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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