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Structured authoring is an important concept in technical writing. It refers to a practice of writing within the constraints of pre-defined rules and structures using XML. Let’s take a detailed look. What is structured authoring? Structured authoring is completely different from regular writing, i.e. narrative writing. In regular writing, we take a blank page and
When I tell people that I’m a technical writer, their first question is, “what is that?” Unlike Software Engineering or Nursing, Technical Writing is not a well-known profession. Many people think that writing happens only within the media and communication industry. Many writers are also unaware that industries other than media need writers. So to
Technical communication in its traditional sense means technical writing, that is telling users how to complete a task. However, the field has evolved significantly over the last few decades, leading to the rise of many subfields that focus on different aspects of technical communication. The study of technical communication today involves a variety of topics
Many prevailing definitions of technical communication define it as communication that involves or concerns technology. While technical communication is mainly about communicating technical information and it often does include the use of technology, the content or the means used to create that content themselves do not define technical communication. Defining technical communication Society for Technical
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