We'll be featuring information about similar bodies and conferences in future. A profile on online documentary editions will be available shortly. Our Design guide identifies major books and studies about what works online for different audiences. Other pointers are given in the Accessibility guide. Given the diversity of markets and expectations about the needs of different users there are no universal standards for editing web publications.
Empirical studies suggest that some demographics are quite happy to scroll.
Others regard scrolling as anathema. Some skim the text online to determine whether it's worth printing out for paragraph by paragraph reading. The Sun Writing for the Web guidelines , reflecting studies by Nielsen and others, are online. For the sake of readability on this site we haven't included a citation after each hyperlink to another site. Many professional bodies are updating their print citation guides to reflect online publication.