title: Getting Started
author: David Lounsbury
date: 2019-11-08
affiliation: The Open Group
copyright: ©2019, The Open Group

Getting Started with The Open Group Community GitLab Wiki

The Open Group Community Gitlab open source project site includes a Wiki to allow projects to easily develop and capture documentation and guidance for its project.

Contents

Wiki Basics

• What is a Wiki?
• What is Markdown syntax?
• How to access a wiki on GitLab
• How to edit and create a Wiki page
• Linking pages
• Some Markdown editing tools

Resources

• Where to find documentation and help
• Some best practices on content

Master class

• Conversion of existing materials
• GitLab-specific Wiki Features
• Diagramming in Wikis
• AsciiDoc syntax