RE: Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals
Right you are, Peter. That's why the data storage and backup industries are thriving right now. The amount of data stored by businesses today is growing exponentially. Diane -Original Message- From: Peter Gold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:34 AM To: Diane Gaskill; Framers List Subject: Re: Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals At 3:10 AM -0700 5/19/06, Diane Gaskill wrote: ALL of the documentation within the company - literally a billion pages or more - uses numbered headings. Yes, some of the docs are written by engineers to other engineers, but much of the product documentation goes to the customers, most of whom are not engineers. The same numbering scheme is used in Accounting, HR, IT, and every department in the company. As the movement towards enterprise-wide content management and structured information technologies, such as XML, to support smoother exchange of information and greater varieties of distribution, this kind of uniform standard is necessary. Only a billion pages? HA! Soon it will be billions and billions... Remember when McDonald's signs bragged about millions served? Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals
Right you are, Peter. That's why the data storage and backup industries are thriving right now. The amount of data stored by businesses today is growing exponentially. Diane -Original Message- From: Peter Gold [mailto:pe...@knowhowpro.com] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:34 AM To: Diane Gaskill; Framers List Subject: Re: Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals At 3:10 AM -0700 5/19/06, Diane Gaskill wrote: > ALL of the >documentation within the company - literally a billion pages or more - uses >numbered headings. Yes, some of the docs are written by engineers to other >engineers, but much of the product documentation goes to the customers, most >of whom are not engineers. The same numbering scheme is used in Accounting, >>HR, IT, and every department in the company. As the movement towards enterprise-wide content management and structured information technologies, such as XML, to support smoother exchange of information and greater varieties of distribution, this kind of uniform standard is necessary. Only "a billion pages?" HA! Soon it will be "billions and billions..." Remember when McDonald's signs bragged about millions served? Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices
Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals
I work for a VERY large, nationwide government contractor. ALL of the documentation within the company - literally a billion pages or more - uses numbered headings. Yes, some of the docs are written by engineers to other engineers, but much of the product documentation goes to the customers, most of whom are not engineers. The same numbering scheme is used in Accounting, HR, IT, and every department in the company. The numbered headings make it easy for the reader to associate paragraphs together and definitely makes anything in the doc faster to locate, whether the doc is printed or online. We use links in the online docs too, but they are xrefs and include the numbered headings they refer to. Diane === -Original Message- From: Daniel Emory Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:31 AM To: Framers List Subject: RE: Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals - snip Clearly, many types of technical documentation other than engineer-to-engineer documents are enhanced by using a rational numbering scheme, and I cited many examples in my initial reply. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals
At 3:10 AM -0700 5/19/06, Diane Gaskill wrote: ALL of the documentation within the company - literally a billion pages or more - uses numbered headings. Yes, some of the docs are written by engineers to other engineers, but much of the product documentation goes to the customers, most of whom are not engineers. The same numbering scheme is used in Accounting, HR, IT, and every department in the company. As the movement towards enterprise-wide content management and structured information technologies, such as XML, to support smoother exchange of information and greater varieties of distribution, this kind of uniform standard is necessary. Only a billion pages? HA! Soon it will be billions and billions... Remember when McDonald's signs bragged about millions served? Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals
I work for a VERY large, nationwide government contractor. ALL of the documentation within the company - literally a billion pages or more - uses numbered headings. Yes, some of the docs are written by engineers to other engineers, but much of the product documentation goes to the customers, most of whom are not engineers. The same numbering scheme is used in Accounting, HR, IT, and every department in the company. The numbered headings make it easy for the reader to associate paragraphs together and definitely makes anything in the doc faster to locate, whether the doc is printed or online. We use links in the online docs too, but they are xrefs and include the numbered headings they refer to. Diane === -Original Message- From: Daniel Emory Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:31 AM To: Framers List Subject: RE: Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals - Clearly, many types of technical documentation other than engineer-to-engineer documents are enhanced by using a rational numbering scheme, and I cited many examples in my initial reply.
Confirmation: : Numbering Systems for Technical Service Manuals
At 3:10 AM -0700 5/19/06, Diane Gaskill wrote: > ALL of the >documentation within the company - literally a billion pages or more - uses >numbered headings. Yes, some of the docs are written by engineers to other >engineers, but much of the product documentation goes to the customers, most >of whom are not engineers. The same numbering scheme is used in Accounting, >>HR, IT, and every department in the company. As the movement towards enterprise-wide content management and structured information technologies, such as XML, to support smoother exchange of information and greater varieties of distribution, this kind of uniform standard is necessary. Only "a billion pages?" HA! Soon it will be "billions and billions..." Remember when McDonald's signs bragged about millions served? Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices
