RE: Lots of acronyms (Was: Nitpicky little style question)

Subject: RE: Lots of acronyms (Was: Nitpicky little style question)
From: "Jonathan West" <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:32:46 -0000


> A hundred definitions no a page is an indication that some serious
> editing needs to be done, or at least a conversation with the SMEs about
> terminology. Even in electronic documentation, that many links to
> definitions would probably loose the viewer, especially if they
> were popups.

I'm not thinking of end-user documentation, but rather things like technical
specifications where meanings must be very specific, and where the document
is intended for a readership that is already knowledgeable on the general
topic.

Regards
Jonathan West

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