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Subject:QUESTION: *writing* style guides for the web From:durl <durl -at- BUFFNET -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 22 Oct 1997 10:36:35 -0400
Hi,
Those of you who read me know I'm big on citing Style Guides as my
authority when discussing the way I approach a documentation project
with a client.
Tomorrow I'm meeting with a client who's *actually budgeted for a tech
writer* to work on the web sites his company designs, mostly for
manufacturers. Using the Archives, I checked out some web sites
purporting to be style guides, and they are, but for design, software,
"style sheets,"--not *writing*.
Anybody know of any style guides, paper or on-line, that address, with
some authority, *writing* for the Web? I'm looking for something that,
for example:
* advocates bullets and lists
* um...well, if I knew, I wouldn't be asking!
He presumably has designers. I want to demonstrate value-added
*writer*, since he's clued in. TIA,
Mary
Will tab and post