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title: 'Documentation Types'
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markdown: 'https://www.twelvetone.tv/docs/developer-tools/document-driven-design/documentation-types.md'
date: '2026-09-25'
description: "Each development dimension needs it's own documentation, as each has it's own particular needs. Develo"
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# Documentation Types

Each development dimension needs it's own documentation, as each has it's own particular needs.

# Developer (D-Doc)

Documentation for the team that implements the software.

# User (U-Doc)

Documentation for the person who uses the software.

## Specific Needs

### Action

An action is a menu item or button press. When activated, and action navigates or executes. The results may be dependent on the context, or by other fields.

### Field

A field is a value that the user configures. Fields may have validation.

# Implementor (I-Doc)

Documentation for the person who installs, customizes, manages, and administers the software.

# Purchaser (P-Doc)

Documentation for the person who determines if the software an appropriate solution for the given needs.

# Acquirer (A-Doc)

Documentation for the company that acquires the software. This relates to the sale of the software source code itself, not the licensing of the of the application.

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