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Pulpp Wiki

The Pulpp Wiki is the cornerstone of Pulpp's work. This is where all outputs from the various Pulpp projects are collated. A wiki is a type of knowledge management system that can support collaborative creation and management of resources. Wikipedia is the worlds biggest wiki and something you will be familiar with.

Figure 1: A screenshot of the Pulpp Wiki

All my work, the questions, answers, guidance, document reviews, template documents and Pulpp projects will have a space on the wiki and can be viewed from anywhere on any device.

I chose a wiki because of its ability to create linked content to anywhere in the site (think about all those blue links on Wikipedia). This helps users find information organically and allows me to get rid of a rigid hierarchical storage structure. In a wiki, content can be organised freely and linked to create interesting pathways.

This was vital in my designs. I believe it is impossible to find information that you don't know exists (this is why libraries and book shops categorise by subject). Pulpp helps you find information organically and shows you content you never knew you needed.

I have chosen to build Pulpp in DocuWiki. It is lighter weight, offers all the core features of MediaWiki (the software used to run Wikipedia) and importantly runs purely on plain text files. This makes hosting the wiki very easy but also makes its replication very simple - as a customer you can have your own version of the content and even run your own wiki.

Perhaps you really like the idea of a collaborative knowledge share at your Trust and wish you could have a single solution for your internal knowledge and Pulpp's content. Why not implement Pulpp on premises and build your own pages, thoughts, and content? If you would like help with this just get in touch.

Pulpp Clarifications Project

This is the first Pulpp Project and will provide users with a way to direct what content I create. The Pulpp Clarifications Project is a perfect example of the benefits of shared outputs that Pulpp offers.

With shared outputs subscribers get far more out than they put in making this model extremely good value for money. Just to protect those early adopters I have committed to deliver a minimum of 100 responses (I will pretend there are 10 subscribers at all times - after 10 subscribers thing might have to change because there's only one of me!)

Subscribers will get 10 questions per year they can ask. Each month a new set of questions will be answered and sent out to all users and filed in the wiki. Subscribers won't just get the answers to their own questions but to everyone else's too. If the same question gets asked I'll only answer it once and credit the requesters with another question.

Questions can be about anything related to NHS transformation. It may be that a response requires a template document, some guidance, or a link to the right location. The beauty of the clarification process is that Pulpp is directed to create useful content you want and can use right away.

Pulpp Projects

Pulpp Projects are longer term pieces of work that I am undertaking on specific areas of interest. They are spaces where I am either developing a new solution that fits in with the Pulpp ethos or collating a specific set of data.

At this moment in time there are a number of Pulpp Projects in beta. For more information you can visit the individual project pages:

Pulpp Wiki: A simple and effective open source wiki collating all of Pulpp's projects and outputs into a single easy to access location.
Pulpp Clarifications: Building a shared clarification log for suppliers and Trusts looking for programme, procurement, and commercial advice. Answers to questions are shared with the whole community to maximise knowledge sharing.
Pulpp Electronic Services Information: NHS contracts have required Electronic Services Information to be provided for years but this clause is often neglected. ESI is a simple register of supplier details and product descriptions. It's purpose is to allow buyer's to build an internal catalogue of all their solutions and options for further solutions from suppliers. A public buyer should check this register before a procurement to understand if it has already procured similar services. Pulpp's ESI project aims to standardise a template and build a free-to-all register of supplier products that saves accessing individual websites to find basic summary information. This acts as a 'front door' for buyers looking to procure new solutions or just understand the full portfolio of products from a supplier.
Open Public Contract Information: This is a register of collated NHS IT contract information. It is the sister to the Pulpp Electronic Services Information project and allows both public and private sectors to better understand the basic contract information needed for planning and engagement in procurement activity. Information is sourced by freedom of information, public sources, and contracts registers.
Pulpp Knowledge Management (PKM): An opinionated configuration including guidance and template structures for building an open source knowledge base within an organisation using DokuWiki.
Pulpp Library: This is the extension to the Pulpp Wiki that works with community members to build content. The Pulpp Wiki is built from content I create in response to clarifications and other topics I find interesting. To ensure the wiki remains relevant and useful it shall collate community content such as lessons learnt, blueprints, document templates, and requirements. Each of these workstreams will be built using a repeatable, documented process and standardised documents so you can run your own versions of these projects and adopt them in your organisation whilst still being able to share findings with others.
Pulpp Bookmarks: an easy to use and organised bookmark file that can be imported into any browser and provide access to a wide range of digital resources. Think of it a bit like a yellow pages for your web browser collated and curated for the Pulpp Community. I also create an index file that provides a basic introduction and insight into the the website and how it confirms to Pulpp principles. Think of this a little like a modern 'Whole Earth Catalog'.
Commercial Semantic Versioning: Having worked with many organisations and shared documents between multiple organisations I can safely say that document management and version control represent a real challenge for organisations. Keeping track of documents seems simple but the underlying process and principles are rarely understood. Semantic Versioning is a standard that allows version of a codebase to be understood in terms of the impact of changes. Commercial Semantic Versioning is the same thing but for legal, commercial, and business documents. Not only does the version number identify a document but it describes the degree of change between versions.
Plain Text Public Sector: This is a simple set of adoptions and justifications for switching public sector services over onto plain text solutions. Plain text solutions reduce vendor lock in, can be converted to more file types, and offer greater opportunities for pre-existing technologies to improve productivity. Plain text can be greener, simpler, and more open - all things that are useful in the public sector.
Clinikeys: Clinikeys is an open standard that defines hotkeys for clinical systems. Clinical information systems, such as EPRs, offer similar standard functions; however, features are often implemented in different locations within a system and require different actions or key clicks to access. Clinikeys is a standard to create consensus around what standard hot-keys (think about Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V for 'copy' and 'paste') should exist and what their function in a system should be. This allows users to move between systems and, even without training, locate key system features through a hot-key. No matter what system and how it looks, users will have a familiar and accessible way to reach basic functionality. The standard also looks at how live help and support is integrated within clinical systems to allow point-of-use help for users
Open Contract Scoring Standard: The OCSS is a standard designed to offer users the ability to score a commercial agreement based on a pre-defined scoring mechanism. This allows for like-for-like comparisons of commercial agreements and allows for a difference in 'contract score' to be measured. This is useful in procurements of reviewing changes to contracts. The standard is designed to be operated by legal and commercial professionals but provides a plain-English way in which commercial strengths and weaknesses can be described.
Pulpp Simple Social Value: Social Value is a mandatory but under-implemented procurement obligation. Many buyer's don't know how to procure and evaluate social value and many suppliers have a very weak understanding of the practical application of social value. This project aims to simplify social value and offer processes and template documents for building a strong, repeatable, and sustainable social value delivery solution that supports buyer's and suppliers to deliver meaningful change to the communities they serve.

Working with Pulpp

All Pulpp projects are open source. Pulpp acts as the core maintainer on each project but welcomes the input of community members in the ongoing development of the projects. If you like a project or found it particularly useful, feel free to get in touch and see if you can help to improve it. Head to the Building Pulpp page for more information on getting involved.