How to maintain this guide

Terminology

We talk about ‘sharing data’ to accommodate cases where data is published as open data, or exchanged between non-open systems. This should generally be preferred in this guide to the term ‘data publication’.

Content types

THIS IS DRAFT.

Pages may contain the following elements:

  • Narrative text

  • Checklists

  • Examples - such as example Contributor Agreement text

  • Related articles

  • Patterns

  • ‘Consider’ - a set of boxes that should be filled in for each particular standard.

Pages should be tagged as one of:

  • Policy

  • Technical process

  • Non-technical process

  • Guidance

Components

Throughout the documentation we describe a range of components involved in developing and maintain a standard. These should all have a title, short description, and then a longer description where appropriate.

A component consists of the following elements:

  • Title

  • Summary

  • Description

  • Examples

  • Prioritisation Factors

  • Deprioritisation Factors

  • Related Patterns & Components

These should be written using a Level 3 heading for the component, and level four headings for each element (from Summary onwards) using the template below.

Title

Summary

Description

Examples

Prioritisation Factors

Deprioritisation Factors

Patterns

Throughout the documentation we include common patterns for standards.

A pattern consists of the following elements:

  • Title

  • Problem

  • Solution - what’s the solution to this problem

  • Method - how to do this

  • Example

  • Related Patterns & Components

These should be written using a Level 3 heading for the pattern, and level four headings for each element (from problem onwards) using the template below.

Title

Problem

Solution

Method

Example

Related patterns

  • Link

Related components

  • Link