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Subject:Re: Speaking of Design Standards... From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:RMinaker -at- cds -dot- ca, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:39:57 -0800 (PST)
We typically don't "chunk" documents. We chunk the
system being documented and then use that chunking to
sturcture our documents. This chunking is an analysis
activity - not a design activity. Proper chunking
involves a technique that is taboo to discuss on this
listserv.
Tony Markatos
--- RMinaker -at- cds -dot- ca wrote:
> Speaking of design standards. I'm currently in the
> process of researching
> design standards specifically related to online help
> files (e.g.,
> FrameMaker documents generated through web works).
> Can anyone recommend
> any resources? I'm interested to know about how
> people are chunking their
> documents, what screen resolution they are designing
> for, what browsers
> their help files support, how they are using links
> etc.
>
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