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titleDescription

The iteration property is a tool for the author to communicate the status of the document within its creation process. Readers get aware, what to expect from a given document.

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The macro provides only one property to select the iteration value.

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The stages of the document development process are as follows:

Iteration
valuefacade
The document has just been added with basic information. This is the skeleton of a document, ready to be referenced by other documents.
Iteration
valuefilled
Information has been searched and accumulated to reach the breadth of the document. Every idea is added and may or may not contribute to the final version of the document. This is like adding topics to a mind map to expand to the full potential of the document.
Iteration
valuefocused
Pruning and selecting relevant information and giving it more structure. This removes the ideas generated by the previous stage that do not fit nicely. They may be moved to other documents, merged with other sections of the same document or discarded.
Iteration
valuefinished
The document is ready to be used (but may be enhanced in future versions).
Iteration
valuereleased
The document has been released for internal use. This will communicate to team members that the contents of the document and the implications on the team's process have been agreed on.
Iteration
valueproduction
The document has been released for third party use. This makes it visible to team members that this document had been made available to others.
Iteration
valuedeprecated
The document has been used formerly, but is no longer supported. The end-of-live of its use has been started to be finally removed.
Iteration
valueremoved
The document has been removed and has no relevance for the project any longer. Removed documents are still found in the attic for future reference. The reasons for the removal should be added to the document's notes.

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