gistfile1.txt

Before submitting your style to the CSL style repository, please make sure it follows our requirements:

##### 1 - Title Abbreviations

The style name in `<title/>` should be written out in full. To store a title abbreviation, use the `<title-short/>` element, e.g.:

   ```
   <info>
     <title>Modern Humanities Research Association</title>
     <title-short>MHRA</title-short>
   </info>
   ```

##### 2 - Title Diacritics

Don't remove diacritics from the style title. E.g. use `<title>Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas</title>` instead of `<title>Associacao Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas</title>`.

##### 3 - Style Locale

If your style is meant to be used in one particular language, set the `default-locale` attribute on `<style/>` to the appropriate locale code. For example, CSL styles for English-language journals should typically be set to US English ("en-US") or British English ("en-GB"). For a list of languages and their locale codes, see https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales/wiki.

When using `default-locale`, add the chosen locale to the style title, unless the language is English. An example:

   ```
   <style xmlns="http://purl.org/net/xbiblio/csl" class="in-text" version="1.0" default-locale="de-DE">
     <info>
       <title>Zeitschrift für Soziologie (German)</title>
       <id>http://www.zotero.org/styles/zeitschrift-fur-soziologie</id>
     </info>
   </style>
   ```

##### 4 - File Name

The file name of a style should be based on its title. However, it may only contain lowercase roman letters (a-z), digits (0-9), and single hyphens (-), and must end with the ".csl" extension. To create the file name from the title:

  * replace capitals with lowercase letters
  * replace spaces and apostrophes with hyphens (e.g., "Documents d'archéologie française (French)" becomes "documents-d-archeologie-francaise.csl")
  * replace ampersands with "and" (e.g., "Arts & Health" becomes "arts-and-health.csl")
  * drop diacritics (e.g., "für" becomes "fur", not "fuer")
  * drop text between parentheses (e.g., "Ugeskrift for Læger (Danish)" becomes "ugeskrift-for-laeger.csl")
  * avoid abbreviations (e.g., use "modern-humanities-research-association.csl" instead of "mhra.csl")
  * add the ".csl" extension

5. The style ID must be "http://www.zotero.org/styles/file-name", with "**file-name**" representing the style's file name without the ".csl" extension. E.g., "http://www.zotero.org/styles/modern-humanities-research-association" for "modern-humanities-research-association.csl":

   ```
   <info>
     <id>http://www.zotero.org/styles/modern-humanities-research-association</id>
   </info>
   ```

6. The style's "self" link must match the style ID:

   ```
   <info>
     <link href="http://www.zotero.org/styles/modern-humanities-research-association" rel="self"/>
   </info>
   ```

7. The style must be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Use the exact text below, without any hard line breaks for ``<rights/>``:

   ```
   <info>
     <rights license="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License</rights>
   </info>
   ```

8. If you started from another CSL style, delete the original style authors and contributors, and point to the original style with a "template" link:

   ```
   <info>
     <link href="http://www.zotero.org/styles/original-style" rel="template"/>
   </info>
   ```

9. If the style is for a journal, please include the journal's print ISSN (``<issn/>``) and online ISSN (``<eissn/>``):

   ```
   <info>
     <issn>0028-0836</issn>
     <eissn>1476-4687</eissn>
   </info>
   ```

10. Independent styles should have a "documentation" link that points to a description of the style's citation format. For journals this is typically the "instructions to authors" webpage. If a style guide is only available in print, provide a URL that allows us to locate a paper copy.

   ```
   <info>
     <link href="http://www.mhra.org.uk/Publications/Books/StyleGuide/download.shtml" rel="documentation"/>
   </info>
   ```

11. Try to indent the style's XML with 2 spaces per level.

12. Make sure that your finished style [[validates|Validation]] against the CSL schema.

That's it! You're ready to [submit](https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) your style!