TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Definitions of our database fields were written by our trainer.
He could not find a definition for a specific field. Instead of using some
accepted phrase like "reserved for future use", he defined it as
"erroneously added to the database and never used".
Our chief engineer looked at that when he was developing the next rev of the
system and removed the field from the database. Half the system blew up!
Oh well, I was amused. You'd have to know the personalities involved.
