Re: Re: "Industry standard" for software user documentation?

[Susan W. Gallagher <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net>]

Actually, IEEE does have documentation standards. I was
asked to work on them several years ago but couldn't because
of personal issues. ISO also has documentation standards.
Specifically, there's ISO 18019, "Software and system 
engineering ?Guidelines for the design and preparation
of user documentation for application software".

There is also a committee working on a whole new set of
ISO standards for documentation.

How does the saying go? ..."The nice thing about standards
is that there are so many to choose from"????

;-)
-Sue Gallagher


> 
> From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>

> IEEE what?
> 
> Ask them to tell you to what IEEE standard are they are
> refering....there are thousands.
> 
> > Are there technical documentation standards out there that 
> > are considered "industry standards" for software *in 
> > general* that I'm just not aware of?
> 
> No. I think the person heard that IEEE had standards, and not knowing
> what IEEE is, assumed they had document standards.



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