SIGDOC is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group (SIG) on the Design of Communication (DOC). Until 2003, SIGDOC focused on documentation for hardware and software. With the shift in focus from documentation to the "design of communication," SIGDOC better positioned itself to emphasize the potentials, the practices, and the problems of multiple kinds of communication technologies, such as web applications, user interfaces, and on-line and print documentation.
SIGDOC focuses on the design of communication as it is taught, practiced, researched, and theorized in various fields, including technical communication, software engineering, information architecture, and usability, etc.
The traditional SIGDOC member was likely to be teacher, researcher, and/or practitioner of computer documentation. Today, a member of SIGDOC is likely to be a teacher, student, researcher, or practitioner of technical communication, computer science, user interface/interaction design, or a related field..
The following articles are from "ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation":
Albers, Michael J. (2002): Design of complex information. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 1-9. Available online
Baecker, Ronald M. (2002): Showing instead of telling. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 10-16. Available online
Kostur, Pamela (2002): Connecting learners with content: a unified content strategy for learning materials. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 100-103. Available online
Leslie, Donald M. (2002): Using Javadoc and XML to produce API reference documentation. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 104-109. Available online
Manning, Steve (2002): Designing information for dynamic delivery with XML. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 110-112. Available online
Meyer, Oliver (2002): aTool: creating validated XML documents on the fly using MS word. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 113-121. Available online
Newman, R. M., Bussard, N. and Richards, C. J. (2002): Integrating interactive 3-D diagrams into hypermedia documentation. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 122-126. Available online
Novick, David G., Romero, Francisco, Saenz, Edgar Rene and Sandoval, Armando (2002): Extending direct manipulation in a text editor. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 127-132. Available online
Nykaza, Janet, Messinger, Rhonda, Boehme, Fran, Norman, Cherie L., Mace, Matthew and Gordon, Manuel (2002): What programmers really want: results of a needs assessment for SDK documentation. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 133-141. Available online
Paris, Cecile, Linden, Keith Vander and Lu, Shijian (2002): Automated knowledge acquisition for instructional text generation. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 142-151. Available online
Pendharkar, Parag C. and Rodger, James A. (2002): An empirical study of factors impacting the size of object-oriented component code documentation. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 152-156. Available online
Pierce, Robert and Tilley, Scott (2002): Automatically connecting documentation to code with rose. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 157-163. Available online
Priestley, Michael and Schell, David A. (2002): Specialization in DITA: technology, process, & policy. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 164-176. Available online
Carpenter, Susan G. (2002): Implementing DITA XML in a production environment. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 17-19. Available online
Rockley, Ann (2002): Information modeling for single sourcing. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 177-178. Available online
Russell, John (2002): Find what I mean: exploring new kinds of search results. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 179-185. Available online
Scott, Dan and Seagren, Ronnie (2002): Creating a massive master index for HTML and print. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 186-193. Available online
Spinuzzi, Clay (2002): Documentation, participatory citizenship, and the web: the potential of open systems. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 194-199. Available online
Clark, Dave (2002): Rhetoric of present single-sourcing methodologies. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 20-25. Available online
Spinuzzi, Clay (2002): Modeling genre ecologies. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 200-207. Available online
Spinuzzi, Clay (2002): A Scandinavian challenge, a US response: methodological assumptions in Scandinavian and US prototyping approaches. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 208-215. Available online
Talbott, Douglas, Gibson, Matthew and Skublics, Suzanne (2002): A collaborative methodology for the rapid development and delivery of online courses. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 216-225. Available online
Tilley, Scott and Huang, Shihong (2002): Documenting software systems with views III: towards a task-oriented classification of program visualization techniques. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 226-233. Available online
Tilley, Scott and Wong, Ken (2002): Workshop on graphical documentation for programmers. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 234-235. Available online
Weber, Anke, Kienle, Holger M. and Muller, Hausi A. (2002): Live documents with contextual, data-driven information components. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 236-247. Available online
Williams, Ashley (2002): Assessing prototypes' role in design. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 248-257. Available online
Wong, Kenny and Tilley, Scott (2002): Connecting technical communicators with technical developers. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 258-262. Available online
Dicks, R. Stanley (2002): Mis-usability: on the uses and misuses of usability testing. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 26-30. Available online
Faber, Brenton D. (2002): Educational models and open source: resisting the proprietary university. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 31-38. Available online
Gattis, Lyn F. (2002): Planning and information foraging theories and their value to the novice technical communicator. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 39-43. Available online
Graham, Michelle, Chignell, Mark and Takeshita, Harumi (2002): Design of documentation for handheld ergonomics: presenting clinical evidence at the point of care. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 44-48. Available online
Halsted, Kari L. and Roberts, James H. (Jamie) (2002): Eclipse help system: an open source user assistance offering. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 49-59. Available online
Hart-Davidson, William (2002): Modeling document-mediated interaction. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 60-71. Available online
Heximer, Erin E., Markova, Uliyana, Wu, Lisa and Yoon, Justine (2002): A multidisciplinary approach to improving the user experience: information development, test, and user experience design teams working together. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 72-78. Available online
Johnson-Eilola, Johndan (2002): Open source basics: definitions, models, and questions. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 79-83. Available online
Keirnan, Timothy, Anschuetz, Lori and Rosenbaum, Stephanie (2002): Combining usability research with documentation development for improved user support. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 84-89. Available online
Koning, Henk, Dormann, Claire and Vliet, Hans van (2002): Practical guidelines for the readability of IT-architecture diagrams. In: ACM 20th International Conference on Computer Documentation 2002. pp. 90-99. Available online
Spare 2 minutes and help us!
Examples:
» Link to us
» Contribute to the calendar
» Write an encyclopedia entry
» Write a misDesign
» Become an editor
» Join the Advisory Board