The Implications of Single Sourcing for Technical Communicators

Author: Williams, Joe D.

Source: Technical Communication, Volume 50, Number 3, August 2003 , pp. 321-327(7)

Publisher: Society for Technical Communication

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Abstract:

This article considers the impact of single sourcing on technical communicators, especially their work and their roles in the organization, as reflected in several recent books and articles. I begin by examining four books that describe methodologies for single sourcing, including the use of desktop publishing tools, the Extensible Markup Language (XML), and content management systems (CMS). I then review articles by practitioners and scholars of technical communication that explore the roles of writers and editors when documents are created dynamically from a database, the appropriateness of the tool set and its implementation for technical information, and ways to make dynamic content more rhetorically effective.

Document Type: Research article

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