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RE: Lots of acronyms (Was: Nitpicky little style question)
Subject:RE: Lots of acronyms (Was: Nitpicky little style question) From:"Jonathan West" <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:32:46 -0000
> A hundred definitions no a page is an indication that some serious
> editing needs to be done, or at least a conversation with the SMEs about
> terminology. Even in electronic documentation, that many links to
> definitions would probably loose the viewer, especially if they
> were popups.
I'm not thinking of end-user documentation, but rather things like technical
specifications where meanings must be very specific, and where the document
is intended for a readership that is already knowledgeable on the general
topic.
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