Architecture Decision Records

This directory collects Architecture Decision Records, as outlined by Michael Nygard in his article: http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2011/11/15/documenting-architecture-decisions

Architecture (understood widely) decisions should be documented in the ADR format.

A template for this repository is provided here: adr_nnnn

ADRs related to possible changed, superseded or any other outdated decisions should NOT be removed from the directory. Superseding decisions should reference ADRs they're changing or overriding.

Current ADRs include:

• 0) Use cache instead of wb_terms for efficient fetching of data needed to display an entity in the short form
• 1) Use PSR-16 PHP Cache Interface in Wikibase
• 2) CacheAwarePropertyInfoStore caching method
• 3) Termbox ParserCache Integration
• 4) Make ChangeOp::apply() return ChangeOpResult
• 5) Invalidate ParserCache on backwards incompatible frontend changes
• 6) Use Package Modules for dependency management within ResourceLoader modules
• 7) Use vuex-smart-modules in Data Bridge
• 8) Format Bridge references via API
• 9) Refactor hooks for testability
• 10) Do not add source information to Property IDs for the Federated Properties MVP
• 11) declare strict_types Rollout
• 12) PSR-4 and maintenance scripts
• 13) Register shared features in Repo and Client
• 14) Make Wikibase.git a monorepo
• 15) Use PSR-11-compatible MediaWiki service container as extension basis
• 16) Use GitHub Actions as secondary CI system for Wikibase
• 17) Wikibase Extension release notes content
• 18) Keep Wikibase master compatible with last stable MediaWiki Core (rejected)
• 19) Add source information to Property IDs for Federated Properties v2
• 20) Keep Wikibase master compatible with MediaWiki Core master
• 21) Make all Federated Properties-relevant services source and type dispatching
• 22) Create a Property ID interface
• 23) Make Termbox v2 reusable for EntitySchema
• 24) Data type specific value deserialization
• 25) Modularization by Domain-Specific Subsystems
• 26) Wikibase Frontend Technical Strategy