[Sigia-l] IA of manuals

[Nancy ODriscoll]

I also recommend conducting a search on "instructional design". There is a
vast amount of research available on how best to structure educational
content.

On 10/5/07, Ruth Kaufman <ruth.kaufman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ...and DITA maps can be used to a) relate documents to each other and
> b) as a data source for navigation.
>
> On 10/5/07, Bob Doyle <bobdoyle at skybuilders.com> wrote:
> > Hi Luca,
> >
> > Ruth Kaufman is right about DITA.
> >
> > The IA of the IA Institute is about document collections, since many IAs
> are
> > former librarians.
> >
> > The IA of DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) is about the
> > internal architecture of a single document, especially technical
> > documentation.
> >
> > DITA is all about single-source documents that can be published to many
> > output deliverables, like web, print and help systems. And it's about
> reuse
> > of small components or topics, that can be assembled dynamically to
> create
> > different deliverables for different audiences.
> >
> > I wrote an article about this here:
> > http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=18742
> >
> > You can find more about DITA at the official DITA community webiste
> > http://dita.xml.org,
> >
> > and at our network of DITA Users sites. DITA Users has nearly 400
> members
> > from 21 countries.
> > http://www.ditausers.org
> > http://www.ditanews.com
> > http://www.ditawiki.org
> > http://www.ditainfocenter.com
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bob.
> >
> > On 10/4/07, Luca Rosati <lucarosati at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm looking for resources on IA of technical documentation:
> > > structures and organizational models for user manuals, tutorials etc.
> > > (both papered and electronic) of consumer products (electronics,
> > > household appliances etc.).
> > >
> > > Can you suggest me best practices or guidelines?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Luca
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Luca Rosati
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> > > http://trovabile.org
> > >
> > >
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