Where to look if the Splunk Style Guide doesn't answer your question

The following resources provide information about industry standards in technical communication and writing best practices. Use these references secondarily to the Splunk Style Guide.

Style guides

The Splunk Style Guide covers issues specific to Splunk docs, but standards for grammar, spelling, and style are extensively covered in technical documentation references as well as general writing guides.

If you can't find what you're looking for in the Splunk Style Guide, refer to these reference materials:

Style issue	Resource
Technical documentation style issues	Google Developer Documentation Style Guide https://developers.google.com/style Microsoft Writing Style Guide https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome
Grammar and punctuation for nontechnical terms	The Chicago Manual of Style http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Spelling, definitions, and capitalization	Merriam-Webster Dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com

Writing references

The following references can enhance your writing and your understanding of best practices in technical communications:

Writing reference	Publication date	What's good about it
Every Page is Page One by Mark Baker and the Every Page is Page One website	2013	A resource with an accompanying blog, EPPO outlines the philosophy that the Splunk docs team subscribes to when architecting and developing information for Splunk customers.
Developing Quality Technical Information, IBM Press	2014	Best practices for developing docs in regard to accuracy, clarity, completeness, concreteness, organization, retrievability, style, task orientation, and visual effectiveness.
The Global English Style Guide: Writing Clear Translatable Documentation for a Global Market by John R. Kohl	2008	Guidelines for creating content that is ready for localization and translation.