⊿ Point. {R} Glossary. ◢ Keyword: D. ◥ University. {q} PhD. {tr} Training. ⚫ UK. ⚫ England. ↂ EndNote. {q} NS: BPM. ☝️ [BS] Heigham. Documentation. Set of documents providing knowledge to explain a system Documentation is any communicable material that is used to describe, explain or instruct regarding some attributes of an object, system or procedure, such as its parts, assembly, installation, maintenance, and use.[1] As a form of knowledge management and knowledge organization, documentation can be provided on paper, online, or on digital or analog media, such as audio tape or CDs. Examples are user guides, white papers, online help, and quick-reference guides. Paper or hard-copy documentation has become less common.
[citation needed] Documentation is often distributed via websites, software products, and other online applications. Documentation as a set of instructional materials shouldn't be confused with documentation science, the study of the recording and retrieval of information. Principles for producing documentation[edit] Producing documentation[edit] Documentation in computer science[edit] Types[edit] See also[edit] Document. Written material conveying information Documents across mediums.
Top-left: a word processor document using LibreOffice. Top-right: a copy of the Swiss Constitution in German. Bottom-left: a vinyl record holding a set of songs. Bottom-right: a computer program interpreting a fragment of a clay tablet with cuneiform script about king Shalmaneser III Abstract definitions[edit] The concept of "document" has been defined by Suzanne Briet as "any concrete or symbolic indication, preserved or recorded, for reconstructing or for proving a phenomenon, whether physical or mental An often-cited article concludes that "the evolving notion of document" among Jonathan Priest, Paul Otlet, Briet, Walter Schürmeyer, and the other documentalists increasingly emphasized whatever functioned as a document rather than traditional physical forms of documents.
Kinds[edit] Documents are used in numerous fields, e.g Drafting[edit] Media[edit] In law[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit]