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<h2 id="international">International</h2> <p>Several basic style guides for technical and scientific communication have been defined by international <a href="/facts/Standards_organization/8o7wGeYg">standards organizations</a>. These are often used as elements of and refined in more specialized style guides that are specific to a subject, region, or organization. Some examples are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/EN_15038/4owfXMIw">EN 15038</a>, Annex D – European Standard for Translation Services (withdrawn)</li> <li><a href="/facts/ISO_8/K1DEA9LF">ISO 8</a> – Presentation of <a href="/facts/Scientific_journal/A4Slzknw">periodicals</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/ISO_18/K1DEA9LF">ISO 18</a> – Contents lists of periodicals</li> <li><a href="/facts/ISO_31/6hY6Y3m7">ISO 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Physical_quantities/S8pWBEpK">Quantities</a> and <a href="/facts/Physical_unit/pvTpWbmC">units</a></li> <li>ISO 214 – Abstracts for publication and documentation</li> <li>ISO 215 – Presentation of contributions to periodicals and other serials<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/ISO_690/e2V9HKXC">ISO 690</a> – Bibliographic references – Content, form & structure</li> <li>ISO 832 – Bibliographic references – Abbreviations of typical words</li> <li><a href="/facts/ISO_999/JNVuSu2I">ISO 999</a> – Index of a publication</li> <li>ISO 1086 – Title leaves of a book</li> <li><a href="/facts/ISO_2145/nPnh0dLh">ISO 2145</a> – Numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents</li> <li>ISO 5966 – Presentation of scientific and <a href="/facts/Technical_report/wPoTJetR">technical reports</a> (withdrawn)</li> <li>ISO 6357 – <a href="/facts/Spine_(book)/H3F36uH8">Spine</a> titles on books and other publications</li> <li>ISO 7144 – Presentation of <a href="/facts/Thesis/dYnTaYqQ">theses</a> and similar documents</li> <li><a href="/facts/ISO_9241/G1TIdbCW">ISO 9241</a> – <a href="/facts/Ergonomics/prAcGtDW">Ergonomics</a> of Human System Interaction</li> <li><a href="/facts/ISO_17100/nhjgcs9g">ISO 17100</a> – Translation Services-Requirements for Translation Services</li></ul> <p>Other style guides that cover international usage: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Cambridge_Guide_to_English_Usage/DUrbWSTu">The Cambridge Guide to English Usage</a></i>, by <a href="/facts/Cambridge_University_Press/fgEBSSRq">Cambridge University Press</a></li> <li><i>The Global English Style Guide</i>, by <a href="/facts/SAS_Institute/8AgnAKbf">SAS Institute</a></li></ul> <h2 id="australia">Australia</h2> <h3>General</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/"><i>Australian Government Style Manual</i></a> by <a href="/facts/Digital_Transformation_Agency/QPpsJ7gF">Digital Transformation Agency</a>. 7th ed.</li> <li><i>Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers</i> by Snooks & Co for the <a href="/facts/Department_of_Finance_and_Deregulation_(Australia)/ekq0Dt5E">Department of Finance and Administration</a>. 6th ed. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0701636483.</li> <li><i>The Australian Handbook for Writers and Editors</i> by Margaret McKenzie. 4th ed. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781921606496.</li> <li><i>The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage</i> by Pam Peters of <a href="/facts/Macquarie_University/XHYaUDow">Macquarie University</a>. 2nd ed. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780521702423.</li> <li><i>The Complete Guide to English Usage for Australian Students</i> by Margaret Ramsay. 6th ed. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780521702423.</li></ul> <h3>Law</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Australian_Guide_to_Legal_Citation/j4yQWz1M">Australian Guide to Legal Citation</a> published by <a href="/facts/University_of_Melbourne/KbwoHgto">University of Melbourne</a> Law School. 4th ed. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780521702423.</li></ul> <h3>Science</h3> <ul><li><i>Australian manual of scientific style (AMOSS)</i> by Biotext; illustrated by Biotext. 1st ed. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780994636904</li></ul> <h2 id="canada">Canada</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.646585/publication.html">"The Canadian style: a guide to writing and editing : : S2-158/1996E"</a>. <i>Government of Canada Publications</i>. 1 July 2002. <ul><li><a href="https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/ressources-resources/ressources-resources/guide-guidelines-eng">"Writing resources—Writing guidelines – Collection of Canadian language resources"</a>. <i>Canada.ca</i>. Translation Bureau - Government of Canada.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-tips-plus/index-eng">"TERMIUM Plus -Writing Tips Plus – Writing Tools"</a>. <i>Canada.ca</i>. Translation Bureau - Government of Canada.</li> <li>Canada. Secretary of State (1997). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PlSAN5LW7-sC&pg=PP1"><i>The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing</i></a>. Dundurn Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-55488-317-2.</li> <li><a href="https://www.thecanadianpress.com/writing-guide/">"Writing and Editing Style Guides"</a>. <i>The Canadian Press</i>. 14 July 2023.</li> <li><i>The Canadian Oxford Dictionary</i>. Oxford University Press. 1 January 2004. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facref%2F9780195418163.001.0001">10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-19-541816-3.</li> <li>Virag, Karen Jean. <i>Editing Canadian English</i>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-9869456-1-8.</li> <li>McFarlane, J.A.; Clements, W. (1998). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MHooPQAACAAJ"><i>The Globe and Mail Style Book: A Guide to Language and Usage</i></a>. McClelland & Stewart. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7710-3337-7.</li> <li><i>Geoscience Reporting Guidelines</i>—for <a href="/facts/Geoscience/rQsXCSbM">geoscience</a> reports in industry, academia and other disciplines.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="european-union">European Union</h2> <ul><li><i>Council of Europe - English Style Guide</i>, by the <a href="/facts/Council_of_Europe/51I3TyDg">Council of Europe</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><i>English Style Guide</i> ("A handbook for authors and translators in the <a href="/facts/European_Commission/Cc5JgbEI">European Commission</a>" – executive branch of the <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a>.)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><i>Interinstitutional Style Guide</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="new-zealand">New Zealand</h2> <h3>For general writing</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://styleguide.nz/"><i>New Zealand Style Guide</i></a>, by <i>Flickerwell</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>For electronic publishing</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://www.digital.govt.nz/standards-and-guidance/design-and-ux/content-design-guidance">Content design guidance</a>, by <i>Digital.govt.nz</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="united-kingdom">United Kingdom</h2> <p>In the United Kingdom, major publications, academic institutions and companies have their own style guides, otherwise they would normally rely on <i><a href="/facts/New_Hart%2527s_Rules/UM5wPA6I">New Hart's Rules</a></i> available in the <i>New Oxford Style Manual</i>. </p> <h3>For general writing</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Complete_Plain_Words/zb7USsWr">The Complete Plain Words</a></i>, by <a href="/facts/Ernest_Gowers/A2T7yPtW">Sir Ernest Gowers</a>.</li> <li><i>Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers</i> <a href="/facts/Judith_Butcher/uQjeeA6D">Judith Butcher</a>. (2006 ed.) Cambridge: <a href="/facts/Cambridge_University_Press/fgEBSSRq">Cambridge University Press</a> <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780521847131</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Fowler%2527s_Modern_English_Usage/0As3CwSQ">Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage</a></i> (2015 ed.) Oxford: <a href="/facts/Oxford_University_Press/CYyTzzWG">Oxford University Press</a>, (hardcover). Based on <i>Modern English Usage</i>, by <a href="/facts/Henry_Watson_Fowler/D2ge7NbG">Henry Watson Fowler</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780199661350</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_King%2527s_English/E6Dnvkes">The King's English</a></i>, by Henry Watson Fowler and <a href="/facts/Francis_George_Fowler/n9YYj0z8">Francis George Fowler</a>.</li> <li><i>New Oxford Style Manual</i> (2016 ed.) Oxford: <a href="/facts/Oxford_University_Press/CYyTzzWG">Oxford University Press</a>. It combines <i><a href="/facts/Hart%2527s_Rules/UM5wPA6I">New Hart's Rules</a></i> and <i>The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors</i>, it is an authoritative handbook on how to prepare copy. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780198767251</li> <li><i>Usage and Abusage</i>, by <a href="/facts/Eric_Partridge/U6cMxmtc">Eric Partridge</a>.</li></ul> <h3>For legal documents</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Oxford_Standard_for_Citation_of_Legal_Authorities/eCgNywao">Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities</a></i> (<i>OSCOLA</i>), by the <a href="/facts/University_of_Oxford/ExVVQL6V">University of Oxford</a> Faculty of Law</li> <li><i>The Lawyer's Style Guide</i> (2021 ed.) by <a href="/facts/Bloomsbury_Publishing/TSWtV2Bl">Bloomsbury Publishing</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>For academic papers</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/MHRA_Style_Guide/f3vg1XWm">MHRA Style Guide</a></i> for the arts and humanities; published by the <a href="/facts/Modern_Humanities_Research_Association/DbCuxWo9">Modern Humanities Research Association</a></li> <li><i>The British Psychological Society Style Guide</i>, published by <a href="/facts/The_British_Psychological_Society/abDAQ7XT">The British Psychological Society</a></li></ul> <h3>For journalism</h3> <ul><li><i>The BBC News Style Guide</i>: by the <a href="/facts/British_Broadcasting_Corporation/qFateIz8">British Broadcasting Corporation</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Daily Telegraph Style Guide</i>, by <i><a href="/facts/The_Daily_Telegraph/aHa5nNw5">The Daily Telegraph</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Economist Style Guide</i>: by <i><a href="/facts/The_Economist/KNjzFCVU">The Economist</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Financial Times Style Guide</i>, by <i><a href="/facts/The_Financial_Times/0ndae2YU">The Financial Times</a></i></li> <li><i>The Guardian Style Guide</i>: by <i><a href="/facts/The_Guardian/H84wwJYM">The Guardian</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Times Style and Usage Guide</i>, by <i><a href="/facts/The_Times/5BwkodnX">The Times</a></i>.</li></ul> <h3>For electronic publishing</h3> <ul><li><i>GOV.UK Style Guide</i>, by <i><a href="/facts/UK_Government/3zLlUWbx">UK Government</a></i></li> <li><i>University of Cambridge Style Guide</i>, by <i><a href="/facts/University_of_Cambridge/0la7aX9o">University of Cambridge</a></i></li></ul> <h3>For the computer industry (software and hardware)</h3> <ul><li><i>Acorn Technical Publications Style Guide</i>, by <a href="/facts/Acorn_Computers/jCddUElC">Acorn Computers</a>. Provides editorial guidelines for text in <a href="/facts/RISC_OS/Pc96teso">RISC OS</a> instructional publications, technical documentation, and reference information.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><i>RISC OS Style Guide</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> by <a href="/facts/RISC_OS_Open/FwaxGqAo">RISC OS Open Limited</a>. Provides design guidelines, help and dialogue box phrasing examples for the software user interface.</li></ul> <h2 id="united-states">United States</h2> <p>In the United States, most journalistic forms of mass communication rely on styles provided in the <i><a href="/facts/Associated_Press_Stylebook/7RrcqkyA">Associated Press Stylebook</a></i> <i>(AP Stylebook)</i>. Corporate publications typically follow either the <i>AP Stylebook</i> or the equally respected <i>Chicago Manual of Style,</i> with in-house modifications or exceptions to the chosen style guide. </p><p>A classic grammar style guide is Strunk & White's <i><a href="/facts/The_Elements_of_Style/015lEoKG">Elements of Style</a></i>. </p> <h3>For general writing</h3> <ul><li><i>Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right</i>, by <a href="/facts/Bill_Bryson/u33NxHVk">Bill Bryson</a></li> <li><i>The Careful Writer</i>, by <a href="/facts/Theodore_Bernstein/b6oBQCVz">Theodore Bernstein</a></li> <li><i>The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers,</i> by Karen Yin — provides "style guidance on compassionate, mindful, empowering, respectful, and inclusive language," particularly with regards to marginalized communities<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Garner%2527s_Modern_American_Usage/aetcznFU">Garner's Modern American Usage</a>,</i> by <a href="/facts/Bryan_A._Garner/wRp0a89v">Bryan A. Garner</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Elements_of_Style/015lEoKG">The Elements of Style</a>,</i> by <a href="/facts/William_Strunk%2c_Jr./U0rCFUK2">William Strunk, Jr.</a> and <a href="/facts/E._B._White/UCKumnl6">E. B. White</a> — often referred to as "Strunk & White"</li></ul> <h3>For legal documents</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/ALWD_Guide_to_Legal_Citation/kGDyCLvL">ALWD Guide to Legal Citation</a></i>, by the <a href="/facts/Association_of_Legal_Writing_Directors/cU6KHQmW">Association of Legal Writing Directors</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Bluebook/aqsVj1db">The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation</a>,</i> by the <i><a href="/facts/Harvard_Law_Review/BGPx9eRN">Harvard Law Review</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Yale_Law_Journal/EbSFLGuh">Yale Law Journal</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Columbia_Law_Review/oq3Svoao">Columbia Law Review</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Penn_Law_Review/WLlEqLuC">Penn Law Review</a></i> in collaboration</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Indigo_Book/LsaKlCHr">The Indigo Book: An Open and Compatible Implementation of A Uniform System of Citation</a>,</i> by Professor Christopher Jon Sprigman and NYU law students — unofficial open-source adaptation of the <i>Bluebook</i></li> <li><i>New York Law Reports Style Manual,</i> by the Law Reporting Bureau of the State of New York<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>For scientific publications</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/ACS_style/gfDLlttt">The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication</a>,</i> by the <a href="/facts/American_Chemical_Society/Alf3uhaF">American Chemical Society</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/AMA_style/npT44Jqx">AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors</a>,</i> by the Journal of the <a href="/facts/American_Medical_Association/Wmfxy2xV">American Medical Association</a> (JAMA)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/ASA_style/0b21CcSq">The American Sociological Association Style Guide</a>,</i> by the <a href="/facts/American_Sociological_Association/hrhmNnez">American Sociological Association</a></li> <li><i>The CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format for Authors, Editors, and Publishers,</i> by the <a href="/facts/Council_of_Science_Editors/0h66CDch">Council of Science Editors</a> (CSE)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/IEEE_style/t6gq31ef">IEEE</a></i> <i><a href="/facts/IEEE_style/t6gq31ef">Reference Style Guide for Authors</a>,</i> by the <a href="/facts/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers/UddC4pUW">Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</a> (IEEE)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/APA_style/AwII8cVl">Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association</a>,</i> by the <a href="/facts/American_Psychological_Association/907fEfuc">American Psychological Association</a> — known as "APA style"</li></ul> <h3>For other academic writing</h3> <ul><li><i>Association of Art Editors Style Guide,</i> by Lory Frankel and Virginia Wageman for the Association of Art Editors<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Chicago_Manual_of_Style/7g2EwHGA">The Chicago Manual of Style</a></i>, by the University of Chicago Press <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/A_Manual_for_Writers_of_Research_Papers%2c_Theses%2c_and_Dissertations/GUvXGAKJ">A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers</a>,</i> by <a href="/facts/Kate_L._Turabian/y9lBV2hB">Kate L. Turabian</a> — often referred to as "<a href="/facts/Turabian/GUvXGAKJ">Turabian</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><i>Handbook of Technical Writing</i>, by Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu</li> <li><i>The Little Style Guide to Great Christian Writing and Publishing,</i> by Leonard G. Goss and Carolyn Stanford Goss — provides a distinctively religious examination of style and language for writers and editors in religion, <a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_religion/1yI4cqMx">philosophy of religion</a>, and <a href="/facts/Theology/N71Fyw2M">theology</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/MHRA_Style_Guide/f3vg1XWm">MHRA Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors, Editors, and Writers of Theses</a>,</i> by the <a href="/facts/Modern_Humanities_Research_Association/DbCuxWo9">Modern Humanities Research Association</a> (MHRA)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/MLA_Handbook_for_Writers_of_Research_Papers/8vDr1ffn">MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers</a></i>, by <a href="/facts/Joseph_Gibaldi/8vDr1ffn">Joseph Gibaldi</a> for the <a href="/facts/Modern_Language_Association/jJzFsTIV">Modern Language Association of America</a> (MLA)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Society_of_Biblical_Literature/Uhp6a5KG">The SBL Handbook of Style: For Biblical Studies and Related Disciplines</a>,</i> by the <a href="/facts/Society_of_Biblical_Literature/Uhp6a5KG">Society of Biblical Literature</a> (SBL)</li> <li><i>The Style Manual for Political Science,</i> by the <a href="/facts/American_Political_Science_Association/XBTHBRW3">American Political Science Association</a></li></ul> <h3>For journalism</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/AP_Stylebook/7RrcqkyA">The Associated Press Stylebook</a>,</i> by the <a href="/facts/Associated_Press/b4T5P1bT">Associated Press</a> — known as the <i>AP Stylebook</i></li> <li><i>The BuzzFeed Style Guide,</i> by Emmy Favilla and Megan Paolone<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li><i>GLAAD Media Reference Guide,</i> by <a href="/facts/GLAAD/LuHNNyWm">GLAAD</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> — provides guidance for writing about LGBTQ people in journalism and media</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times_Manual_of_Style_and_Usage/40HL2owl">The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage</a>,</i> by Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly</li> <li><i>The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Style and Usage</i>, by Ronald J. Alsop and the staff of the <i><a href="/facts/Wall_Street_Journal/9Pkf2cYK">Wall Street Journal</a></i></li></ul> <h3>For electronic publishing</h3> <ul><li><i>The Columbia Guide to Online Style</i>, by Janice Walker and Todd Taylor<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li><i>Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites</i>, by <a href="/facts/Patrick_J._Lynch_(biomedical_illustrator)/VLvb1R6y">Patrick J. Lynch</a> and <a href="/facts/Sarah_Horton/J29kxoBK">Sarah Horton</a></li> <li><i>The Yahoo! Style Guide,</i> by Chris Barr<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>For business</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Business_Style_Handbook%2c_An_A-to-Z_Guide_for_Effective_Writing_on_the_Job/opqcBnMy">The Business Style Handbook: An A-to-Z Guide for Effective Writing on the Job</a></i>, by Helen Cunningham and Brenda Greene<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Gregg_Reference_Manual/fhb81Tlb">The Gregg Reference Manual</a></i>, by William A. Sabin</li></ul> <h3>For the computer industry</h3> <ul><li><i>Apple Style Guide</i>, published online by <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple Inc.</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> — provides editorial guidelines for text in Apple instructional publications, technical documentation, reference information, training programs, and the software user interface</li> <li><i>DigitalOcean Style Guide,</i> published online by <a href="/facts/DigitalOcean/bTGD40wt">DigitalOcean</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li><i>GNOME Developer Documentation Style Guidelines,</i> published online by <a href="/facts/The_GNOME_Project/DATrJNtU">GNOME</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li> <li><i>Google Developer Documentation Style Guide,</i> published online by <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> — provides a set of editorial guidelines for anyone writing developer documentation for Google-related projects</li> <li><i>The IBM Style Guide: Conventions for Writers and Editors</i>, by Francis DeRespinis, Peter Hayward, Jana Jenkins, Amy Laird, Leslie McDonald, and Eric Radzinski for <a href="/facts/IBM_Press/cJMNsav7">IBM Press</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li> <li><i>Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors</i>, by Michelle Carey, Moira McFadden Lanyi, Deirdre Longo, Eric Radzinski, Shannon Rouiller and Elizabeth Wilde for IBM Press<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li><i>Mailchimp Content Style Guide,</i> published online by <a href="/facts/Mailchimp/RAu5t67k">Mailchimp</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li> <li><i>Microsoft Writing Style Guide</i>, published online by the <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Corporation/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft Corporation</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></li> <li><i>MongoDB Documentation Style Guide,</i> published by <a href="/facts/MongoDB_Inc./bkB7ypRd">MongoDB</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></li> <li><i>Mozilla Writing Style Guide,</i> published online by <a href="/facts/Mozilla/FevL9Itn">Mozilla</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></li> <li><i>Read Me First!: A Style Guide for the Computer Industry</i>, by Sun Technical Publications<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></li> <li><i>Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide,</i> published online by <a href="/facts/Red_Hat/5rhmBLBa">Red Hat</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></li> <li><i>Salesforce Style Guide for Documentation and User Interface Text,</i> published online by <a href="/facts/Salesforce/jEqXM3Gr">Salesforce</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></li> <li><i>The Splunk Style Guide</i>, published online by <a href="/facts/Splunk/CdQM8Iq2">Splunk</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></li> <li><i>SUSE Documentation Style Guide,</i> published online by <a href="/facts/SUSE_S.A./qQvcGEUX">SUSE</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></li> <li><i>Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age,</i> by Constance Hale and Jessie Scanlon for <i><a href="/facts/Wired_(magazine)/RQb6gcyf">Wired</a></i></li></ul> <h3>Editorial style guides on preparing a manuscript for publication</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Chicago_Manual_of_Style/7g2EwHGA">The Chicago Manual of Style</a></i>, by the <a href="/facts/University_of_Chicago_Press/6se0Ezfb">University of Chicago Press</a></li> <li><i>Words into Type</i>, by Marjorie E. Skillin and Robert M. Gay</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Citation/V9cIWxl8">Citation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Diction/x9MKpCtt">Diction</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Documentation/IdrD9jer">Documentation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_English_words_with_disputed_usage/h32moLwp">Disputed usage</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/English_writing_style/GXYEYbQx">English writing style</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grammar/vprQsHIR">Grammar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Prescription_and_description/B8KvsTEf">Prescription and description</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Punctuation/YsE7u4W6">Punctuation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sentence_spacing_in_language_and_style_guides/wRYADqWl">Sentence spacing in language and style guides</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Spelling/nUQ3g7IM">Spelling</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Style_guide/tScbnQx5">Style guide</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stylistics_(linguistics)/wS8C91Ly">Stylistics</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td>General use of style guides<a href="/facts/American_English/sdAfgPgM">American English</a><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080702054147/http://exlibris.memphis.edu/instr/style.htm">Style Manuals & Guides</a></i> listed by the <a href="/facts/University_of_Memphis/2PuCK3a2">University of Memphis</a> Libraries (updated page <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120824012722/http://www.memphis.edu/libraries/help/style.php">Style Manuals</a>).<i><a href="http://www.bartleby.com/usage/">Bartleby Searchable Usage Guides</a></i>.<a href="/facts/Federal_government_of_the_United_States/VJCxUaf7">U.S. government publications</a><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090601171614/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual/browse.html">U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual</a></i>.<a href="/facts/British_English/ymJR5Rnd">British English</a><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120227003642/http://www2.media.uoa.gr/lectures/linguistic_archives/academic_papers0506/notes/stylesheets_3.pdf">BBC News Style Guide</a></i>.<i><a href="http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/">Economist.com Style Guide</a></i>.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/styleguide">The Guardian <i>Stylebook</i></a>.<a href="/facts/Canadian_English/H6Kz0B0T">Canadian English</a><i><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/standards/language/index.html">York University Style Guide</a></i> – Adapts <i>CP Stylebook</i> for university student use.<a href="/facts/Australian_English/S1qgz29t">Australian English</a><i><a href="https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/">Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers</a></i> - online version of the Australian Government manual<i><a href="https://about.abc.net.au/abc-editorial/the-abc-style-guide/">The ABC Style Guide</a></i> - the style guide of the <a href="/facts/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation/9AYG0XA4">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a><a href="/facts/International_organization/6yJu9qNB">International organizations</a><a href="http://www.ianphi.org/uploads/resources/who_style-guide.pdf">WHO English Style Guide</a>[<i>permanent dead link</i>]<a href="http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-000100.htm">EU Interinstitutional Style Guide</a>.<i><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/english-resources-english-style-guide_en">English Style Guide</a></i> ("A handbook for authors and translators in the <a href="/facts/European_Commission/Cc5JgbEI">European Commission</a>" – executive branch of the <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a>.)</td><td>Look up <i>stylebook</i> or <i>usage</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.<a href="/facts/Academia/Q1cenQyr">Academia</a><a href="http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage">Citation Management</a> Online research tutorial to documentation style guides from <a href="/facts/Cornell_University/FGyXuXeI">Cornell University</a> Libraries.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031205053139/http://www.calstatela.edu/library/styleman.htm">"Style Manuals & Writing Guides"</a> from the <a href="/facts/California_State_University%2c_Los_Angeles/zxpNgqaV">California State University, Los Angeles</a> Library.<a href="/facts/Medical_journals/C01NYutX">Medical journals</a><a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html">ICJME Uniform Requirements: Sample References</a>.<a href="http://www.icmje.org/">International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME)</a> <i>Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals</i> (Updated February 2006).<a href="/facts/Scientific_journals/A4Slzknw">Scientific journals</a><a href="http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/notesstylec.pdf"><i>Advances in Physics</i> - Style Guide</a> for Physics journal published by <a href="/facts/Taylor_%2526_Francis_Group/tLDanRJg">Taylor & Francis Group</a> (Taylor & Francis journals).<a href="http://www.nature.com/authors/author_resources/how_write.html">Writing for a <i>Nature</i> journal</a> for <i><a href="/facts/Nature_(journal)/XmlJXkFx">Nature</a></i>.<i><a href="http://www.pensiero.it/strumenti/pdf/Diskettes.pdf">The Lancet: Formatting Guidelines for Authors</a>: Formatting Guidelines for Electronic Submission of Revised Manuscripts</i>.<a href="/facts/WWW/wvnTrWFq">WWW</a><i><a href="http://www.osnews.com/files/osnews_style_guide.pdf">OSNews Style Guide:</a> Rules and Guidelines for Publishing and Participating on OSNews</i>, by T. Holwerda. <a href="/facts/OSNews/3unFthQ4">OSNews</a>, 2007.<i><a href="http://www.webstyleguide.com/">Web Style Guide</a></i>, 2nd ed., by Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"ISO 215:1986 – Documentation – Presentation of contributions to periodicals and other serials". International Organization for Standardization. <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=4086" target="_blank">http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=4086</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Shaw Communications". Members.Shaw.ca. <a href="http://members.shaw.ca/geomanual/" target="_blank">http://members.shaw.ca/geomanual/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Council of Europe English Style Guide PDF" (PDF). 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