The phrase "a discussion document" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a document intended to facilitate discussion on a particular topic or issue.
Example: "The committee prepared a discussion document to outline the key points for the upcoming meeting."
Alternatives: "a consultation paper" or "a position paper".
The charter, viewed as a discussion document awaiting approval, has drawn internal fire.
A discussion document on the draft national minimum eligibility threshold for adult care and support was published at the end of June.
The SNP – after six months of consultation with the sector – is to launch a discussion document or "green paper", due in early December.
The watchdog will meet companies, consumer groups, the government and other interested parties over the next few months and publish a discussion document in the summer.
This week, a Financial Times editorial called for global regulation and taxation, and the government quietly released a discussion document on the taxation of foreign profits of companies, reflecting some recognition of these problems.
His shenanigans when in power even provoked the Treasury to issue a discussion document to explain why markets do not produce good healthcare for all (Public Services: meeting the productivity challenge, April 2003).
In an attempt to improve PHC services in the country, the South African government, in 2010, prepared a formal discussion document on an initiative to re-engineer PHC as a key component of the national health insurance (NHI) initiative and released a green paper on the topic in 2011 [ 20, 21].
We can get some idea of these from a confidential discussion document, known as a "non-paper", reported by Nicholas Watt and by me on Thursday for the Guardian.
A broad discussion document, underpinned by an extensive literature review, was distributed to all interviewees at least two weeks prior to their interview.
In the meantime, he says, the RoboLaw guidelines will be some help.The original charter of RoboLaw had it that its flagship report would be a more high-profile European Commission white paper; instead it has become a policy discussion document.
A full discussion document on the review will be issued in mid-March.
