More Meaningful Demo Data
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I'm working on building out the forum feature of the
Content Manager component. I'm creating a more comprehensive demo data set and I'd like to make the demo data more meaningful. Is there any reason I can't make up names for people and businesses? We could have a disclaimer note in the demo data similar to movie disclaimers saying that the data is ficticious and any similarity to real people/businesses is coincidental. What do you think? -Adrian ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs |
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Better, and more business oriented, demo data for the content stuff would be really great. Disclaimers are good, but another practice we've been using is "ridicularity", if you take my meaning. In other words make the names and such so silly (and entertaining, if you must) that people will get the idea. Using product names like widgets and gizmos is pretty much along this line. Some may not translate into foreign languages as much, but they get the idea pretty quickly anyway (yeah, I've seen a lot of questions from clients around the world and sometimes in English-speaking places too about what a widget is and what a gizmo is...). -David On Jan 28, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: > I'm working on building out the forum feature of the > Content Manager component. I'm creating a more > comprehensive demo data set and I'd like to make the > demo data more meaningful. > > Is there any reason I can't make up names for people > and businesses? We could have a disclaimer note in the > demo data similar to movie disclaimers saying that the > data is ficticious and any similarity to real > people/businesses is coincidental. > > What do you think? > > -Adrian > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs |
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Thanks for the reply!
I'm picturing how the demo data can be built out so that new users can have a better idea of how components and processes interact. Take the existing Demo Customer for example. Why can't that person have a name? In addition to any existing data, I could have them post forum messages about items they purchased. Demo employees in the HR component could have demo data all over the place - member of a project team in the project manager, moderator of in-house forums, foreman of a manufacturing production run, etc. Maybe this is a lofty goal, but I think it would be helpful to have demo data that really looks like a deployed OFBiz instance. -Adrian --- David E Jones <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Better, and more business oriented, demo data for > the content stuff > would be really great. > > Disclaimers are good, but another practice we've > been using is > "ridicularity", if you take my meaning. In other > words make the names > and such so silly (and entertaining, if you must) > that people will get > the idea. Using product names like widgets and > gizmos is pretty much > along this line. Some may not translate into foreign > languages as > much, but they get the idea pretty quickly anyway > (yeah, I've seen a > lot of questions from clients around the world and > sometimes in > English-speaking places too about what a widget is > and what a gizmo > is...). > > -David > > > On Jan 28, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: > > > I'm working on building out the forum feature of > the > > Content Manager component. I'm creating a more > > comprehensive demo data set and I'd like to make > the > > demo data more meaningful. > > > > Is there any reason I can't make up names for > people > > and businesses? We could have a disclaimer note in > the > > demo data similar to movie disclaimers saying that > the > > data is ficticious and any similarity to real > > people/businesses is coincidental. > > > > What do you think? > > > > -Adrian > > > > > > > > > > > > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping |
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I'm all for more demo data, but I'm not sure how much a I like anything that appears to be real... and the main reason for that is that it can be error-prone if people accidently load the data or something. -David On Jan 28, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: > Thanks for the reply! > > I'm picturing how the demo data can be built out so > that new users can have a better idea of how > components and processes interact. > > Take the existing Demo Customer for example. Why can't > that person have a name? In addition to any existing > data, I could have them post forum messages about > items they purchased. > > Demo employees in the HR component could have demo > data all over the place - member of a project team in > the project manager, moderator of in-house forums, > foreman of a manufacturing production run, etc. > > Maybe this is a lofty goal, but I think it would be > helpful to have demo data that really looks like a > deployed OFBiz instance. > > -Adrian > > --- David E Jones <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> >> Better, and more business oriented, demo data for >> the content stuff >> would be really great. >> >> Disclaimers are good, but another practice we've >> been using is >> "ridicularity", if you take my meaning. In other >> words make the names >> and such so silly (and entertaining, if you must) >> that people will get >> the idea. Using product names like widgets and >> gizmos is pretty much >> along this line. Some may not translate into foreign >> languages as >> much, but they get the idea pretty quickly anyway >> (yeah, I've seen a >> lot of questions from clients around the world and >> sometimes in >> English-speaking places too about what a widget is >> and what a gizmo >> is...). >> >> -David >> >> >> On Jan 28, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: >> >>> I'm working on building out the forum feature of >> the >>> Content Manager component. I'm creating a more >>> comprehensive demo data set and I'd like to make >> the >>> demo data more meaningful. >>> >>> Is there any reason I can't make up names for >> people >>> and businesses? We could have a disclaimer note in >> the >>> demo data similar to movie disclaimers saying that >> the >>> data is ficticious and any similarity to real >>> people/businesses is coincidental. >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >>> -Adrian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ >>> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >> >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping |
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I understand what you're saying, but at the same time
I would hate to see us avoid including meaningful demo data based upon a fear that someone might use it mess things up. I'll postpone making any changes until others have had an opportunity to comment. -Adrian --- David E Jones <[hidden email]> wrote: > > I'm all for more demo data, but I'm not sure how > much a I like > anything that appears to be real... and the main > reason for that is > that it can be error-prone if people accidently load > the data or > something. > > -David > > > On Jan 28, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply! > > > > I'm picturing how the demo data can be built out > so > > that new users can have a better idea of how > > components and processes interact. > > > > Take the existing Demo Customer for example. Why > can't > > that person have a name? In addition to any > existing > > data, I could have them post forum messages about > > items they purchased. > > > > Demo employees in the HR component could have demo > > data all over the place - member of a project team > in > > the project manager, moderator of in-house forums, > > foreman of a manufacturing production run, etc. > > > > Maybe this is a lofty goal, but I think it would > be > > helpful to have demo data that really looks like a > > deployed OFBiz instance. > > > > -Adrian > > > > --- David E Jones <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Better, and more business oriented, demo data for > >> the content stuff > >> would be really great. > >> > >> Disclaimers are good, but another practice we've > >> been using is > >> "ridicularity", if you take my meaning. In other > >> words make the names > >> and such so silly (and entertaining, if you must) > >> that people will get > >> the idea. Using product names like widgets and > >> gizmos is pretty much > >> along this line. Some may not translate into > foreign > >> languages as > >> much, but they get the idea pretty quickly anyway > >> (yeah, I've seen a > >> lot of questions from clients around the world > and > >> sometimes in > >> English-speaking places too about what a widget > is > >> and what a gizmo > >> is...). > >> > >> -David > >> > >> > >> On Jan 28, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: > >> > >>> I'm working on building out the forum feature of > >> the > >>> Content Manager component. I'm creating a more > >>> comprehensive demo data set and I'd like to make > >> the > >>> demo data more meaningful. > >>> > >>> Is there any reason I can't make up names for > >> people > >>> and businesses? We could have a disclaimer note > in > >> the > >>> demo data similar to movie disclaimers saying > that > >> the > >>> data is ficticious and any similarity to real > >>> people/businesses is coincidental. > >>> > >>> What do you think? > >>> > >>> -Adrian > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > >>> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > >>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ |
Re: More Meaningful Demo Data
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Why not use obvious names and concepts coming from fictional characters universally known (Mickey Mouse, Superman, etc.) ?
Trying to use characters related to its use could help, imagination power... Jacques From: "Adrian Crum" <[hidden email]> >I understand what you're saying, but at the same time > I would hate to see us avoid including meaningful demo > data based upon a fear that someone might use it mess > things up. > > I'll postpone making any changes until others have had > an opportunity to comment. > > -Adrian > > --- David E Jones <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> >> I'm all for more demo data, but I'm not sure how >> much a I like >> anything that appears to be real... and the main >> reason for that is >> that it can be error-prone if people accidently load >> the data or >> something. >> >> -David >> >> >> On Jan 28, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: >> >> > Thanks for the reply! >> > >> > I'm picturing how the demo data can be built out >> so >> > that new users can have a better idea of how >> > components and processes interact. >> > >> > Take the existing Demo Customer for example. Why >> can't >> > that person have a name? In addition to any >> existing >> > data, I could have them post forum messages about >> > items they purchased. >> > >> > Demo employees in the HR component could have demo >> > data all over the place - member of a project team >> in >> > the project manager, moderator of in-house forums, >> > foreman of a manufacturing production run, etc. >> > >> > Maybe this is a lofty goal, but I think it would >> be >> > helpful to have demo data that really looks like a >> > deployed OFBiz instance. >> > >> > -Adrian >> > >> > --- David E Jones <[hidden email]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Better, and more business oriented, demo data for >> >> the content stuff >> >> would be really great. >> >> >> >> Disclaimers are good, but another practice we've >> >> been using is >> >> "ridicularity", if you take my meaning. In other >> >> words make the names >> >> and such so silly (and entertaining, if you must) >> >> that people will get >> >> the idea. Using product names like widgets and >> >> gizmos is pretty much >> >> along this line. Some may not translate into >> foreign >> >> languages as >> >> much, but they get the idea pretty quickly anyway >> >> (yeah, I've seen a >> >> lot of questions from clients around the world >> and >> >> sometimes in >> >> English-speaking places too about what a widget >> is >> >> and what a gizmo >> >> is...). >> >> >> >> -David >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 28, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: >> >> >> >>> I'm working on building out the forum feature of >> >> the >> >>> Content Manager component. I'm creating a more >> >>> comprehensive demo data set and I'd like to make >> >> the >> >>> demo data more meaningful. >> >>> >> >>> Is there any reason I can't make up names for >> >> people >> >>> and businesses? We could have a disclaimer note >> in >> >> the >> >>> demo data similar to movie disclaimers saying >> that >> >> the >> >>> data is ficticious and any similarity to real >> >>> people/businesses is coincidental. >> >>> >> >>> What do you think? >> >>> >> >>> -Adrian >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> >>> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >> >>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> > Looking for last minute shopping deals? >> > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. >> > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping >> >> > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > |
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