docs/adr/0001-record-architecture-decisions.md
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# source: https://github.com/adr/madr/blob/3.0.0/template/adr-template.md
# These are optional elements. Feel free to remove any of them.
status: accepted
date: 2024-02-03
# status: {proposed | rejected | accepted | deprecated | … | superseded by [ADR-0005](0005-example.md)}
# date: {YYYY-MM-DD when the decision was last updated}
# deciders: {list everyone involved in the decision}
# consulted: {list everyone whose opinions are sought (typically subject-matter experts); and with whom there is a two-way communication}
# informed: {list everyone who is kept up-to-date on progress; and with whom there is a one-way communication}
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# Use Markdown Any Decision Records V3
## Context and Problem Statement
We want to record any decisions made in this project independent whether decisions concern the architecture ("architectural decision record"), the code, or other fields.
Which format and structure should these records follow?
## Considered Options
* [MADR](https://adr.github.io/madr/) 3.0.0 – The Markdown Any Decision Records
* [Michael Nygard's template](http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2011/11/15/documenting-architecture-decisions) – The first incarnation of the term "ADR"
* Other templates listed at <https://schubmat.github.io/DecisionCapture>
* Formless – No conventions for file format and structure
## Decision Outcome
Chosen option: "MADR 3.0.0", because
* Implicit assumptions should be made explicit.
Design documentation is important to enable people understanding the decisions later on.
See also [A rational design process: How and why to fake it](https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.1986.6312940).
* MADR allows for structured capturing of any decision.
* The MADR format is lean and fits our development style.
* The MADR structure is comprehensible and facilitates usage & maintenance.
* The MADR project is vivid.