[Year 12 Its] Re: Internal documentation

[Kevin Feely]

Hi Charmaine,
Perhaps you  could clarify my problem with the 2004 Question

i. The technical documentation of a software program

 From my viewpoint the answer would be primary if the actual programmers 
or members of the actual project team, that put the software together, 
wrote the technical documentation. As in an autobiography - primary.
But if the technical writing was outsourced (as is common) then it would 
be secondary as the writers would have no direct knowledge of the 
software, and would be going from details supplied to them.. As in a 
biography - secondary.

regards
KevinF

Charmaine Taylor wrote:

> Hi all,
> There appear to be some problems with understandings of the meanings 
> of words being used in both the threads running on primary v secondary 
> data and internal v external documentation.
> Rob's use of the terms primary and secondary seem to be in terms of 
> use ie the farmer's purpose in using the weather chart is primary as 
> it is his/her livelihood but for the beach trip this is of secondary 
> importance to the family. However, the distinction between the 
> classifications relates to the actual data itself rather than its 
> purpose . The chart is a primary source as it is a record of logged 
> data at a particular point in time and is presented as recorded. It 
> hasn't been interpreted or re-worked from the original.
>