Allocated chapter numbers for specific chapter content

["Broberg, Mats" <mabr -at- flir -dot- se>]

Dear listmembers,

A customer with previous job experience from the aircraft industry asked
us if we have ever thought about allocating fixed chapter numbers for
specific chapter content. The argument for such a regime would be that
users would always know that they can find e.g. Electrical power system
in Chapter 10, Maintenance & cleaning in Chapter 15, Glossary in Chapter
19 etc.

I see a few difficulties with this approach, but since it is used
successfully (?) for some documentation I guess those difficulties can
be overcome. 

For example, it might be difficult to foresee what kind of chapters one
would need for new products and therefore there is a risk that the
content is arranged in a sequence that is not very user-friendly.
Another problem is that there will be breaks in the chapter numbering
for many manuals since all manuals won't use all chapters allocations.

Comments, ideas?

Sincerely,
Mats Broberg
Technical Documentation Manager
www.flirthermography.com

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