SIGDOC Newsletter
June 2005
:: Volume 6, Number 2
Interesting Items
You can find a nice list of interesting articles at Technews.
Interested in or Work on Developer Documentation or SDKs?
There are few resources for technical writers who wish to document
Software Development Kits (SDKs), the resources that help software developers
create new software and integrate existing software. This research
will present the following results of online surveys and interviews:
- Advice from practitioners on best practices.
- Breakdowns of specific SDK-related tasks performed by practitioners.
- Background knowledge required for each task.
- Specific subject matter knowledge used for tasks.
If you are interested in or contribute (as a writer, editor, project
manager, or programmer) to this work, and would like to contribute
to this project, please complete the following short survey:
http://webq.catalyst.washington.edu/survey.cgi?user=bottoc&survey=2
This survey is part of a research project for a graduate student
at the University of Washington's Technical Communication's Department.
For
questions or feedback, please contact bottoc@u.washington.edu.
The goal is to determine best practices for writing programming
documentation and to develop training for technical writers interested
in this area.
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