Re: Executive summary in report

Hi Antoine,

I agree.

The executive summary as it will be written may already fulfill the role 
of reading guide, or at least a list of things to expect. The one 
writing the exec summary should keep that in mind, then we probably dont 
need a separate "reading guide".

Mark

On 28/01/2011 0:00, Antoine Isaac wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> On the following action:
>
> ACTION: Antoine to include executive summary placeholder in report
> [recorded in
> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/minutes/2011/01/27-lld-minutes.html#action01]
>
>
> I have added a placeholder at [1], trying to sum up what we discussed:
> [
> "executive summary" of 1 or 2 pages for decision makers. Decision-makers
> about library technology need a snapshot--which could be anyway also
> useful for other persons, like implementers or would-be implementers of
> any kind of library-related LOD project.
>
> Perhaps it could also function as a reading guide/entry point to other
> sections.
> ]
>
> Note the conditional in the last item. I think there is no contradiction
> between having a piece of text that works as an executive summary and a
> reading guide, on the contrary. Yet in the discussion prior to the
> action we mentioned the two things, but did not make an explicit
> statement about them being one and a same. I've just left "could" for
> the time being, in case any of you has objections.
>
> Best,
>
> Antoine
>
> [1]
> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/index.php?title=DraftReport&oldid=2831#Executive_Summary
>
>

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