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Subject:style guide (for programmers) -- references q From:Sharon Belville <belville -at- MIT -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 10 Jan 1997 13:35:13 EST
Hi folks,
I'm about to move from an academic environment (writing internal computer
docs for students) to being the sole writer in a software startup. One of
the developers asks this question:
> i'm working on this style guide, which is
> coming along very well, but being new to commercial documentation i'm not
> sure of the best way to cite my sources. in a research paper, i'd cite
> ideas individually with endnotes, but i don't know if that's really
> appropriate for commercial documentation. at the same time, i can't pass
> off all these insights as my own.
Another techie adds this comment:
> You've stumped the panel. I guess I've seen more footnotes than endnotes,
> but what I personally prefer when reading said doc is an annotated
> bibliography.
And now they're deferring to me. But I'm also a newbie at "commercial"
documentation, and can't find any examples or guidelines on my bookshelf.
Any thoughts? The style guide in question is for applications developers
-- our product being a software development toolkit.
Thanks much,
Sharon Belville
belville -at- altech -dot- com
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