Rainer Heilke wrote:

 > Might I suggest two changes? For consistency, and to perhaps more 
accurately reflect the material falling within the categories, I'm 
suggesting "Programmer's Guides" be "Programming Guides" and User's 
Guides" to be called "Application Guides".
 >
 > That would remove the two "possessive" categories, and generalize 
them to match the rest in the list (TOC, p. 8 and Ch. 8, p155). As a 
fer-instance, Systems Administrators often use both types of guides, but 
aren't really classified as "programmers" or (run-of-the-mill, everyday) 
users. The most excellent DTrace Manual would fit into the first 
category, but is targetted at admins as much as anyone.
 >
 > Does that seem reasonable?

I second that idea. It emphasizes the tasks described not
the audiences addressed. For consistency I would prefer
"Usage Guide" instead of "Application Guide", however.

Frank

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