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==User Experience==
==User Experience==
User experience is how a product works from the perspective of the user. Digital documents can be created with efficient user experiences by focusing on user-centered design and designing the document with the user in mind. <ref> {{cite book | last = Garrett | first = Jesse James | title = The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond | publisher = New Riders | edition = 2nd | date = 2011 | location = Berkeley, CA | page = 17}} </ref>
User experience is how a product works from the perspective of the user. Digital documents can be created with efficient user experiences by focusing on user-centered design and designing the document with the user in mind. <ref> {{cite book | last = Garrett | first = Jesse James | title = The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond | publisher = New Riders | edition = 2nd | date = 2011 | location = Berkeley, CA | page = 17}} </ref>
==Collaboration==
One form of collaborative technical writing is a wiki, which is a "Web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content."<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://grlucas.net/grl/Writing_on_a_Wiki
| title = writing on a wiki
| last = Lucas
| first= Gerald
| date= May 18, 2021
| website = Gerald-R-Lucas
| publisher = MediaWiki
| access-date =October 31, 2023
| quote = Web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content.
| ref = harv
}}</ref>
One of the predominant elements of a wiki is that it is defined as being open source. As a result, anyone can modify it.


==Ethical Considerations==
==Ethical Considerations==
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