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The 'criteria' I always seemed to get stuck with is write as fast as
possible before beta date and then pray that I at least had time to run
spell-check. The Beta watermark was always big and bold - mostly to make
sure everyone who saw it knew that I wasn't finished with that thing. The
word 'beta' actually translates to "Honest, I can write better that this!!"
:-)
Sally Derrick
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:37 PM, <p -dot- vuncanon -at- att -dot- net> wrote:
> Does anyone out there have a list of criteria they adhere to for
> beta-quality documentation?
>
> Some tech pub folks say that beta doc is merely a snapshot of the
> documentation as it stands at the beta release timeframe. Others say that
> as long as you have a Beta watermark on the beta doc than you should be
> covered. I was curious if there's a more rigorous set of criteria that
> anyone uses to decide if their doc is beta quality or not. Thanks.
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