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Subject:Re: Help with a term From:Dossy Shiobara <dossy -at- panoptic -dot- com> To:"Weissman, Jessica" <WeissmanJ -at- abacustech -dot- com> Date:Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:56:52 -0400
Oh, if this is the case, then I'd refer to them as "electronic forms" --
definitely.
On 4/23/12 10:46 AM, Weissman, Jessica wrote:
> For this document and the project it defines, it is vital to avoid confusion with the paper forms that the app is supposed to replace with a more flexible data entry process. I have been told to reserve the term "form" for the legacy paper forms. Otherwise I would turn to "form" as the obvious choice.
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