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[edit]A style guide is a set of standards for the writing, formatting, and design of documents.[1] A book-length style guide is often called a style manual or a manual of style (MoS or MOS). A short style guide, typically ranging from several to several dozen pages, is often called a style sheet. The standards documented in a style guide are applicable for either general use, or prescribed use in an individual publication, particular organization, or specific field.
A style guide establishes standard style requirements to improve communication by ensuring consistency within and across documents. They may require certain best practices in writing style, usage, language composition, visual composition, orthography, and typography by setting standards of usage in areas such as punctuation, capitalization, citing sources, formatting of numbers and dates, table appearance, and other areas. For academic and technical documents, a guide may also enforce the best practice in ethics (such as authorship, research ethics, and disclosure) and compliance (technical and regulatory). For translations, a style guide may even be used to enforce consistent grammar, tones, and localization decisions such as units of measure.[2] -- Found and added this citation due to recommendation from peer.
Style guides can be categorized into three types: comprehensive style for general use; discipline style for specialized use, which is often specific to academic disciplines, medicine, journalism, law, government, business, and other industries; and house or corporate style, created and used by a particular publisher or organization.[3]
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[edit]Style guides vary widely in scope and size. For example, writers working in large industries or professional sectors may reference style guides that were written for specialized use in their field. These guides can facilitate peer-to-peer specialist documentation and help writers working in specific industries communicate highly technical information in scholarly articles or industry white papers. -- I couldn't find a reference for this but am considering a full rewrite.
Professional style guides of different countries can be referenced for authoritative advice on their respective language(s), such as the United Kingdom's New Oxford Style Manual from Oxford University Press and the United States' The Chicago Manual of Style from the University of Chicago Press. Australia has a style guide, available online, created by its government.[4] -- Found and added this citation due to recommendation from peer.
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[edit]- ^ Shigwan, Ramchandra (2016). "Chicago and Apa Style Manual in Research Activities: A Comparative Study". Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute. 76: 163–172. ISSN 0045-9801.
- ^ "The Whys and Hows of Translation Style Guides. A Case Study". American Translators Association (ATA). 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ Bright, Mark R. (2005). "Creating, Implementing, and Maintaining Corporate Style Guides in an Age of Technology". Technical Communication. 52 (1): 42–51. ISSN 0049-3155.
- ^ "Australian Government Style Manual". Australian Government Style Manual.