[Sigia-l] Elements of Documentation

[Patrick Hunt]

> What is a message catalog?

A database of inline error, exception, informational and instructional
messages that can be dynamically called to a page-level message component
based on user ID, role, system/object state or some other parameter. Allows
messages to be re-used as appropriate and dynamically generated rather than
hard-coded. In addition to typical error messaging, such a system can be
tied to personalization, upsell/cross-sell, etc. The IA would conceivably be
involved, at a minimum, in determining message types and identifying pages
that require messages.