This template provides a standardized structure for organizing sections within Bayat documentation files.
Each major documentation file should consider including these standard sections as appropriate:
- Purpose of the document
- Target audience
- Scope and limitations
- Core principles guiding the standard
- Specific objectives and outcomes
- Detailed conventions organized by topic
- Clear rules with examples
- Reasoning behind each standard
- How to apply these standards
- Tools and configurations
- Setup instructions
- Real-world examples showing correct implementation
- Common patterns and anti-patterns
- Before/after comparisons
- How to migrate from legacy approaches
- Incremental adoption strategies
- Backward compatibility considerations
- Linting and validation tools
- Code review guidelines
- Automatic checks and tooling
- When exceptions are allowed
- Process for requesting exceptions
- Documentation requirements for exceptions
- Further reading and references
- Training materials
- Related standards
- Version history
- Major changes
- Deprecation notices