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.
>I am taking a course entitled "Writing for the Computer Industry," and
>my instructor has a book called "The Power of Maps" by Denis Wood, as
>one of our required reading materials. However, I do not seem to
>understand the importance of 'mapping'in relation to technical
>writing.
Laila,
I'm not sure what "mapping" you were talking about, but if it's "Information
Mapping," that's an analysis and formatting technique for information. As far
as its relation to technical writing, it's just one possible method of gathering
and organizing information. Some of its methods I quite like, but some of the
formatting (a line between every paragraph, basically) isn't appropriate for
the documents I'm currently working on. I recently took a class in Information
Mapping.
