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Re: What do you guys think of STCs new definition for technicalwriter?
Subject:Re: What do you guys think of STCs new definition for technicalwriter? From:"Milan Davidovic" <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> Date:Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:18:54 -0400
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> By this definition, the people who operate the printing presses at the
> Washington Post are technical communicators.
And clearly they're not, so something in the definition of "technical
communicator" needs to change -- and that may not necessarily be the
part to do with "knowlege product".
If you're ultimately interested in a definition of "technical
communicator", how about we start with Wikipedia's definition of
"technical communication"?
"the process of conveying usable information through writing or speech
about a specific domain to an intended audience."
>From this I suggest that a technical communicator is "someone engaged
in the design, production, and delivery of usable information about a
specific domain to an intended audience".
The "design, production, and delivery" part is perhaps a bit tricky,
though -- should it be "and/or"? Also, this definition leaves open the
possibility that someone with some other job title may, at some
moments, be a technical communicator, and that may be a problem for
some people.
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