Re: Unique Documentation

[Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com>]

John Posada wrote:
>> I am developing very innovative (I really doubt if anyone has done this 
>> before) software documentation for a larger scale web-based systems.   
>> Basically, I am creating data flow diagrams to then create web sites that 
>> show the systems at a high level.  
> 
> Richard...you are right, what you are describing sounds very useful, but it has been done before.

Yeah.  I've done similar dynamic drill-down diagrams for really complex 
software architectures.  The first one was in 2002 and implemented with 
clickable GIF images on web pages on an intranet;  the second was in 
2005 and was done in visio.

As John says the biggest problem was with maintenance as the system was 
dynamic and constantly changing.  The web-based diagram was a particular 
PITA to keep updated and once I left the company I'm told it rapidly 
went out of date.

Laura

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