Re: A tech editor seeks advice on which style guide to adopt

Subject: Re: A tech editor seeks advice on which style guide to adopt
From: quills -at- airmail -dot- net
To: Kat Kuvinka <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:28:27 -0500

I still haven't found a good link to that document. Every link I find
leads to either a page no longer in use, or to a listing that has no
mention of the IBM Style Guide. It's become like a unicorn. Mythical,
unseen, and wonderous.

Kat Kuvinka wrote:
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> I used to use MSTP, but thanks to some folks on this list I adopted the IBM Style Guide, free and easily available!
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>> Hi All,
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>> Recently, in one of our doc team meetings, my manager asked me to come to a formal decision on which style guide we should adopt as the bible for our team. And as it goes with managers, I have to justify my decision.
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>> So far, the writers have been using MSTP (Microsoft Style for Technical Publications) for two reasons:
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>> 1. It is easily available.
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>> I rather like Sun's Read Me First. The rationale appeals to me. The recommendations in their sound like recommendations and are less dictatorial than the MSTP.
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>> I would like to know which style guide would be best for web-based applications?
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>> Is MSTP really only for Windows-based apps or can it be adopted for web-based apps too?
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>> Which style guide (Sun's or MSTP) is likely to be adopted easily by the writers? That is not to say that I will take the path of least resistance if one or the other wins in merit versus ease of adoption.
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>> Kindly advise.
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>> Best always,
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>> Praneeta Paradkar
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