Here's an interesting question a friend had about documentation. The hospital where I did my rotation used Microsoft Word. They were relatively "clued up" but I hate to give my enthusiastic friend an answer like that.
Has anyone migrated to a wiki? Is anyone using subversion? On Thursday 28 August 2008, my friend wrote: > .... > As part of ISO-17025 requirements we have to have a clean and > accurate documentation system. He [his bos] started off using LaTeX > some years ago then found DocBook and hasn't looked back. > > On the face of it docbook sounds cool. It goes a level higher than > TeX/LaTeX to concentrate the writer's attention almost solely upon > content (ostensibly a goal of LaTeX but even TeX doesn't escape > some effort in devotion to layout). > > If you have heard of anything like docbook or perhaps something > even more powerful do let me know. I was wondering, for example, > what the really clued-up quality assurance physicists use in the > smarter/smaller medical physics institutions, since if anyone would > know or rely upon elegant documentation systems they would, > I'd guess. I'd imagine a fair few hackers involved in large developer > base collaboration projects would also use tools highly fit for > purpose. _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
