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 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation":
Albers, Michael J. (2003): Multidimensional analysis for custom content for multiple audiences. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 1-5. Available online
Gaura, Elena I. and Newman, Robert M. (2003): Using AI techniques to aid hypermedia design. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 100-104. Available online
MacKinnon, Neil and Murphy, Steve (2003): Designing UML diagrams for technical documentation. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 105-112. Available online
Newman, Robert M. and Gaura, Elena I. (2003): Formal design of SMIL presentations. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 113-116. Available online
Hernandez, Nicolas and Grau, Brigitte (2003): What is this text about?. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 117-124. Available online
Williams, Ashley (2003): Examining the use case as genre in software development and documentation. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 12-19. Available online
Lee, Kwang Bok and Grice, Roger A. (2003): An adaptive viewing application for the web on personal digital assistants. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 125-132. Available online
Paganelli, Celine and Mounier, Evelyne (2003): Information retrieval in technical documents: from the user's query to the information-unit tagging. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 133-139. Available online
Jackson, Sue (2003): How interdisciplinary teams created company-wide section 508 accessibility guidelines for writers. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 140-142. Available online
Tilley, Scott (2003): Computer documentation for senior citizens. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 143-146. Available online
Ward, Karen and Novick, David G. (2003): Hands-free documentation. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 147-154. Available online
Hendricks, Richard (2003): Feature guides: improving usability for end users. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 155-159. Available online
Russell, John (2003): Making it personal: information that adapts to the reader. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 160-166. Available online
Rivera, Theodore, Tate, Adam and Will, Scott A. (2003): Actively involving our information development teams with clients. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 167-170. Available online
Faber, Brenton (2003): Technologizing change: rhetoric of software implementation at a university campus. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 171-177. Available online
Tilley, Scott and Huang, Shihong (2003): A qualitative assessment of the efficacy of UML diagrams as a form of graphical documentation in aiding program understanding. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 184-191. Available online
Kaner, Cem (2003): Liability for defective documentation. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 192-197. Available online
Nguyen, Tien N. and Munson, Ethan V. (2003): The software concordance: a new software document management environment. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 198-205. Available online
Amponsah, Kofi (2003): Patterns of communication and the implications for learning among two distributed-education student teams. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 20-27. Available online
Crawford, Vanadis (2003): Setting performance expectations for technical communicators. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 206-209. Available online
Seifert, Leah Ann and Crawford, Vanadis (2003): Managing innovation: 15 minutes of fame. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 210-213. Available online
Hart-Davidson, William (2003): Seeing the project: mapping patterns of intra-team communication events. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 28-34. Available online
Slattery, Shaun (2003): Research methods for revealing patterns of mediation. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 35-38. Available online
Akis, Jennifer Wells, Brucker, Stephanie, Chapman, Virginia, Ethington, Layne, Kuhns, Bob and Schemenaur, PJ (2003): Authoring translation-ready documents: is software the answer?. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 39-44. Available online
Priestley, Michael (2003): Scenario-based and model-driven information development with XML DITA. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 45-51. Available online
Fraley, Liz (2003): Beyond theory: making single-sourcing actually work. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 52-59. Available online
Pierce, Rob (2003): Optimizing your documentation with the help of technical support. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 6-11. Available online
Mirel, Barbara (2003): General hospital: modeling complex problem solving in complex work system. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 60-67. Available online
Kantner, Laurie, Sova, Deborah Hinderer and Rosenbaum, Stephanie (2003): Alternative methods for field usability research. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 68-72. Available online
Spinuzzi, Clay (2003): Using a handheld PC to collect and analyze observational data. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 73-79. Available online
Novick, David G. and Ward, Karen (2003): An interaction initiative model for documentation. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 80-85. Available online
Power, Norah and Moynihan, Tony (2003): A theory of requirements documentation situated in practice. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 86-92. Available online
Huang, Shihong and Tilley, Scott (2003): Towards a documentation maturity model. In: ACM 21st International Conference on Computer Documentation 2003. pp. 93-99. Available online
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