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This is the Construction Zone for the home-page (root-section) level of TROSTing.org. Activities in this construction zone are identified in the Construction Diary and Job Jar that is part of this zone:
- Content:
construction.htm Construction Zone (front cover, this page)
C000000.htm Diary & Job Jar (current entries)
C000000a.htm Bootstrap Stage 0.00 (items closed through 2005-06-17)
Every folder in this site is bolted into the construction structure.
The construction structure is always enterable via the
index.htm page that every
folder possesses, no matter what other default pages are present. This
page provides the anchor point for any other scaffolding in the section. The index page also serves as the default page of the section during early construction and
sometime for a long time after that.
The construction structure is never
removed. It becomes covered over by the placement of content and any facade page
(e.g., default.asp) that provides a friendlier,
production entry to the folder.
The construction structure of the site is also a way to situate and anchor all of the content. The top-right corner of every ordinary page presents the directory hierarchy that the page is situated in and it is a way to navigate to the containing section and its superiors. The construction structure and the content structure are congruent in this regard–they share the same folder hierarchy. It is useful to think of the construction structure as the skeleton on which the content is supported.
Materials that provide construction-oriented content are
reached in another way. The "Hard Hat" image in the lower-left
corner of ordinary pages provides a link to the construction zone under
which the current page is maintained. For example, the present page is the
construction zone page for all pages in the "root" or front-porch of
TROSTing.org. A construction zone provides a local job jar of
"work orders" and construction items. There may be other materials as
well, when they are specific to the construction of the given section and its
subordinate folders.
If you follow those lower-left hard-hat links, you will eventually reach the construction office, a place where overall materials and procedures used in maintaining the overall site are maintained. Further details of the construction structure are also to be found there. The information can be quite skimpy while a site is being bootstrapped.
TROSTing is about templates and patterns that comprise a framework for trustworthiness. The construction-structure approach used on the site is itself an application of a performance pattern that can provide an elementary degree of trustworthiness. It serves as an example of what's involved in bootstrapping trustworthy structures as part of TROSTing the materials of TROSTing.org itself. This particular practice was followed on an ad hoc basis before TROST and TROSTing were conceived. Applying TROSTing to it is leading to a more-disciplined approach as well as providing a tiny case study of what does and doesn't work well.
For further information on the construction approach and the practices for achieving consistent construction of TROSTing, go to the Construction Office.
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