Developing Information for Multiple Formats: You Can Get There from Here
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1996/PDFs/PG269273.PDF

Moell, Patricia G. and Helen F. Weeks
STC Proceedings
1996

Abstract:

This paper describes the experiences of SAS Institute Inc. in developing single-source software documentation for presentation in multiple formats. The project is an ongoing team effort from all areas of the Publications Division. Our main goal is to develop online and hardcopy reference documentation. Toward this end, we set goals of using single-source files, reusing information, and tracking all information chunks and the relationships among them. To accomplish these goals we had to make decisions about the tools we are going to use, what information we are going to include, how we will design and present the modular information, linking and indexing strategies, and testing. This paper discusses the choices we made in light of our goals.