Instructions for the format and submission of finished articles to Ariadne. Ensure that you have an agreement with the editor over the content and delivery date of the material before writing or submitting it.
Your article should be submitted as follows:
- A single file, containing the article (without pictures, graphics or figures) should be sent via email as an attachment/file to the editor as listed.
It is preferable that the file is not encoded or encrypted.
The file format should be submitted in one of three formats: our preference is for Word for Windows (v7 or lower)., HTML; or plain ASCII text .There are four different HTML templates currently available available, corresponding to the principal sections of Ariadne. These are: Main Article; Regular Column; Get Tooled Up; and At the Event. Please use the one appropriate to your contribution. Book reviews are currently submitted in Word or Ascii format.
- Any pictures, diagrams or other graphics should be sent as individually separate email attachments/files i.e. not embedded in Word files, since these files expand enormously when they contain images.
These files should be in gif, jpg, tif or .wmf (windows metafile) format, and not exceed 1MB in size (except by prior arrangement).The email address of the editorial office is: ariadne@ukoln.ac.uk.
Article Components
The article should consist of five clearly separated components:
- A title of no longer than seven words (except by prior arrangement).
- A sentence or two, containing the author(s) name(s), and up to 25 other words, that briefly outlines the content of the article; for example:
Lorcan Dempsey describes new tools that assist in the implementation of the metadata format known as Dublin Core.- The main body of the article
- A reference section
- Details of each of the author(s), consisting of:
- Job title
- Institution, department or company
- Personal Web page URL (if one exists)
- Email address
The 5th part is as important as the by-line at the top of the page, since it allows Ariadne readers to make contact with you: please supply all the detail requested here.
Article Format
- Articles cannot include underlining [some users will mistake underscored text for links]
- In addition, text is only mounted in one colour (black text on a white background); therefore, text cannot be highlighted in a different colour [some users again will mistake different coloured text, especially blue and red, for links]. There have been some exceptions to this rule: if this is desirable, please seek the agreement of the Ariadne editorial office first.
- Upper case should only be used for the first letter of sentences or words, except for acronyms and initials which should always be spelt in capitals.
- The article should include styles, such as varying headings, normal text, bold, italics etc., where appropriate. Note that no more than three levels of heading should be used in the article; two levels is preferred; headings should be used sparingly, if possible [too many levels and headings make the article look too fragmented and choppy]
- The position of graphics should be indicated in the word processed file. A short description of the graphic should be provided at that point.
- Abbreviations should be easily recognised. Contractions (e.g. Ms, Dr) should be given without points.
- Acronyms and initialisations (e.g. ISI, BLDSC) should be spelt out at their first occurrence in the text. This is very important now that we must learn six new acronyms before breakfast in order to be fit to begin the working day.
- References to all items, be they print-based resources such as books or journals, or electronic based resources such as Web Sites, should be indicated in the main article body. References should be indicated by a sequential numerical identifier in square brackets e.g. [1], [2]à &
- There are no restrictions on the number of references that should be in an article; however, an average range for most articles (barring those that involve reviewing a range of Web-based resources) is between 3 and 8. This is a guide and not a proscription: the number of references is determined by the nature of the article in question. You should only reference Web-based resources of direct and significant relevance to your article.
- Titles of CD-ROMs, books, journals, plays, films, television programmes, computer programs and online resources should be italicised.
- Quotes should be enclosed in single quotation marks ('). Quotes within quotes, should be enclosed in double quotation marks ("). Quotes of more than 25 words should constitute a separate, indented paragraph.
- Dates should be written 1990s (i.e. no apostrophe), not 'nineties' or 90's
- Where there is a choice use the suffix -ise in preference to -ize; in addition, use UK English, as opposed to US English, spelling [despite having a global audience, and a US readership twice that of our home readership, our core audience remains that which is based in the UK].