Improve documentation #305

m-linner-ericsson · 2022-08-03T15:16:18Z

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At the Eiffel meetup in Lund during the spring of 2022 we discussed how to improve the documentation. This PR tries to capture a part of that outcome.

Description of the Change

Administrative changes

Add table of contents to the intro page
Move introduction to a sub-bullet to make it visible

Content additions

Add more considerations for custom data
Add benefits and implications on the design guidelines

Alternate Designs

I did consider creating a primer.md document but realized that it requires much too much work for adding this content.

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With more documentation readers have a easier time to understand the concepts the documents tries to convey.

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None that I can think of

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- Move introduction to a sub-bullet to make it visible - Add more conciderations for custom data - Add benefits and implications on the design guidelines - Add table of contents to the intro page

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

customization/custom-data.md

k-hallen-ericsson · 2022-08-08T12:17:18Z

customization/custom-data.md

@@ -27,5 +27,19 @@ While __data.customData__ affords users extensive freedom in including custom co
 * Are there existing Eiffel events and/or event members able to express the information? Using the standard vocabulary and syntax should always be the first option.
 * If your use case lacks support in the standard Eiffel vocabulary, there's a chance this is actually a general use case which deserves such support. Create an [Issue](https://github.com/Ericsson/eiffel/issues) about it! It is always better to design a common solution than to implement multiple local adaptations.
 * Users defining __data.customData__ members are responsible for them and any compatibility issues. Special considerations or support from standard Eiffel events or syntax can not be expected, unless the custom syntax is proposed to and accepted into the standard Eiffel vocabulary (and consequently is no longer custom).
+* Do you introducing custom data to aggregate data on the producer side? If the


Should this be about not adding data that needs specific contextual knowledge? Or should it be about aggregation?

Here I was thinking about aggregation. Do you have any good ideas for improvement?

"Do you aggregate data on the producer side and add that data as custom data? If the producer aggregates the data it will do so for a specific consumer but we want to create a protocol that can serve any consumer for use cases that has not yet seen the light. Therefore try to use the existing fields and aggregate data on the consumer side."

Fixed in 6d5312c

customization/custom-data.md

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

magnusbaeck · 2022-09-02T15:29:39Z

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

+* __Coordination__: The Eiffel protocol minimizes coordination effort between
+  producer and consumer by giving a well-defined specification by defining a
+  contract between the producer and the consumer.


This sentence doesn't read too well (two subclauses beginning with "by XXXing"). Something like this?

The Eiffel protocol minimizes coordination effort between producers and consumers by defining a specification that the parties can use as a contract.

Thanks, reworded it based on you suggestion

Better, but there are a couple of remaining nits. Suggestion:

The Eiffel protocol minimizes coordination efforts between producers and consumers by providing a well-defined specification that the parties can use as a contract.

Fixed in 5de3f4b ( and do hope I got it this time)

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

m-linner-ericsson

Thanks for your comments @magnusbaeck and @k-hallen-ericsson they are addressed in 2493ec2

customization/custom-data.md

m-linner-ericsson · 2022-09-14T11:54:07Z

customization/custom-data.md

@@ -27,5 +27,19 @@ While __data.customData__ affords users extensive freedom in including custom co
 * Are there existing Eiffel events and/or event members able to express the information? Using the standard vocabulary and syntax should always be the first option.
 * If your use case lacks support in the standard Eiffel vocabulary, there's a chance this is actually a general use case which deserves such support. Create an [Issue](https://github.com/Ericsson/eiffel/issues) about it! It is always better to design a common solution than to implement multiple local adaptations.
 * Users defining __data.customData__ members are responsible for them and any compatibility issues. Special considerations or support from standard Eiffel events or syntax can not be expected, unless the custom syntax is proposed to and accepted into the standard Eiffel vocabulary (and consequently is no longer custom).
+* Do you introducing custom data to aggregate data on the producer side? If the


Here I was thinking about aggregation. Do you have any good ideas for improvement?

customization/custom-data.md

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

m-linner-ericsson · 2022-09-14T12:55:35Z

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

+* __Coordination__: The Eiffel protocol minimizes coordination effort between
+  producer and consumer by giving a well-defined specification by defining a
+  contract between the producer and the consumer.


Thanks, reworded it based on you suggestion

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

magnusbaeck

Kristofer made a good suggestion and I have a few outstanding comments as well.

magnusbaeck · 2022-09-23T09:01:00Z

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

+gives producer and consumer a common way of understanding and describing the
+occurrences in the system by defining a contract between them.
+
+Following the guidlines stated, they adress the following issues:


Suggested change

Following the guidlines stated, they adress the following issues:

Following the guidelines stated, they address the following issues:

Fixed in 6d5312c

magnusbaeck · 2022-09-23T09:02:02Z

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

+## Benefits and Implications
+
+By following the design guidelines the Eiffel protocol provides a language that
+gives producer and consumer a common way of understanding and describing the


This is probably not a hard rule, but in this case I just think it sounds better with the plural form:

Suggested change

gives producer and consumer a common way of understanding and describing the

gives producers and consumers a common way of understanding and describing the

There are other similar cases, I won't make suggestions for all of them.

I hope I got them in 6d5312c

magnusbaeck

LGTM, but I commented on a minor language nit that we might as well fix.

eiffel-syntax-and-usage/event-design-guidelines.md

Co-authored-by: Magnus Bäck <magnus@noun.se>

m-linner-ericsson · 2022-10-21T06:57:58Z

LGTM, but I commented on a minor language nit that we might as well fix.

@magnusbaeck Yes, sorry for missing it,

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	Following the guidlines stated, they adress the following issues:
	Following the guidelines stated, they address the following issues:

	gives producer and consumer a common way of understanding and describing the
	gives producers and consumers a common way of understanding and describing the

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