Re: ODE - requirement for Editors


Gregory Leblanc (gleblanc@cu-portland.edu)
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 11:53:57 -0800


Wade Hampton wrote:
>
> Martin Wheeler wrote:
> >
> > Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> >
> > > There is one more KEY piece to this that's at least
> > > as important as having editors; having what I'm going to call an
> > >"authors guide". This could just as easily be called an "editors
> > > guide", but the idea is to define a clear set of conventions that will
> > > be used for documents, and lays out what that coherent form and
> > > structure are supposed to be. Without this, it's hard to know whether
> > > the documents are actually following that structure.
> >
> > Absolutely. Couldn't agree more.
> > Anyone got a writer's guide / style manual we could use as a basis to
> > develop this? (OSWG? LDP? Debian-doc?)
> Great idea -- maybe an author's kit with tools, guide, and a couple
> of sample documents?

Sounds good, but unfortunately I haven't been able to find one to use as
a starting point yet. GNOME and LDP don't have one, I should probably
check the BSD sites, Debian, and perhaps KDE as well. Any other ideas
where to look for one?

        Greg



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