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Re: Levels of Edit: how are they defined/applied by technical editors?
Subject:Re: Levels of Edit: how are they defined/applied by technical editors? From:"Craig Cardimon" <craig -dot- cardimon -at- att -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 15 Apr 2003 07:42:55 -0400
Kalle wrote:
<<I am a graduate student studying technical and scientific communication. I
am interested in a career in technical editing and am currently researching
"the levels of edit" to determine how technical editors organize/prioritize
the editorial process (also in preparation for a class project). The process
produced by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ("The Levels of Edit" by Robert
Van Buren and Mary Fran Buehler) seems to be the most thorough and
inclusive-- offering a definitive plan. Is this process standard in the
typical editing environment? (Is it actually used by technical editors?) If
not, how do you (editors) define/determine "levels of edit"? I would greatly
appreciate your feedback. Thanks.>>
Another good list on which to post this question is the STC's Technical
Editing SIG (Special Interest Group) mailing list. Their Website is located
at: http://www.stcsig.org/te/index.asp. Their mailing list address is:
stctesig-l -at- lists -dot- stc -dot- org -dot- I have copied them on this post.
Sincerely,
Craig Cardimon
ProTechMed
Computer Programming, Technical Writing, and Medical/Scientific Writing
craig -dot- cardimon -at- att -dot- net http://home.att.net/~craig.cardimon/
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