# Reference Catalogue (vendor / community)

> These external references inform STE-Code's controlled vocabulary. They are NOT part of the standard and are kept in `.agents/reference/` (outside final/) per project rule. Listed here as a catalogue.

| Reference | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Writing Style Guide | page | [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome/](.agents/reference/microsoft-writing-style-guide.md) |
| MicrosoftDocs/microsoft-style-guide (GitHub source) | page | [https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/microsoft-style-guide](.agents/reference/microsoft-style-guide-github.md) |
| Google Style Guides | page | [https://google.github.io/styleguide/](.agents/reference/google-style-guides.md) |
| Kong/apiglossary | page | [https://github.com/Kong/apiglossary](.agents/reference/kong-apiglossary.md) |
| dwyl/technical-glossary | raw | [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dwyl/technical-glossary/main/README.md](.agents/reference/dwyl-technical-glossary.txt) |
| jvalentino/glossary | page | [https://github.com/jvalentino/glossary](.agents/reference/jvalentino-glossary.md) |
| GitHub Official Glossary | page | [https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/learning-about-github/github-glossary](.agents/reference/github-official-glossary.md) |
| DevOps Style Guide Glossary | page | [https://tydukes.github.io/coding-style-guide/glossary/](.agents/reference/devops-style-guide-glossary.md) |
| ryanwi software-terms.dic | raw | [https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ryanwi/6135845/raw/software-terms.dic](.agents/reference/ryanwi-software-terms.txt) |
| OpenSTE.org | pointer | [https://openste.org/](https://openste.org/) |
| en-wl/wordlist (SCOWL) | page | [https://github.com/en-wl/wordlist](.agents/reference/en-wl-wordlist.md) |
| MichaelWehar 5000-more-common | raw | [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaelWehar/Public-Domain-Word-Lists/master/5000-more-common.txt](.agents/reference/michaelwehar-5000-common.txt) |
| dwyl/english-words (POINTER) | pointer | [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dwyl/english-words/master/words.txt](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dwyl/english-words/master/words.txt) |
| freeDictionaryAPI english.txt (POINTER) | pointer | [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meetDeveloper/freeDictionaryAPI/master/meta/wordList/english.txt](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meetDeveloper/freeDictionaryAPI/master/meta/wordList/english.txt) |
| Vale linter | page | [https://github.com/errata-ai/vale](.agents/reference/vale.md) |
| errata-ai/Microsoft | page | [https://github.com/errata-ai/Microsoft](.agents/reference/vale-microsoft.md) |
| errata-ai/Google | page | [https://github.com/errata-ai/Google](.agents/reference/vale-google.md) |
| errata-ai/write-good | page | [https://github.com/errata-ai/write-good](.agents/reference/vale-write-good.md) |
| GitHub topic: word-list | pointer | [https://github.com/topics/word-list](https://github.com/topics/word-list) |
| GitHub topic: glossary-terms | pointer | [https://github.com/topics/glossary-terms](https://github.com/topics/glossary-terms) |
| GitHub topic: technical-writing | pointer | [https://github.com/topics/technical-writing](https://github.com/topics/technical-writing) |
| GitHub topic: controlled-vocabulary | pointer | [https://github.com/topics/controlled-vocabulary](https://github.com/topics/controlled-vocabulary) |
