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To: "'Dowdell Charles'" <Charles.Dowdell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <framers@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [inframe] Single-sourcing = myth? (and other topics)
From: "Bill Swallow" <wswallow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:29:29 -0400
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I'm not sure I agree 100% here... Single-sourcing doesn't demand you primarily think one way... It requires that you think about ALL needs and address them in your solution prior to assembling anything, and then test the "beta" deliverables to make sure you're doing what you need to do correctly. B I L L S W A L L O W Information Design & Development Professional tel/fax: 518.371.1867 wswallow@nycap.rr.com List Owner: HATT, WWP-Users, InFrame Co-Moderator: SingleSourcing-Mgmt WebWorks Wizard Editor of InFrame Magazine ::: -----Original Message----- ::: I think most will agree a mental disengagement with paper ::: is required ::: anytime you work in a hypertext environment. The author did ::: not address that ::: issue as well as he could have. Moreover, experienced ::: mappers know that ::: starting with a hypertext mental model is critical to ::: success in single ::: sourcing. The experience one has in working in print can ::: work aganist you in ::: hypertext. The print output of a properly designed ::: hypertext document is a ::: lot easier than creating a hypertext output of a linear document. ** To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@omsys.com ** ** with "unsubscribe framers" (no quotes) in the body. **