Announcing the release of the Ubuntu Documentation Style Guide

[Daejuan Jacobs]

I have to admit, some of those Commonly Confused Words I wasn't quite sure 
when or where to use them. This is a good read.

On 9/1/05, Jerome Gotangco <jgotangco at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The Ubuntu Documentation Project (UDP) is proud to announce the
> release of version 1.0 of the Ubuntu Documentation Style Guide. The
> Style Guide is a reference tool used by the Ubuntu Documentation
> Project members and contributors. It is an outline of the policies and
> standards that writers and editors are expected to work to.
> 
> The Ubuntu Documentation Style Guide is located at:
> 
> http://docteam.ubuntu.com/styleguide/styleguide.html
> 
> AUTHORS
> 
> The authors of version 1.0 are the following:
> 1. Jeff Schering
> 2. Jerome Gotangco
> 3. David Ottina
> 
> The Ubuntu Documentation Style Guide is built with the participation
> of the members of the Ubuntu documentation team and represents the
> current accepted practice for documents produced and maintained by the
> team.
> 
> The Style Guide attempts to achieve the following:
> 
> 1. Help writers communicate clearly
> 2. Create a consistent style across all documents
> 3. Create consistent use of terminology across all documents
> 4. Highlight common problems in the use of the English language and to
> provide solutions.
> 5. Help writers write for an international audience, including how to
> write for translation.
> 6. Help writers and editors select the appropriate DocBook markup.
> 
> LICENSING
> 
> The Ubuntu Documentation Style Guide is made available under a dual
> license strategy that includes the GNU Free Documentation License
> (GFDL) and the Creative Commons ShareAlike 2.0 License (CC-BY-SA).
> 
> We invite the Ubuntu community to write documentation, howtos, wiki
> entries in accordance to the Style Guide. The community is also
> welcome to improve on the existing Style Guide and help us release an
> updated version in the future (the guide still has some couple of
> items to complete marked TODO). Because the Style Guide is an evolving
> document, expect incremental changes to be made every now and then
> until a new version is announced.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Jerome G.
> 
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