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Q&A How to write about things which depend on each other

There are two general approaches, depending on the amount of detail you need from the "other" concept. If you don't need a lot, write about subject A, and when the first interaction with B hits ad...

posted 13y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:09:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:09:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
There are two general approaches, depending on the amount of detail you need from the "other" concept.

If you don't need a lot, write about subject A, and when the first interaction with B hits add a parenthetical sentence, call-out note, or footnote (depending on your style guide) describing the other concept and pointing to its main documentation. For exmaple:

> To configure a subscription, do (blah blah blah) and specify the callback URL. (A callback is a service you write that this service will call with updated data. See Section X.)

If the topics or their inter-connections are more complicated, the other approach is to write a brief overview that introduces all the concepts. Think of this as breadth-first documentation. The overview should point to the more-detailed documentation on each topic.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-01-17T14:41:04Z (almost 13 years ago)
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