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Topic Writing and Editing?

Subject: Topic Writing and Editing?
From: Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>
To: TECHWR-L' Whirlers <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, Kent Drummond <kent -dot- drummond -at- sbcglobal -dot- net>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:37:45 -0400

Kent Drummond wondered: <<Interviewed for a position in a group
responsible for software documentation using Topics. Will someone
please direct me to some source information on topic writing
guidelines.>>

If you want more specific help, please provide details: do you mean
DITA or DocBook topics, or just a more general guideline to creating
a chunk of information that focuses on a single topic? I don't know
enough about the two former topics, but there are many experts here
who do.

For a couple general suggestions related to the latter:
http://www.geoff-hart.com/resources/2007/complete.htm
http://www.geoff-hart.com/resources/2006/outlining.htm

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