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Subject:Re: Resources for learning Structured Writing? From:"Stuart Burnfield" <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au> To:"Techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:45:51 +0800
Yves, do you have a source that shows that DITA is based in any way on
Miller's infamously misunderstood magic number?
It was a source of exasperation to Professor Miller himself throughout
his long and productive career that he was mainly known in the wider
world for misapplications of this paper.
From: Yves Barbion
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:09:51 +0200
By the way, DITA was not really developed "in response to Information
Mapping". This is a common misunderstanding because both
methodologies are
based on the same scientific research and principles, for example:
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