Documentation Development: Difference between revisions

From Open Source Ecology
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
Line 15: Line 15:
Webpages provide 2D visual information with audio.
Webpages provide 2D visual information with audio.


ACCESSIBILITY: A web browser is the major requirement.
'''Accessibility''': A web browser is the major requirement.


NAVIGABILITY: A table of contents acts as an index.
'''Navigate''': A table of contents acts as an index.


EDITABILITY: With wiki software, a set of webpages can be made editable.
'''Copy''': Text and images can be copied. The webpage information can be downloaded as an html file.


COPYABILITY: Text and images can be copied. The webpage information can be downloaded as an html file.
'''Edit''': With wiki software, a set of webpages can be made editable.

Revision as of 05:39, 17 September 2012

Open Source Documentation Objectives

  • How accessible are the requirements to use the documentation? (ex. particular computer hardware and software)
  • How easily can the user navigate the information to find what they want to know?
  • How easily can the user edit the information to revise the documentation?
  • How easily can the user make a separate copy of the information to use parts of the documentation for a separate project?

Analysis

Webpages are currently the most accessible form of documentation.

Webpages provide 2D visual information with audio.

Accessibility: A web browser is the major requirement.

Navigate: A table of contents acts as an index.

Copy: Text and images can be copied. The webpage information can be downloaded as an html file.

Edit: With wiki software, a set of webpages can be made editable.