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Re: Documentation Correctness was Re: How many levels of indents and heads are reasonable?
Subject:Re: Documentation Correctness was Re: How many levels of indents and heads are reasonable? From:Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM> To:techwr-l List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:29:20 +1000
Richard Lewis wrote:
>
> It is easy to tell a TW to be correct, but, if that
> is as far as it goes, it is nothing. Being correct
> means having performed a rigorous analysis. Such
> analysis is based on identifying the essential tasks
> to be performed and, most importantly, the inter-
> relationships between the tasks. Unfortunately, nobody
> within the TW community - either in academia or
> industry - has discussed this. So incorrect documentation
> is pretty much gauranteed.
>
Um.... huh?
A quick glance at any STC Conference program or list
of recommended books on technical writing will reveal
a score of presentations and books on task analysis.
I'm afraid you won't be able to patent this idea after all.
-- Janice
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