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 Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation":
Konstantinou, V. and Morse, P. (1992): Electronic Documentation System: Using Automated Hypertext Techniques for Technical Support Services. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 1-6. Available online
Myka, A., Guntzer, U. and Sarre, F. (1992): Monitoring User Actions in the Hypertext System "HyperMan". In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 103-113. Available online
Buxton, Philip, Fournier, Peter and Sturgeon, Peter (1992): CODEDOCs: Executable Documents for Documenters: The End of the Passive User Guide. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 115-119. Available online
Keyes, Elizabeth and Krull, Robert (1992): User Information Processing Strategies and Online Visual Structure. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 121-128. Available online
Saddler, Harry J. and Kaplan, Lori E. (1992): Choosing a Medium for Your Message: What Determines the Choice of Delivery Media for Technical Documentation?. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 129-133. Available online
Dukay, Kristin, Locke, Patricia and Tyrone, Charles (1992): A Method for Editing Visual Components of Multimedia Documentation. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 135-143. Available online
Dougherty, Dale (1992): Standardization: Problems of Interchange and Delivery of Documentation Online. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 145-147. Available online
Wang, Bing, Hitchcock, Peter and Holden, Tony (1992): Linking Object Oriented Database and Hypertext to Support Software Documentation. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 149-156. Available online
Quintana, Yuri, Kamel, Mohamed and Lo, Andrew (1992): Graph-Based Retrieval of Information in Hypertext Systems. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 157-168. Available online
Goodall, Susan D. (1992): Online Help: A Part of Documentation. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 169-174. Available online
Maes, Alfons, Goutier, Sandra and Linden, Erik-Jan van der (1992): Online Reading and Offline Tradition: Adapting Online Help Facilities to Offline Reading Strategies. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 175-182. Available online
Beam, Paul (1992): Down-Sizing in DOS: Multi-Media as Inexpensive, Omnipresent and User-Based. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 183-190. Available online
Merrill, Carla Kary and Shanoski, Marjorie (1992): Internationalizing Online Information. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 19-25. Available online
Thompson, Michael and Wishbow, Nina (1992): Prototyping: Tools and Techniques: Improving Software and Documentation Quality through Rapid Prototyping. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 191-199. Available online
Cameron, Don (1992): Technical Writers and the Business of Writing Design Documents for Complex, Reactive Systems. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 201-210. Available online
Tilley, Scott R., Muller, Hausi A. and Orgun, Mehmet A. (1992): Documenting Software Systems with Views. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 211-219. Available online
Boyle, Craig and Teh, Swee Hor (1992): To Link or Not to Link: An Empirical Comparison of Hypertext Linking Strategies. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 221-231. Available online
Halio, Marcia Peoples (1992): Helping Users Navigate in Multimedia Documents: The Affective Domain. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 233-236. Available online
Pascoe, Robert A. (1992): Low-Cost Audio/Visual Presentation Enabler. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 237-243. Available online
Bence, Richard, Fraser, Jody and Linser, Laura (1992): Variable Degrees of Multimedia Implementation and Their Impact on Network Elements. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 245-252. Available online
Agnew, Jeffrey N. and Palmer, George A. (1992): The Right Tool for the Job: A Quest for the Perfect Authoring Package. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 253-258. Available online
Hall, Rebecca C. (1992): The Use of Icons to Aid User Orientation in Windows Help Files. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 259-264. Available online
Matthews, Sky and Grove, Carl (1992): Applying Object-Oriented Concepts to Documentation. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 265-271. Available online
Spragins, Elizabeth S. (1992): Developing Hypertext Documents for an International Audience. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 27-34. Available online
Lee, Carol M. L. (1992): The Rhetoric of an Online Document Retrieval System. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 273-280. Available online
Haramundanis, Kathy (1992): Informal Usability Testing: A Strategy for User Involvement. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 281-288. Available online
Carey, Tom, Nonnecke, Blair and Mitterer, John (1992): Prospects for Active Help in OnLine Documentation. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 289-296. Available online
Hinchey, Michael G. and Cahill, Tony (1992): Towards a Canonical Specification of Document Structures. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 297-307. Available online
Hailey, Victoria A., Lungu, Dov and Thompson, Sheila (1992): Developing a Hypertext Productivity Tool from a Hardcopy Programmer's Reference. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 309-312. Available online
Lethbridge, Timothy C. and Skuce, Doug (1992): Beyond Hypertext: Knowledge Management for Technical Documentation. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 313-321. Available online
McDuffee, Julie S. (1992): Online with a Mainframe: Moving the Mountain to the Microcomputer. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 323-327. Available online
Mehlenbacher, Brad (1992): Navigating Online Information: A Characterization of Extralinguistic Factors that Influence User Behavior. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 35-46. Available online
Kaminsky, Sophie Kohn (1992): Test Early, Test Often: A Formative Usability Kit for Writers. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 47-55. Available online
Lin, Jin-Kun (1992): A Multimedia and Multisource Document Editor of an Open Architecture. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 57-62. Available online
Celentano, Augusto, Pozzi, Silvano and Toppeta, Donato (1992): A Multiple Presentation Document Management System. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 63-71. Available online
Meij, Hans van der (1992): A Critical Assessment of the Minimalist Approach to Documentation. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 7-17. Available online
Fournier, Peter (1992): Online Information and Reduced Interval in Publishing: Impact on the Information Developing Cycle. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 73-77. Available online
Johnson, John and Titta, Catherine (1992): Seven (Plus or Minus Two) Things to Remember about Producing Multimedia Documentation. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 79-86. Available online
Harrington, Anne (1992): Converting to Online: A Case History. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 87-95. Available online
Selfe, Dickie, Selber, Stuart, McGavin, Dan, Johnson-Eilola, Johndan and Brown, Carol (1992): Online Help: Exploring Static Information or Constructing Personal and Collaborative Solutions Using Hypertext. In: ACM Tenth International Conference on Systems Documentation 1992. pp. 97-101. Available online
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