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Code4Lib Style Guide

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== A Note About This Guide ==
 
This is a brief style guide for authors. For information about styles and conventions used in marking up articles for WordPress, see: [http://wiki.code4lib.org/Code4Lib_Journal_WordPress_Input_Guidelines Code4Lib Journal WordPress Input Guidelines].
== Start of Article ==
Article titles are in Title Case -- all major words capitalized. The title is followed by an abstract , which will be pulled from the excerpt section lower on the post page, and byline of the form "by Author" or "by Author 1, Author 2, and Author 3".
== Headings ==
Use H2 for main Major section headings, H3 for sub-sections, H4 if you need a lower level. H2 are in "Title Case" -- all words capitalized, short words (the, a, in, up, over, about) should not be. H3 and H4 Subheadings are in "Sentence case" -- only the first word is capitalized.
== Figures & Tables End of Document ==
Figures and tables are centered.=== Recommended Reference Style Discussion: ===
Captions for figures appear beneath the figure, centered, with "Figure X[https:" //writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocCSE_NameYear.html Council of Science Editors (CSE) citation format] has been voted in bold, as the descriptive text in sentence case, plain text.official recommended style (see: [[Citation_discussion]])
Captions for tables appear above the table, centered, with "Table X:" in bold, the descriptive text in sentence case, plain text.=== Endnote & Endnote References ===
== End A Bibliography and Notes section (if needed) immediately follows the last of Document ==the article's narrative text. References are indicated by author and year (Smith, 2007). Notes are indicated in the text by note number in square brackets [1]. More details can be found in the [[Code4Lib_Journal_WordPress_Input_Guidelines#Endnotes_style_and_HTML_coding|Input Guidelines for Endnotes]].
=== Footnotes & Footnote References ===CSE reference style is the Journal's recommended style for bibliographies. An author may choose to use a different bibliographic reference style, but should follow that style accurately and consistently.
A Notes section (if needed) immediately follows the last of the article's narrative text. Notes are indicated in the text either by note number in square brackets [1] or by author and year [Smith, 2007]. Where notes Authors can refer to articles, books, etc., that are not available by direct link, insert a this guide for using the [[COinS (layman's description) | COINSCSE Reference Style]] element after the note.
=== Author Biography ===Where notes refer to articles, books, etc., that are not available by direct link, insert a [[COinS (layman's description) | COINS]] element after the note.
Text provided by each author is listed after === About the Notes.Author ===
A sentence or two of brief biography, provided by the author(s), appears listed after the Notes.
=== Appendices ===
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