valuable place to be
listed if you are  
> a serious
> service provider in the OO.o space.
>
> I am willing to offer some private time to help on
this. Since I  
> used to have a
> consultant company, but don't have such a company now,
I may be in a
> good position for that. Once a policy is established,
some  
> recurring checks
> running from any server, checking the listed entries
and generating  
> a monthly
> report, could already be a good start to track the
entries adhering  
> to a certain
> policy. But, first a policy must be in place ... I am
not aware of a
> policy at this
> time (I have not searched very hard ...).
>
> HTH,
>
> Peter
> -- 

Someone else has also leaped into help and your suggestions
and  
willingness to help are equally welcome! I'd like to move
the  
consultants' page to a
wiki--consultants.services.openoffice.org--and  
also consider charging to be listed. The fee would be
minimal and  
would go to paying for sustaining the project.

What I can do is grant you access to the project, so that
you can fix  
the page (along with the other person) and also see about
moving it  
to (and creating) the wiki...

best
Louis

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