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DataHub Docs Overview

DataHub's project documentation is hosted at datahubproject.io

Types of Documentation

Feature Guide

A Feature Guide should follow the Feature Guide Template, and should provide the following value:

  • At a high level, what is the concept/feature within DataHub?
  • Why is the feature useful?
  • What are the common use cases of the feature?
  • What are the simple steps one needs to take to use the feature?

When creating a Feature Guide, please remember to:

  • Provide plain-language descriptions for both technical and non-technical readers
  • Avoid using industry jargon, abbreviations, or acryonyms
  • Provide descriptive screenshots, links out to relevant YouTube videos, and any other relevant resources
  • Provide links out to Tutorials for advanced use cases

Not all Feature Guides will require a Tutorial.

Tutorial

A Tutorial is meant to provide very specific steps to accomplish complex workflows and advanced use cases that are out of scope of a Feature Guide.

Tutorials should be written to accomodate the targeted persona, i.e. Developer, Admin, End-User, etc.

Not all Tutorials require an associated Feature Guide.

Docs Best Practices

Embedding GIFs and or Screenshots

  • Store GIFs and screenshots in datahub-project/static-assets; this minimizes unnecessarily large image/file sizes in the main repo
  • Center-align screenshots and size down to 70% - this improves readability/skimability within the site

Example snippet:

<p align="center">
  <img width="70%"  src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datahub-project/static-assets/main/imgs/impact-analysis-export-full-list.png"/>
</p>