Documentation Tool

Definition

Documentation Tool

a software tool that directly supports documentation tasks

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Documentation Tool is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Tool
• Subclasses: None
• Example Instances:
  • Document Generators
  • Word Processing Tools
  • Webpage Authoring Tools
  • XML to HTML Converters
  • Documentation Workflow and Tracking Tools

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of a Documentation Tool are to support document:

• Creation
• Editing
• Formating
• Publication

Guidelines

• Documentation tools may overlap content management tools.