<preface id="preface">

    <title>Preface</title>

    <para>

        Welcome to &TCARUG;, the official documentation of &TCAR;.

    </para>

    <para>

        This book describes the corporate visual identity of &TC;; and

        the way it is produced. If you are interested in making &TC;;

        a more beautiful project, this book is definitly for you.

    </para>

    <para>

        To make the information in this book managable, it has been

        organized in the following parts:

    </para>

    <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        <xref linkend="repo" /> describes the convenctions you should

        follow to keep everything organized and consistent inside the

        repository directory structure, how to to install and

        configure a working copy inside your workstation. At the end

        of this part you will find a history of most relevant changes

        committed to the repository along the years.

    </para>

    </listitem>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        <xref linkend="identity" /> describes the corporate visual

        identity of the organization known as &TC;; and the production

        tasks related to image rendition inside &TCAR;.  If you are a

        graphic designer, this part of the book might result

        interesting to you.

    </para>

    </listitem>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        <xref linkend="locale" /> describes production tasks related to

        content internationalization and localization inside &TCAR;.

        If you are a translator, this part of the book might result

        interesting to you.

    </para>

    </listitem>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        <xref linkend="manuals" /> describes production tasks related

        to content documentation inside &TCAR;. If you are a

        documentor, this part of the book might result interesting to

        you.

    </para>

    </listitem>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        <xref linkend="scripts" /> describes automation of production

        tasks inside &TCAR;. If you are a programmer, this part of the

        book might result interesting to you.

    </para>

    </listitem>

    <listitem>

    <para>

        <xref linkend="licenses" /> organizes the licenses mentioned

        in this book.

    </para>

    </listitem>

    </itemizedlist>

    <para>

        This book assumes you have a basic understanding of &TC;;.  If

        you need help with it, go to the 

        url="http://wiki.centos.org/Help">Help</ulink> page inside

        &TCWIKI; for or a list of different places you can find help.

    </para>

    &preface-overview;

    &preface-history;

    &preface-docconvs;

    &preface-feedback;

</preface>