"Developers Guide", "Developers' Guide", or "Developer's Guide"

[Edwin Skau]

Well, there are such titles in the market.

Edwin

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Gordon McLean <
Gordon.McLean at grahamtechnology.com> wrote:

> Which prompts me to ponder why the other types aren't titled:
>
> Using [product name]
> Developing with/on/for ...
>
> In other words, if an Installation Guide is focussed on the task of
> installing a product, why aren't the others focussed on the tasks of
> using,
> developing, maintaining, administering... etc.
>
> G
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+gordon.mclean=
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> techwr-l-bounces+gordon.mclean=grahamtechnology.com at lists.techwr-l.c
> om] On Behalf Of Bonnie Granat
> Sent: 12 February 2008 21:51
> To: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
> Subject: RE: "Developers Guide", "Developers' Guide", or "Developer's
> Guide"
>
> Ain't nobody called an installer. ; ) No need for parallelism here.
>
> Bonnie Granat
> http://www.GranatEdit.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joyce Fetterman [mailto:Joycef at gtsoftware.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:45 PM
> > To: Andrew McFarland; Bonnie Granat
> > Cc: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
> > Subject: RE: "Developers Guide", "Developers' Guide", or "Developer's
> > Guide"
> >
> > Bonnie Granat <bgranat at granatedit.com> wrote:
> > > Many organizations use the following:
> > >
> > > - User Guide
> > > - Developer Guide
> > > - Installation Guide
> > > - Administrator Guide
> >
> >
> > Andrew McFarland replied:
> > <<I like this convention, which I'll adopt across our documentation
> > range.>>
> >
> >
> > If it's User Guide and Administrator Guide, then doesn't it follow to
> > have Installer Guide rather than Installation Guide?
>
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