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>FWIW, you might want to check something out about the profession of technical writing.
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>I am not disputing what a technical writer does. In other words, somebody could be a medical writer without being a doctor. However, at some point, somebody with the necessary technical knowledge has to validate the piece...
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>Agree???

Absolutely! Peer review is critical, and what you are, I believe, refering to. Perhaps part of the difficulty here is that these two functions are being intertwined.

>How about my example with the Hentzenwerke C/S Book???

If the Chaim Caron is technical editor then, no, he doesn't have to have done C/S programming. If he is doing the peer review, then, yes, of course, he would need experience.

It sounds like the differences (critical, in my mind) in roles are not being clearly understood. Much like how, in traditionally run development projects, we've confused design and coding.