Re: What do you want to be called?

Subject: Re: What do you want to be called?
From: Nancy Smith <smithcds -at- ICI -dot- NET>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:48:55 -0400

I've also been a Software Publications Specialist.
That was OK with me -- it stated what I did, sorta'.

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Nancy Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 1:59 PM
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> Subject: Re: What do you want to be called?
>
>
> > >I've heard the following used:
> > >-- Information Engineer
> > >-- Knowledgeware Analyst
> >
>
> Catharine Strauss wrote:
> > I think these terms refer to a specific niche
that
> is related
> > to, but not
> > the same as, techwriting....
> >
> > I think the terms above refer more to people who
> analyze,
> > compile and make
> > existing information available than they do to
> people who write
> > documentation.
>
> I don't think I was ever called an Information
> Engineer, but I was definitely a Knowledgeware
> Analyst at my last company -- and the job was
> exactly the same as had been for several years
> before that: technical writing!
>
> The difference was that the company wanted to
change
> the focus from hardcopy to electronic -- online
> help, CD and Intranet distribution -- and came up
> with the "jazzier" term. Although I believe a big
> part of a technical writer's job involves
analyzing
> information, the jobs you describe above sound
more
> like the job of an SME -- "subject matter expert."
>
> Nancy
>
>
>
> >
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