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Documentation: Who needs it?

Submitted by chrisdavenport on Fri, 02/16/2007 - 12:38.
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CMS: Joomla!

Thursday - 1:45pm - Thursday - 2:45pm

Room:
room 3

Description:

What is documentation? Why do we go through the often painful process of writing it? Does anyone ever read it?

This session will take a radical look at the nature of documentation and why it needs to play a central role in open source projects in the future.

By deconstructing the needs of various users (consumers) of documentation, the capabilities of various producers (developers and writers) and the constraints of technology, resources and time, a model of documentation is constructed which emphasises flexibility and re-usability.

As an example, the model is then compared with the current state of Joomla! documentation to see how a fresh approach might make everyone happy!

Lead by:

Chris Davenport. Joomla! Core Team Member, Documentation Workgroup Co-Leader.

Excellent topic with many
Submitted by indie on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 01:29.

Excellent topic with many possible interpretations. Um, I guess I'll just post my four-star rating here in the comment box since the rating options don't seem to be working.