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Try to address the following in your presentation:
* What is the document's target audience?
* What is the document's purpose?
* How does the current glossary obstruct that purpose?
* How would the proposed format better serve that purpose?
Target audience feedback on the proposed change would also be helpful, but I
assume you don't have the time or resources for that (who does?).
Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Tinsley
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 3:51 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Glossary structure
> Greetings,
> I would like to solicit opinions on glossaries, We have recently
> consolidated our glossary terms from long explanations to one or two
> sentence definitions. Our rationale is that we believe that
> the subject
> should be discussed in detail at the appropriate place in the
> text. We had
> instances where the glossary was as large as the main text!
> We now have to "sell" this idea and new definitions to a wide range of
> people, from Product Managers, Engineers and Tech Support to
> name a few. I
> would like to go into what is going to be a subjective
> meeting armed with
> some solid professional reasoning behind our decision. This
> is where this
> group comes in :) Thank you in advance for your experiences
> or opinions.
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