List of style guides

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

A

academic
disciplines, medicine, journalism, the law, government, business, and industry.

International

Several basic style guides for technical and scientific communication have been defined by international standards organizations. 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:

Other style guides that cover international usage:

Australia

General

Law

Science

Canada

Newspapers

European Union

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, major publications, academic institutions and companies have their own style guides, otherwise they would normally rely on

New Hart's Rules
available in the New Oxford Style Manual.

For general writing

For legal documents

For academic papers

For journalism

For electronic publishing

For the computer industry (software and hardware)

  • Acorn Technical Publications Style Guide, by Acorn Computers. Provides editorial guidelines for text in RISC OS instructional publications, technical documentation, and reference information.[8]
  • RISC OS Style Guide[9] by RISC OS Open Limited. Provides design guidelines, help and dialogue box phrasing examples for the software user interface.

United States

In the United States, most journalistic forms of mass communication rely on styles provided in the

Associated Press Stylebook
(AP). Corporate publications typically follow either the AP style guide or the equally respected Chicago Manual of Style, often with entries that are additions or exceptions to the chosen style guide.

A classic grammar style guide is The Elements of Style. Together, these two books are referenced more than any other general style book for US third-person writing used across most professions.[citation needed]

For general writing

For legal documents

For academic papers

For journalism

For electronic publishing

  • The Columbia Guide to Online Style, by Janice Walker and Todd Taylor.
  • Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, by Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton.
  • The Yahoo! Style Guide, 2010.[11]

For business

  • The Business Style Handbook, An A-to-Z Guide for Effective Writing on the Job, by Helen Cunningham and Brenda Greene.[12]
  • The Gregg Reference Manual, by William A. Sabin.

For the computer industry (software and hardware)

  • Apple Style Guide, published online by Apple Inc.[13] Provides editorial guidelines for text in Apple instructional publications, technical documentation, reference information, training programs, and the software user interface.
    An earlier version was the Apple Publications Style Guide.[14]
  • DigitalOcean documentation style guide, published online by DigitalOcean.[15]
  • GNOME documentation style guide, published online by
    GNOME.[16]
  • Google Developer Documentation Style Guide, published online by Google.[17] Provides a set of editorial guidelines for anyone writing developer documentation for Google-related projects.
  • The IBM Style Guide: Conventions for Writers and Editors, 2011,[18] and Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors, 2014,[19] from IBM Press.
  • Mailchimp content style guide, published online by Mailchimp.[20]
  • Microsoft Writing Style Guide, published online by
    Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications
    .
  • MongoDB documentation style guide, published by MongoDB.[22]
  • Mozilla Writing Style Guide, published online by Mozilla.[23]
  • Rackspace style guide for technical content, published online by Rackspace.[24]
  • Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, by Sun Technical Publications, 3rd ed., 2010.[25]
  • Red Hat style guide for technical documentation, published online by Red Hat.[26]
  • Salesforce style guide for documentation and user interface text, published online by Salesforce.[27]
  • The Splunk Style Guide, published online by Splunk.[28] Provides a writing style reference for anyone writing or editing technical documentation.
  • SUSE documentation style guide, published online by SUSE.[29]

Editorial style guides on preparing a manuscript for publication

Academic

Communities

  • Conscious Style Guide[32] -- A website "devoted to conscious language. My mission is to help writers and editors think critically about using language—including words, portrayals, framing, and representation—to empower instead of limit." Created by author and Robinson Prize winner Karen Yin.
  • GLAAD Media Reference Guide, 8th ed., GLAAD College Media Reference Guide, 1st ed., GLAAD Chinese Media Reference Guide, 1st ed. - published by GLAAD to encourage media outlets to use language and practices inclusive of LGBT people. Available as a free download.[33]

Art

  • Association of Art Editors Style Guide[34]

See also

References

  1. ^ "ISO 215:1986 – Documentation – Presentation of contributions to periodicals and other serials". International Organization for Standardization.
  2. ^ "Council of Europe English Style Guide PDF" (PDF). European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "English resources: English Style Guide". European Commission. April 2023. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Publications Office — Interinstitutional style guide — Home". Publications.Europa.eu.
  5. ^ "BBC News style guide". BBC Academy.
  6. ^ "Style Guide | the Economist". The Economist. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Guardian and Observer style guide: A". Theguardian.com. 23 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Acorn Publications Open Style Guide" (PDF). RISC OS Open. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  9. ^ "RISC OS Open: Style Guide". RISC OS Open.
  10. ^ Favilla, Emmy; Paolone, Megan (8 March 2023). "BuzzFeed Style Guide". BuzzFeed.com.
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  13. ^ Apple Inc. (July 2020). "Apple Style Guide".
  14. ^ "Apple Style Guide" (PDF). April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2015.
  15. ^ Digital Ocean. "DigitalOcean documentation style guide". Docs.DigitalOcean.com.
  16. ^ GNOME. "GNOME documentation style guide".
  17. ^ "Google developer documentation style guide". Google.
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  20. ^ Mailchimp. "Mailchimp content style guide".
  21. ^ "Microsoft Writing Style Guide". Microsoft.
  22. ^ MongoDB. "MongoDB documentation style guide".
  23. ^ Mozilla. "Mozilla Writing Style Guide".
  24. ^ Rackspace. "Rackspace style guide for technical content".
  25. .
  26. ^ "Red Hat Style Guide". Stylepedia.net. Red Hat.
  27. ^ "Salesforce style guide for documentation and user interface text". Salesforce.
  28. ^ "Welcome to the Splunk Style Guide - Splunk Documentation". Docs.Splunk.com. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  29. ^ SUSE. "SUSE documentation style guide".
  30. ^ "Shaw Communications". Members.Shaw.ca.
  31. ^ "Scientific Style and Format Online". Scientific Style and Format Online. Council of Science Editors / Chicago University Press.
  32. ^ Yin, Karen. "Conscious Language + Design". Conscious Style Guide. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  33. ^ "GLAAD Media Reference Guide". GLAAD.org (10th ed.). 25 August 2011.
  34. ^ "AAE Style Guide NEW". 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015.

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