Document Creation Task

A Document Creation Task is an information resource creation task whose output is a document.

AKA: Document Generation, Document Writing.
Context:
- Task Input:
  - Creation Parameters for document specification.
  - Optional Content Sources for reference material.
  - Optional Document Templates for format guidance.
- Task Output:
  - A new Document with content.
  - Optional Document Metadata for content description.
- Task Measure: Content Quality, Creation Time, Document Completeness.
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- It can (typically) involve a Writing Task.
- It can (typically) follow Document Structure for content organization.
- It can (typically) implement Style Guides for format consistency.
- It can involve a Drawing Task.
- It can (often) use Document Templates for format standardization.
- It can (often) include Reference Materials for content support.
- It can (often) require Review Processes for quality assurance.
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- It can range from being a Simple Document Creation to being a Complex Document Creation, depending on content complexity.
- It can range from being a Manual Document Creation to being an Automated Document Creation, depending on automation level.
- It can range from being a Single-Author Creation to being a Collaborative Creation, depending on author count.
- It can range from being a Template-Based Creation to being a Freeform Creation, depending on structure requirements.
- It can range from being a Text-Only Creation to being a Multimedia Creation, depending on content type.
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- It can be supported by a Document Creator.
- It can be supported by a Template System.
- It can be supported by a Content Management System.
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Example(s):
- Academic Document Creations:
  - Essay Writing Tasks, such as research paper writing (for academic communication) and thesis creation (for academic qualification).
  - Technical Writing Tasks, such as manual creation (for user instruction) and documentation writing (for technical explanation).
- Reference Document Creations:
  - Glossary Creation Tasks, such as term definition (for vocabulary explanation) and concept listing (for terminology organization).
  - Thesaurus Creation Tasks, such as synonym collection (for vocabulary expansion) and term relationship (for semantic organization).
- Business Document Creations:
  - Report Creation Tasks, such as business report writing (for business communication) and analysis document (for data presentation).
  - Proposal Creation Tasks, such as business proposal (for project pitching) and grant writing (for funding request).
- Legal Document Creations:
  - Contract Creation Tasks, such as agreement drafting (for legal binding) and terms writing (for condition specification).
  - Policy Creation Tasks, such as guideline writing (for process regulation) and procedure documentation (for process specification).
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Counter-Example(s):
- A Sentence Composition Task, which produces smaller text units.
- A Document Publication Task, which distributes rather than creates.
- A Document Editing Task, which modifies rather than creates.
- A Content Collection Task, which gathers rather than generates.
See: Document Editing Task, Document Index Creation Task, Content Generation, Writing Process.