RE: "Button Gravity" and "Warning Gravity"

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Assuming that there are no regulatory restrictions in your industry,
then all that matters is that you use consistent standards that are
clear to your audience. You can make a "warning" in your documentation
mean whatever works for you and your customers.

Richard's examples are a fine standard, but as David Patterson says:
"The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many from
which you can choose."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Downing, David
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:34 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: "Button Gravity" and "Warning Gravity"
> 
> Then technically, I should never use anything stronger than a 
> caution, because I don't document equipment that could injure 
> or kill people.
> However, I -- and some of the other folks in my department -- 
> will occasionally use warnings for situations where a wrong 
> move could cause serious corruption and/or destruction of 
> data, with disastrous results to whatever institution was 
> using the software. Does this seem acceptable?
> 

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