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By way of testing my input (pace John), I opened a category on recommended reading called "white papers" and populated it with one item. We could put there links to the canonical and occasionally controversial papers. I'll add a few more later. Change the title / format as needed.
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Thanks!
What does "white papers" mean? This could be British that hasn't percolated down to the big ex-colony.
I'm massaging the format of this entry so it matches the rest.
It would be great if you could add a short summary of "The Hartwell Paper", as other people have done with their recommended reading. It doesn't need to be detailed: just some quick remark about why we should read it! Imagine you were describing it to me in a pub...
... or, just tell me here what's the gist of this paper, and I'll polish that and write it up.
Thanks! What does "white papers" mean? This could be British that hasn't percolated down to the big ex-colony. I'm massaging the format of this entry so it matches the rest. It would be great if you could add a short summary of "The Hartwell Paper", as other people have done with their recommended reading. It doesn't need to be detailed: just some quick remark about why we should read it! Imagine you were describing it to me in a pub... ... or, just tell me here what's the gist of this paper, and I'll polish that and write it up.See white paper. In the softare industry white books/papers mostly describe technical features of a product and how those could be used to solve some common problems, for marketing purposes (but targeted at technical experts). IBM, for example, has published a bunch of papers called "white paper" (I'd conclude that it is not a Britsh term). IBM also has red books, for example, which are hands-on instructions for actually installing and using their products.
(No surreptitious advertising intended.)
<blockquote> <p> What does "white papers" mean? This could be British that hasn't percolated down to the big ex-colony. </p> </blockquote> See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper">white paper</a>. In the softare industry white books/papers mostly describe technical features of a product and how those could be used to solve some common problems, for marketing purposes (but targeted at technical experts). IBM, for example, has published a bunch of papers called "white paper" (I'd conclude that it is not a Britsh term). IBM also has <a href="http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/">red books</a>, for example, which are hands-on instructions for actually installing and using their products. (No surreptitious advertising intended.)Arising from British government traditions you have
Green paper White paper
Looks like white paper has broadened to any "vague description of adopted policy" document, not necessarily governmental.
Arising from British government traditions you have [Green paper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_paper) [White paper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper) Looks like white paper has broadened to any "vague description of adopted policy" document, not necessarily governmental.Thanks for clarifying "white paper", folks. What about "black stock"?
Thanks for clarifying "white paper", folks. What about "black stock"? <img src = "http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/emoticons/rolleyes.gif" alt = ""/>