Documentation Task
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A Documentation Task is an information creation task that systematically records information (to produce structured documents for knowledge preservation and information dissemination).
- AKA: Document Creation Task, Information Recording Task, Knowledge Documentation Task.
- Context:
- Task Input: Source Information, Documentation Requirements, Documentation Templates
- Task Output: Documentation Artifact, Structured Document, Knowledge Record
- Task Performance Measure: Documentation Completeness, Documentation Accuracy, Documentation Clarity, Documentation Accessibility
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- It can typically capture System Specifications through documentation methodology.
- It can typically record Process Workflows using documentation notation.
- It can typically preserve Institutional Knowledge via documentation framework.
- It can typically create Reference Materials through documentation standard.
- It can typically establish Information Architecture using documentation structure.
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- It can often utilize Documentation Tools for documentation automation.
- It can often follow Documentation Standards for documentation consistency.
- It can often implement Version Control through documentation management system.
- It can often support Knowledge Transfer via documentation accessibility feature.
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- It can range from being a Simple Documentation Task to being a Complex Documentation Task, depending on its documentation scope.
- It can range from being a Manual Documentation Task to being an Automated Documentation Task, depending on its documentation generation method.
- It can range from being a Technical Documentation Task to being a User Documentation Task, depending on its documentation audience.
- It can range from being a Formal Documentation Task to being an Informal Documentation Task, depending on its documentation structure requirement.
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- It can be supported by Summarization Tasks for documentation content synthesis.
- It can integrate with Information Extraction Tasks for documentation source processing.
- It can coordinate with Quality Assurance Tasks for documentation validation.
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- Examples:
- Technical Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Software Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Engineering Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Research Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Scientific Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Academic Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Business Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Process Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Project Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Specialized Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Medical Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Legal Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Knowledge Base Documentation Tasks, such as:
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- Technical Documentation Tasks, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Design Task, which creates new solutions rather than documenting existing information.
- Analysis Task, which examines data patterns rather than recording information structure.
- Implementation Task, which executes planned actions rather than documenting process details.
- Communication Task, which conveys immediate messages rather than creating permanent records.
- See: Curation Task, Annotation Task, Documentation System, Information Architecture, Technical Writing, Knowledge Management Task, Content Management System.
References
2009
- http://kdd.ics.uci.edu/doc/task.form Guidelines for Documenting Data Sets: TASK INFORMATION