Specific technical tool products will be described and evaluated on a separate companion website, which will be called the Convivial Tools User Guide.

Classification and Desription of Technical Tools in the User Guide

It was originally planned to classify technical tools on the Convivial Tools User Guide following the US Schedule B Export Code.

It was also planned that the entry for each individual type of Technical Tool on the Convivial Tools User Guide should respect a standard structure, which might be as follows:

Description of the tool
Standard functions and specifications
Variable functions and options
How it works
Maintenance and repair

Commercialisation of the tool
Manufacturers
Distributors

Evaluation of products
Comparative evaluation of products
Recommended products

Links concerning the tool
Links to documentation
Links to manufacturers and distributors

However, the above classification now appears rigid and unnecessary. It may be preferable simply to let the information on the User Guide evolve following its own logic

Evaluation of Technical Tools on a Wiki?

It was originally foreseen that the detailed information and evaluations concerning individual tools would be entered by the contributors to the Convivial Tools User Guide, following the principle of a wiki

However, for a number of reasons it has been considered preferable to protect the User Guide site against random editing.