[thelist] Documentation best practices?

chris lists at semioticpixels.com
Thu Jun 10 18:14:26 CDT 2004


Joel, you might want to look at docBook http://www.docbook.org/ 

If docbook is overkill, then writing your documentation in xml is probably a
good idea for uncertain multiple formats and platforms.

hth
chris
http://www.semioticpixels.com





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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Joel Konkle-Parker
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Subject: [thelist] Documentation best practices?


I've been given the task of documenting a software package, and I'd like
some feedback about what are considered some modern best practices for such
a thing.

First of all, is there a group or forum or something that discusses these
issues? I did a google/google groups search, but didn't come up with
anything.

The application in question is multiplatform, and so must be the
documentation. I'm somewhat attracted to the HTML idea, but I'm not sure if
this is the best way to go. PDF is also an option. I've also heard of
meta-languages that let you mark up and expand to different formats from
there, but I have no experience with such things.

Any advice?


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