[Doc][Meta]Logstash 7.11 documentation roadmap

[karenzone]

Our team is responsible for the 7.11 docs release. This release plan is lighter than usual to allow time to manage and complete those additional duties.

Doc changes

• Datastreams
• Adding Elastic Contributor Program to the logstash "Contributing" page #12431
  • Doc: Add info on contributor program #12543
• Rework security docs (WIP) Doc:Rework security docs #12225
  • TO DO: Rework to distinguish between securing and communicating securely
• PQ work
• Formalize process for listing external plugins
  • Doc:Update guidelines for contributing a plugin #12192 - WIP
• Doc: Offline plugins

Plugins/Plugin quality

• [Doc] Update plugin docs to minimize broken cross-doc links at version change #12606
  • [logstash-input-beats] Doc: Replace cross doc links with attributes #403
  • [logstash-input-elasticsearch] Doc: Replace cross doc links with attributes #143
  • [logstash-input-log4j] Doc: Replace cross-doc links with attributes #47
  • [logstash-filter-elasticsearch] Doc: Replace cross doc links with attributes #144
  • [logstash-output-elasticsearch] Doc:Replace cross doc links with attributes #985
  • [logstash-output-google_bigquery] Doc: Replace cross-document links with attributes #61
  • [logstash-output-s3] Doc: Replace cross doc links with attributes #230

Release notes

• Featured items
• PR: Release notes draft for 7.11.0 #12596

Recurring

• [Meta]Generate plugin docs [Doc][Meta]Generate and merge plugin docs #12551

Process Improvements

• Issue: Plugin docgen with no changes shouldn't be considered a FAILURE #43
• Issue: "Destination wins" strategy - TODO: Check for open issue. If there's not one, open it.
• Release notes automation and process improvements

Ongoing/Other

• Doc rebuild initiative workgroup
• Content workgroup
• Cloud workgroup
• Stack docs workgroup
• GitHub backlog - make continuous improvement by catching up on GitHub issues and PR reviews (ONGOING)

[karenzone]

Replaces #12446