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Subject: Re: Re: "Industry standard" for software user documentation?
Subject:Subject: Re: Re: "Industry standard" for software user documentation? From:Bphuettner -at- aol -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:17:12 EDT
True, the existing standards may not be, but the new sets of standards that
Linda referenced will include specifics for people who are developing both
user documentation and software development lifecycle documentation. The first
two pieces will be a standard for doc managers (how to do a content plan,
how to do audience analysis and testing and metrics, etc.) and a standard for
the designers/developers for the documents themselves (not quite underway,
but it will be soon!) It's an interesting, truly international project with a
growing list of authors and reviewers from all over the world.
Brenda Huettner
P-N Designs, Inc.
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>Subject: Re: Re: "Industry standard" for software user documentation?
>From: "Fred Ridder" <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>
>To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:58:45 -0400
>In actuality, these standards are probably not the kind of thing
>the original poster is looking for, because these standards are
>more focused on the process for developing software
>documentation rather than standards for the documentation
>itself (i.e. the deliverable documentation products).
>
>My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
>Fred Ridder
>Intel
>Parsippany, NJ
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