What Is Documentation? How Is Documentation Created in Vox Pupuli? (voxconf2026)

In this workshop, we will discuss how Vox Pupuli approaches documentation as well as how OpenVox documentation is (re-)created. The goal is to contribute to Vox Pupuli and OpenVox documentation strategy while addressing my research interest in non-knowledge. In this 50 minutes exchange with the audience, I will guide the conversation with a series a questions that give space for different opinions as well as feedback about my research.

The workshop will cover a number of key considerations, including the narrative or story behind both, Vox Pupuli and OpenVox; the type(s) of documentation that is/are needed, wanted and expected, as well as its/their maintainability; and finally, the (best) practices that contribute to good documentation. In the process, I will share the preliminary results of my analysis of Slack exchanges, PRs and comments on the GitHub documentation repository, and interviews with the Vox Pupuli members most involved in the process of creating OpenVox documentation. I expect to conclude this exercise with actionable items for the community and more data for my dissertation.
about this event: https://c3voc.de