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Core Principles of Information Architecture 
Technical editing is like information architecture. As technical editors, we complete development edits and usability edits to ensure organization, labeling, navigation and search meet the users' needs. As information architects, we are involved with "the design of organization, labeling, navigation, and searching systems to help people find and manage information more successfully."
Corbin Nichols, Michelle. STC Proceedings (2007). Presentations>Information Design>Technical Editing
#15111
Describes how technical writers can design usable, helpful tables of contents for both printed documentation and help files.
Wright, Marcia G. Intercom (2002). Articles>Editing>Information Design
#18508
If you publish something on the Web and you get it wrong, fix it and move on. View the Web as a temporary home for your designs and ideas. If we allow ourselves to become bogged down in a morass of corrective detail, we'll miss the bigger picture and stifle creativity in ways we can't yet imagine.
Shafer, Dan. Builder.com (1998). Design>Information Design>Editing
#26464
Grundlagenwissen, Checklisten, Tools und Links, die Ihnen beim Schreiben benutzerfreundlicher Handbücher, Online-Hilfen, Software-Demos, Tutorials und anderer Formen der Benutzerunterstützung ("User Assistance") helfen.
Achtelig, Marc. indoition engineering (2005). (German) Resources>Information Design>Technical Editing
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Substantive Editing: Building the Logical Inner Sanctum 
The inner sanctum of any good piece of writing is a solid, logical core. To produce the logical core, a writer frequently has to synthesize complex information, which means understanding it well enough to transform often muddled and random detail to clear and easy to apprehend expression. Synthesis of new information, being one of the most difficult thinking skills, can require more of a writer than the writer has time for. An editor's job, from the first draft to the last, is to help build the writing around an appropriate logical core. In this workshop, participants will practice techniques that editors can use to make sure that they find, or help the writer find, the core - what users need to know, and the order in which they need to know it. Participants will form groups to scan a document, using a checklist of tips to spot problems in the document's structure. Each group will report its findings to the larger group.
Nahigian, Alma L. and Jacquelyn Malone. STC Proceedings (1993). Articles>Editing>Information Design>Writing
