Announcing the DroneSpeak website

Hello from two members of DIY Drones,

We have built a small website that we think will be useful to this community. We want to know what you think about the site as it is today.

a) Should a common vocabulary be developed for discussing civilian unmanned vehicles, drones, and unmanned vehicle systems?

b) Does this new site provide a sufficient vocabulary for tagging the discussions, so we can all find information faster?

c) Do you think the site could become a reference site for this community, and for the general public?

d) How do you think the site should evolve to provide the most benefit to the most people?

Your comments will influence the direction and pace of further development. Now is a great time to be heard, here where there can be some lively, friendly dialog. We will check in from time to time to read your comments, and to offer some of our own.

Please click here to access and explore the site before leaving a comment.

Thank you, in advance, for taking some time to let us know what you think.

- John (D.) Githens and Doug (R.D.) Starwalt

Thank you for being an advocate for Systems Engineering concepts! Our original concern was about the pain of searching for useful information from across the many discussion threads and blog posts on this and other web sites. Not much tagging was evident, and tag-names tended to be personalized to a degree. A term might have many potential definitions, and the published definition from Source A might be rather different from the definition promoted by Source B. Also, extending an alphabetical list of terms did not seem like a workable, long-term resolution.
The nice thing about a systems approach is that DroneSpeak Terms, while longer than some in the industry, have a degree of built-in context.
Thanks again for your comment! - John Githens and Doug Starwalt

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John Githens March 15, 2013 at 8:12am
- Thank you for being an advocate for Systems Engineering concepts! Our original concern was about the pain of searching for useful information from across the many discussion threads and blog posts on this and other web sites. Not much tagging was evident, and tag-names tended to be personalized to a degree. A term might have many potential definitions, and the published definition from Source A might be rather different from the definition promoted by Source B. Also, extending an alphabetical list of terms did not seem like a workable, long-term resolution.
- The nice thing about a systems approach is that DroneSpeak Terms, while longer than some in the industry, have a degree of built-in context.
- Thanks again for your comment! - John Githens and Doug Starwalt
Cronselaar March 14, 2013 at 11:11am

I really like the idea of building a site with the intension of incorporating SE initiatives. Would be great for engineers or anybody else to see where they fit into the operational system as well as a detailed life-cycle of the drone.
John Githens March 7, 2013 at 9:45am

Thank you for your comments and observations. A glossary of terms is only a small part of the DroneSpeak Framework. It is much more. As discussions and blogs posts are started, using the best term at the most appropriate level of the Vocabulary to tag the discussions and blog posts should lead to faster and easier searching. Using a hierarchical vocabulary is an idea based on concepts from Systems Engineering and IT Architecture. Making an effort to organize information from the top down will especially help new people look for information.
Joshua Johnson March 7, 2013 at 6:33am

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A42428
Noth666 March 7, 2013 at 5:00am

I think its a great idea, atleast then there would be a referencable definition of some of the terminology we use in the community.
I took a look at and like it, now it needs to be filled up with content more imo.
Peter Meister March 6, 2013 at 4:34pm

I am with Jesse, no need for a site just to understand jargon/vocabulary for drones.
Joshua Johnson March 6, 2013 at 4:18pm

I agree with Jesse a whole new website may not be needed for the task you want to accomplish.
Jesse March 6, 2013 at 4:02pm

Every industry, hobby, business, etc. has it's own jargon, vocabulary, or phraseology (such as Air Traffic Control). I don't believe there is such a tremendous amount of drone-dedicated "vocabulary" that a dedicated site would be warranted. A single page on, say, this site would suffice.

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