Re: Certification: Ernest and Scribbler

[Suzette Leeming <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Not having worked in a large documentation department, I am completely
unfamiliar with the concept of style sheets that are carved in stone. I
think Mike's opinions would make sense though, in that situation.

Suzette Leeming



On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com> wrote:

> The problem with style sheets that are carved in stone is once in a while
> (hopefully not often) a situation arises that wasn't anticipated when the
> style sheet was frozen. Good documentation teams have a mechanism for
> modification of those style sheets and perhaps even an annual review of
> style sheets by the entire team.
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> Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
> > One of the realities of contemporary document methodology is that in
> > environments where  products are small variations on themes, documents
> are
> > rigidly structured and content is heavily leveraged, style sheets are
> often
> > carved in stone and management just wants the doc team to dig out the
> > differences in the new products, plug them into the right places and then
> hit
> > the "publish" button.
> >
> > Gene Kim-Eng
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