Q. Acronyms -- Keep The Caps?

[Rowena Hart <rhart -at- INTRINSYC -dot- COM>]

I need some expert opinions about how to define
acronyms in the body of a document.

I use the old journalism rule and don't capitalize the
first letter of each word in the acronym.  For example:

    COM (component object model)
    HTML (hyper text mark-up language)

The programmers I work with prefer to keep the
first-letter capitalized in acronym definitions, ie:

    COM (Component Object Model)


I don't want to start a style war on the list, so if you
have a strong opinion either way, send me a reply
directly at rhart -at- intrinsyc -dot- com

Thanks in advance,

Rowena

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Rowena Hart
Technical Writer
Intrinsyc Software, Inc.
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
http://www.intrinsyc.com