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Discover patterns by different names

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Description

Some of our patterns are known by different names ("Titles" to be precise).

For example the Dedicated Community Leader is also known by as "Dedicated Community Manager".

It would be nice if readers of our book could find the pattern, no matter which name they are searching for.

Ideas

(1) URL redirects

Both of the following URLs could lead to the same content (i.e. to the dedicated-community-leader.md file).

  • patterns.innersourcecommons.org/p/dedicated-community-leader
  • patterns.innersourcecommons.org/p/dedicated-community-manager

gitbook (the service used for hosting our online book) is saying that this is currently not possible (as of Sept/2021).

Some more info from gitbook:

If I am not terribly mistaken, this will be possible or easier in our next upcoming big release. No date yet, but it should be soon.

(2) Index page

We could create a new page (e.g. called "Aliases") and then list all the different "names" for a given page, all of the names linking to the same URL (i.e. markdown file).

e.g. in the case above the markdown content of the Aliases file would be this:

[Dedicated Community Leader](dedicated-community-leader.md)
[Dedicated Community Manager](dedicated-community-leader.md)

Status of this issue

I would suggest to try solution (1), even if that means waiting for the next release of gitbook, before trying to do anything custom here.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the pattern links and GitBook's current support for URL redirects, especially the dedicated-community-leader.md example. The work is done when readers can find the same pattern using its alternate title, either through redirects or a documented aliases page.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
markdown
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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