List of style guides

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A style guide, or style manual, is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field. The implementation of a style guide provides uniformity in style and formatting within a document and across multiple documents. A set of standards for a specific organization is often known as an "in-house style". Style guides are common for general and specialized use, for the general reading and writing audience, and for students and scholars of medicine, journalism, law, and various academic disciplines.

International

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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:

  • EN 15038, Annex D  European Standard for Translation Services (withdrawn)
  • ISO 8  Presentation of periodicals
  • ISO 18  Contents lists of periodicals
  • ISO 31  Quantities and units
  • ISO 214  Abstracts for publication and documentation
  • ISO 215  Presentation of contributions to periodicals and other serials[1]
  • ISO 690  Bibliographic references  Content, form & structure
  • ISO 832  Bibliographic references  Abbreviations of typical words
  • ISO 999  Index of a publication
  • ISO 1086  Title leaves of a book
  • ISO 2145  Numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents
  • ISO 5966  Presentation of scientific and technical reports (withdrawn)
  • ISO 6357  Spine titles on books and other publications
  • ISO 7144  Presentation of theses and similar documents
  • ISO 9241  Ergonomics of Human System Interaction
  • ISO 17100  Translation Services-Requirements for Translation Services

Other style guides that cover international usage:

Australia

General

  • Australian Government Style Manual by Digital Transformation Agency. 7th ed.
  • Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers by Snooks & Co for the Department of Finance and Administration. 6th ed. ISBN 0701636483.
  • The Australian Handbook for Writers and Editors by Margaret McKenzie. 4th ed. ISBN 9781921606496.
  • The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage by Pam Peters of Macquarie University. 2nd ed. ISBN 9780521702423.
  • The Complete Guide to English Usage for Australian Students by Margaret Ramsay. 6th ed. ISBN 9780521702423.

Law

Science

  • Australian manual of scientific style (AMOSS) by Biotext; illustrated by Biotext. 1st ed. ISBN 9780994636904

Canada

European Union

New Zealand

For general writing

For electronic publishing

United Kingdom

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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 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.[13]
  • RISC OS Style Guide[14] by RISC OS Open Limited. Provides design guidelines, help and dialogue box phrasing examples for the software user interface.

United States

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In the United States, most journalistic forms of mass communication rely on styles provided in the Associated Press Stylebook (AP Stylebook). Corporate publications typically follow either the AP Stylebook or the equally respected Chicago Manual of Style, with in-house modifications or exceptions to the chosen style guide.

A classic grammar style guide is Strunk & White's Elements of Style.

For general writing

For scientific publications

For other academic writing

For journalism

For electronic publishing

  • The Columbia Guide to Online Style, by Janice Walker and Todd Taylor[22]
  • Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, by Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton
  • The Yahoo! Style Guide, by Chris Barr[23]

For business

For the computer industry

  • Apple Style Guide, published online by Apple Inc.[25] — provides editorial guidelines for text in Apple instructional publications, technical documentation, reference information, training programs, and the software user interface
  • DigitalOcean Style Guide, published online by DigitalOcean[26]
  • GNOME Developer Documentation Style Guidelines, published online by GNOME[27]
  • Google Developer Documentation Style Guide, published online by Google[28] — provides a set of editorial guidelines for anyone writing developer documentation for Google-related projects
  • The IBM Style Guide: Conventions for Writers and Editors, by Francis DeRespinis, Peter Hayward, Jana Jenkins, Amy Laird, Leslie McDonald, and Eric Radzinski for IBM Press[29]
  • Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors, by Michelle Carey, Moira McFadden Lanyi, Deirdre Longo, Eric Radzinski, Shannon Rouiller and Elizabeth Wilde for IBM Press[30]
  • Mailchimp Content Style Guide, published online by Mailchimp[31]
  • Microsoft Writing Style Guide, published online by the Microsoft Corporation[32]
  • MongoDB Documentation Style Guide, published by MongoDB[33]
  • Mozilla Writing Style Guide, published online by Mozilla[34]
  • Read Me First!: A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, by Sun Technical Publications[35]
  • Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide, published online by Red Hat[36]
  • Salesforce Style Guide for Documentation and User Interface Text, published online by Salesforce[37]
  • The Splunk Style Guide, published online by Splunk[38]
  • SUSE Documentation Style Guide, published online by SUSE[39]
  • Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age, by Constance Hale and Jessie Scanlon for Wired

Editorial style guides on preparing a manuscript for publication

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