[Framers] Question About Revision History.

[ian.proudfoot at itp-x.co.uk]

I think there may be different ideas about what a revision history can be. From my background in aerospace technical publications we always had a 'Record of Revisions' page in the frontmatter of all tech docs. In the days of paper loose-leaf documents this was where the person who incorporated the revised pages would sign to say that the document had been correctly updated.

The other way to look at it is to include a unique version or revision number somewhere obvious in the document. I would consider that to be mandatory in all tech docs, but it need not refer to any of the previous revisions. It just has to be in a logical format so that it's really easy to check if you have the current version, but also that it's the correct version for the equipment/system in use. 

Ian

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Subject: [Framers] Question About Revision History.

Somewhat off topic, what does everyone think about not having a revision history in user manuals. My company has decided they do not want this in any customer facing docs. 

Thank you for your replies. 

Rick

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