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Subject:Re: SME meaning From:Jane Bergen <janeb -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 26 Mar 1995 10:44:59 -0800
Beverly Parks wrote:
>Several people have wondered what "SME" means. I'm not sure what
>the original poster meant by it, but in my neck of the woods it
>stands for "subject matter expert."
>Just trying to head off other queries...
I'm kind of surprised that people are asking this, too. It's fairly
standard terminology in most of the tech writing journals and other
literature. I've seen it apply only, as Bev said, to Subject Matter
Experts.
