Style Guide and Rules
Style Guide and Formatting Rules
The following is updated as relevant details come up; it does not provide a definitive list of content styles and formatting rules we employ.
| Area | Element | Rule | E.g. Description | Example/Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All tables (DB) | Header names | First letter must be capitalized | Example | |
| All tables (DB) | Header names - multiple words | Values are grouped and an underscore (_) is used to separate all other words | Regular | Example_Name |
| All tables (DB) | Header names - multiple words | Values are grouped and an underscore (_) is used to separate all other specifiesrs | Multiple value words | DayMonth_Value_Name |
| Tables | Dates | Format: dd-mmm-yyyy (php: d-m-y) | Default | 20-Jan-2024 |
| Content | Writing Styles | Dates. Format: dd-mmm-yyyy | Default | 20-Jan-2024 |
| Content | Writing Styles | No period between letters in well-known abbreviations | All | DC, FBI |
| Content | Writing Styles | No hyphen is used for "rightwing" and "leftwing" | Politics | |
| Content | Writing Styles | Canadian spelling is used except in a few cases (see exceptions) | ||
| Content | Writing Styles | Canadian spelling - Organisation - if referring to DataObject | Exception | Organization |
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