Hello Cecilia,
2010.09.11. 19:27 keltezéssel, Cecilia Cheung írta:
Hello Zoltan,
Thank you for your info. I have just started reading chapter 1 - Introducing
Base.As I am new to this document, I found the following:
1) unclear terminology used - for example: database program2) unclear
statement - for example:
With
the right program called a driver, Base can access databases like
these as well as others.3) terms used that have not been introduced or
explained, an example is:Base
uses the HSQLDB 1.8
database engine to create and later update ODF 1.2 database frontend
documents.
I suppose. may be I wrong, that the readers pick this user guide, after
they went through "Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3"
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started
and they knows database basic terms from GS Base chapter:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started/Getting_Started_with_Base
Listed above are just a few but not limited areas that I picked up as I was
reading.If we assume our target audience has no knowledge of database, then we
have to communicate in clear, plain and well structured text. In this occasion,
the document seemed to have fallen short of that goal.
The chapter what you reviewed is a first chapter to the user guide,
which contain more chapters, when we finished will be a book.
May be needs to add an annex after last chapter, explanation of all
database specific terms.
Zoltan
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