Re: Naming conventions

Subject: Re: Naming conventions
From: "Ellen L. Lidington" <elidington -at- ITSA -dot- NET>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:05:37 -0400

Before you do, however, make sure it is OK with your company.
Mine insists on using the "full" name which makes for quite clumsy
documentation.

Ellen

On Tuesday, April 20, 1999 9:24 AM, John Posada [SMTP:jposada01 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM] wrote:
> Marianne...
>
> What I might do is introduce an alias the first time
> the product is mentioned, then use that alias forward.
>
> Example:
>
> The BigCompany Accounting and Sandwich Making System
> (hereafter known as "The System") will reduce the time
> your customers wait for their tax returns and ham
> sandwiches. "The System" does this by ....
>
>
> --- Marianne Bowen <mbowen -at- IMCI -dot- NET> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have a problem with a new manual I am writing, and
> > I am hoping to get some
> > feedback.
> >
> > Throughout the manual I of course have to refer to
> > the product I am
> > documenting. The product name is rather long,
> > meaning the name, the TM
> > symbol, and the word system after it. That would be
> > the correct usage of the
> > product name.
> >
> > The previous writer used the full name throughout
> > the document, including
> > trademarking and the word system. I am trying to
> > find a way to shorten it by
> > declaring part of the name as an acronym. The main
> > problem for me is the
> > fact that using the word System would confuse the
> > user, ans using the
> > product name itself would mean using a trademarked
> > name as a noun.
> >
> > Is it acceptable to use the trademarked name if I
> > declare it first as an
> > acronym? Are there any other ideas out there to
> > solving this problem?
> >
> > Marianne
> >
>
> ===
> John Posada
> Western Union International
> (w) jposada -at- westernunion -dot- com
> (p) john -at- tdandw -dot- com
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