Commit dda8896e authored by Marcia Ramos's avatar Marcia Ramos

rename "documentation articles" to "technical articles"

parent e4cd6c68
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- [User docs](#user-documentation): general documentation dedicated to regular users of GitLab
- [Admin docs](#administrator-documentation): general documentation dedicated to administrators of GitLab instances
- [Contributor docs](#contributor-documentation): general documentation on how to develop and contribute to GitLab
- **Documentation Articles**
- **Technical Articles**
- User guides: technical content to guide regular users from point A to point B
- Admin guides: technical content to guide administrators of GitLab instances from point A to point B
- Technical Overviews: technical content describing features, solutions, and third-party integrations
- Tutorials: technical content provided step-by-step on how to do things, or how to reach very specific objectives
- **[Indexes per Topic](topics/)**: content gathering all resources already published by GitLab related to an specific subject or theme, including:
- General Docs
- Documentation Articles
- Technical Articles
- Blog Posts
- Video Tutorials
See also:
- [Distinction between General Documentation and Documentation Articles](development/writing_documentation.md#distinction-between-general-documentation-and-documentation-articles)
- [Distinction between General Documentation and Technical Articles](development/writing_documentation.md#distinction-between-general-documentation-and-technical-articles)
- GitLab [University](university/README.md): guides to learn Git and GitLab through courses and videos.
## User Documentation
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| `doc/legal/` | Legal documents about contributing to GitLab. |
| `doc/install/`| Probably the most visited directory, since `installation.md` is there. Ideally this should go under `doc/administration/`, but it's best to leave it as-is in order to avoid confusion (still debated though). |
| `doc/update/` | Same with `doc/install/`. Should be under `administration/`, but this is a well known location, better leave as-is, at least for now. |
| `doc/topics/` | Indexes per Topic (`doc/topics/topic-name/index.md`); Documentation Articles: user guides, admin guides, technical overviews, tutorials (`doc/topics/topic-name/`). |
| `doc/topics/` | Indexes per Topic (`doc/topics/topic-name/index.md`); Technical Articles: user guides, admin guides, technical overviews, tutorials (`doc/topics/topic-name/`). |
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# Writing Documentation
- **General Documentation**: written by the developers responsible by creating features. Should be submitted in the same merge request containing code. Feature proposals (by GitLab contributors) should also be accompanied by its respective documentation. They can be later improved by PMs and Technical Writers.
- **Documentation Articles**: written by any GitLab Team member, GitLab contributors, or Community Writers.
- **Technical Articles**: written by any GitLab Team member, GitLab contributors, or Community Writers.
- **Indexes per topic**: initially prepared by the Technical Writing Team, and kept up-to-date by developers and PMs, in the same merge request containing code.
## Distinction between General Documentation and Documentation Articles
## Distinction between General Documentation and Technical Articles
Every **Documentation Article** contains, in the very beginning, a blockquote with the following information:
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General documentation is categorized by _User_, _Admin_, and _Contributor_, and describe what that feature is, and how to use it or set it up.
## Documentation Articles - Writing Method
## Technical Articles - Writing Method
Use the [writing method](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/technical-writing/#writing-method) defined by the Technical Writing team.
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**Indexes per Topic** gather all resources already published by GitLab
related to an specific subject or theme, including:
- General Docs
- Documentation Articles
- Technical Articles
- Blog Posts
- Video Tutorials
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