[Year 12 Its] Prim vs Sec Data Sources & Docs

Kevin Feely feely.kevin.k at edumail.vic.gov.au
Mon May 23 11:44:57 EST 2005


Hi All,
Tell me when Iam having fun?

snip .....

>>
>> Technical documentation is primary, because it is written by the same
>> people (note plural) who developed the software.
>>
>> Consider: Toyota's car manual is a primary source for information  about
>> Toyota cars, because it is written by Toyota. It doesn't matter  that 
>> the
>> writer is not the same person who puts the bolts in the car.
>>
>
ahh yes, but what if the car manual is outsourced to a "gregories" or 
similar?

regards
KevinF


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