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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Documentative. #190469 04/15/2010 1:30 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Is there a single word that means "to serve as documentation?" (Documentation as in "this is how X works," not as in "here's my ID.") Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Documentative. TheFallibleFiend #190478 04/15/2010 7:12 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Never mind. I reckon "documentary" can be an adjective as well as a noun. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Documentative. TheFallibleFiend #190483 04/15/2010 9:15 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA But you asked for a verb: "to serve as..." To document? "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Documentative. TheFallibleFiend #190491 04/16/2010 8:09 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Documentable- documentables? link Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a silver-plated nickel three-bit piece TheFallibleFiend #190498 04/16/2010 11:05 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I don't think that any of the suggestion so far quite fit. I would go with documentation and drop the serves as. Example: "Here is how X works" yields "This is the documentation for X". 1. X has been documented. 2. X is documentable; now document it! 3. There is documentary evidence that X exists. My two cents, adjusted for inflation. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a silver-plated nickel three-bit piece zmjezhd #190506 04/16/2010 2:41 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA I explained to a customer that a model serves two functions: 1) Declarative / Documentary and 2) Interrogative / Investigative. In the first case, one can ask questions like "How does this widget get from point A to point B?" or "What exactly is that fellow's job?" In the second, "What are the likely consequences of allocating resource X in this other way?" or "What happens if I route that material in this other direction?" Even technically-minded people appreciate concise, lucid explanations. Your checks are in the mail. tx, tff Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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