Documentation Restructuring and Standardization Tasks

This document outlines comprehensive tasks for implementing the new documentation structure and standardization for the ReX project, addressing the inconsistencies identified in our analysis.

Core Issues Identified

1. Type System Inconsistencies

   • Different interfaces for similar concepts (Content vs RawContent)
   • Inconsistent data type handling (string vs binary data)
   • Different metadata structures across layers
   • Unclear transformation patterns between layers

2. Terminology Variations

   • Mixed URI/path terminology for content addressing
   • Multiple event-related terms and patterns
   • Inconsistent function composition terminology
   • Varied temporal field naming

3. Architectural Boundaries

   • Blurred boundaries between layers (core, middleware, adapter)
   • Inconsistent adapter capabilities and optional methods
   • Limited composition patterns for complex middleware
   • Lack of formal plugin architecture

4. Documentation Organization

   • Limited categorization of related concepts
   • No clear separation between concept, reference, and guide materials
   • Missing comprehensive glossary of terms
   • Inadequate examples for different use cases

Recent Documentation Analysis Findings

Our assessment of documentation status from May 2025 found:

1. Business Name Consistency: The business name “ReX” is being consistently used in lowercase throughout documentation, showing excellent adoption of this standard.

2. Writing Style Consistency: Most documents follow the objective third-person voice, but some inconsistencies remain, particularly in older documents that need updating to remove first-person pronouns.

3. Terminology Standardization: Significant progress in URI system and content type standardization, but inconsistencies remain in event handling terminology, with onChange and observe being used interchangeably.

4. Documentation Gaps: Missing critical components include:

   • Comprehensive glossary document
   • Essential onboarding documentation
   • Integration guides for major environments
   • Event system standardization documents

5. Completion Status:

   • Architecture Documentation: ~90% complete
   • Patterns Documentation: ~90% complete
   • Type Reference Documentation: ~80% complete
   • Concepts Documentation: ~40% complete
   • API Reference Documentation: ~30% complete
   • Examples/Guides: ~15% complete
   • Essential Documentation: ~95% complete

New Documentation Structure with Completion Status

docs/
├── ✅ index.md                              # Main entry point and overview
│
├── ✅ essentials/                           # Essential knowledge for all users
│   ├── ✅ index.md                          # Essentials overview
│   ├── ✅ getting-started.md                # Quick start guide
│   ├── ✅ key-concepts.md                   # Core concepts summary
│   ├── ✅ glossary.md                       # Standardized terminology definitions
│   ├── ✅ architecture-overview.md          # High-level architecture explanation
│   └── ✅ installation.md                   # Installation and setup guides
│
├── ❌ concepts/                             # Detailed conceptual documentation
│   ├── ✅ index.md                          # Concepts overview
│   ├── ✅ content-model/                    # Content model concepts
│   │   ├── ✅ index.md                      # Content model overview
│   │   ├── ✅ content-structure.md          # Content structure fundamentals
│   │   ├── ✅ metadata.md                   # Metadata system explanation
│   │   ├── ❌ uri-system.md                 # Content URI system details
│   │   └── ❌ specialized-content.md        # Specialized content types
│   │
│   ├── ❌ architecture/                     # Architectural concepts
│   │   ├── ❌ index.md                      # Architecture overview
│   │   ├── ❌ composition.md                # Composition architecture explanation
│   │   ├── ❌ layer-boundaries.md           # Layer boundaries and responsibilities
│   │   ├── ❌ environments.md               # Environment adaptability
│   │   └── ❌ plugin-system.md              # Plugin architecture
│   │
│   ├── ❌ data-flow/                        # Data flow concepts
│   │   ├── ❌ index.md                      # Data flow overview
│   │   ├── ❌ operations.md                 # Content operations
│   │   ├── ❌ events.md                     # Event system
│   │   └── ❌ transformation.md             # Content transformation pipeline
│   │
│   ├── ❌ history/                          # Historical concepts
│   │   ├── ❌ index.md                      # Historical overview
│   │   ├── ❌ historical-impermanence.md    # Historical impermanence concept
│   │   ├── ❌ versioning.md                 # Content versioning
│   │   └── ❌ vector-clock.md               # Vector clock system
│   │
│   └── ❌ collaboration/                    # Collaboration concepts
│       ├── ❌ index.md                      # Collaboration overview
│       ├── ❌ real-time-editing.md          # Real-time editing concepts
│       └── ❌ conflict-resolution.md        # Conflict resolution strategies
│
├── ❌ guides/                               # How-to guides and tutorials
│   ├── ✅ index.md                          # Guides overview
│   ├── ❌ basic/                            # Basic usage guides
│   │   ├── ❌ content-creation.md           # Creating and managing content
│   │   ├── ❌ content-querying.md           # Querying and filtering content
│   │   ├── ❌ content-observation.md        # Observing content changes
│   │   └── ✅ error-handling.md             # Error handling patterns
│   │
│   ├── ❌ advanced/                         # Advanced usage guides
│   │   ├── ❌ custom-adapters.md            # Creating custom adapters
│   │   ├── ❌ custom-middleware.md          # Creating custom middleware
│   │   ├── ❌ plugin-development.md         # Developing plugins
│   │   └── ❌ schema-validation.md          # Content validation strategies
│   │
│   ├── ❌ integration/                      # Integration guides
│   │   ├── ❌ react-integration.md          # React integration patterns
│   │   ├── ✅ node-integration.md           # Node.js integration
│   │   ├── ❌ browser-integration.md        # Browser-only integration
│   │   └── ❌ service-worker-integration.md # Service worker integration
│   │
│   └── ❌ migration/                        # Migration guides
│       ├── ❌ terminology-migration.md      # Adapting to standardized terminology
│       ├── ❌ type-system-migration.md      # Migrating to unified type system
│       └── ❌ api-changes.md                # Handling API changes between versions
│
├── ❌ reference/                            # API and type reference
│   ├── ✅ index.md                          # Reference overview
│   ├── ✅ api/                              # API reference
│   │   ├── ✅ index.md                      # API overview
│   │   ├── ✅ content-store.md              # ContentStore API
│   │   ├── ❌ content-adapter.md            # ContentAdapter API
│   │   ├── ❌ content-registry.md           # ContentRegistry API
│   │   ├── ❌ plugin-api.md                 # Plugin API
│   │   └── ❌ utilities.md                  # Utility functions
│   │
│   ├── ✅ types/                            # Type definitions
│   │   ├── ✅ index.md                      # Types overview
│   │   ├── ✅ content-types.md              # Core content types
│   │   ├── ✅ metadata-types.md             # Metadata types
│   │   ├── ✅ operation-types.md            # Operation types
│   │   ├── ✅ event-types.md                # Event and observer types
│   │   ├── ✅ error-types.md                # Error types
│   │   └── ❌ utility-types.md              # Utility types
│   │
│   ├── ✅ middleware/                       # Middleware reference
│   │   ├── ✅ index.md                      # Middleware overview
│   │   ├── ✅ composition.md                # Composition utilities
│   │   ├── ❌ validation.md                 # Validation middleware
│   │   ├── ❌ caching.md                    # Caching middleware
│   │   ├── ❌ logging.md                    # Logging middleware
│   │   └── ❌ error-handling.md             # Error handling middleware
│   │
│   └── ✅ adapters/                         # Adapter reference
│       ├── ✅ index.md                      # Adapters overview
│       ├── ✅ filesystem.md                 # FileSystem adapter
│       ├── ❌ memory.md                     # Memory adapter
│       ├── ❌ indexed-db.md                 # IndexedDB adapter
│       ├── ❌ http.md                       # HTTP adapter
│       └── ❌ service-worker.md             # ServiceWorker adapter
│
├── ✅ patterns/                             # Implementation patterns and recipes
│   ├── ✅ index.md                          # Patterns overview
│   ├── ✅ adapter-patterns.md               # Adapter implementation patterns
│   ├── ✅ middleware-patterns.md            # Middleware implementation patterns
│   ├── ✅ error-handling-patterns.md        # Error handling patterns
│   ├── ✅ capability-patterns.md            # Capability detection patterns
│   └── ✅ testing-patterns.md               # Testing patterns
│
├── ✅ architecture/                         # Architectural documentation
│   ├── ✅ index.md                          # Architecture overview
│   ├── ✅ decisions/                        # Architecture decision records
│   │   ├── ✅ index.md                      # ADR overview
│   │   ├── ✅ ADR-001-MDX-Content-System.md # ADR for MDX content system
│   │   ├── ✅ ADR-002-Realtime-Content-Watching.md  # ADR for realtime content watching
│   │   ├── ✅ ADR-003-Registry-Facade-Architecture.md # ADR for registry facade
│   │   ├── ✅ ADR-004-Reactive-Content-Streams.md # ADR for reactive streams
│   │   ├── ✅ ADR-005-Content-Orchestration-Architecture.md # ADR for orchestration
│   │   ├── ✅ ADR-006-Distributed-Content-Architecture.md # ADR for distributed content
│   │   ├── ✅ ADR-007-Compositional-Content-Architecture.md # ADR for composition
│   │   ├── ✅ ADR-008-Historical-Collaborative-Content-Architecture.md # ADR for collaboration
│   │   ├── ✅ ADR-009-Unified-Type-System.md # NEW ADR for type system unification
│   │   └── ✅ ADR-010-Plugin-Architecture.md # NEW ADR for plugin architecture
│   │
│   ├── ✅ diagrams/                         # Architecture diagrams
│   │   ├── ✅ index.md                      # Diagrams overview
│   │   ├── ✅ layer-diagram.md              # System layers diagram
│   │   ├── ✅ data-flow-diagram.md          # Data flow diagram
│   │   └── ✅ component-diagram.md          # Component relationships diagram
│   │
│   └── ✅ standards/                        # Architectural standards
│       ├── ✅ naming-conventions.md         # Naming conventions
│       ├── ✅ documentation-strategy.md     # Documentation strategy (moved from planning)
│       └── ✅ implementation-standards.md   # Implementation standards
│
├── ✅ project-management/                   # Project management documentation
│   ├── ✅ index.md                          # Project management overview
│   ├── ✅ planning/                         # Planning documentation
│   │   ├── ✅ index.md                      # Planning overview
│   │   ├── ✅ roadmap.md                    # Project roadmap and vision
│   │   ├── ✅ milestones.md                 # Project milestones and targets
│   │   ├── ✅ future-concepts.md            # Future development ideas
│   │   └── ✅ archive/                      # Archive of past planning docs
│   │       ├── ✅ roadmap-v1.md             # Previous roadmap versions (moved here)
│   │       └── ✅ milestones-v1.md          # Previous milestones
│   │
│   ├── ✅ tasks/                            # Task management documentation
│   │   ├── ✅ index.md                      # Task management overview
│   │   ├── ✅ TODO.md                       # Current tasks and status
│   │   ├── ✅ architecture-refinement.md    # Architecture refinement tasks
│   │   ├── ✅ documentation-restructuring.md # Documentation restructuring tasks
│   │   ├── ✅ terminology-standardization.md # Terminology standardization tasks
│   │   ├── ✅ type-system-consistency.md    # Type system consistency tasks
│   │   └── ✅ archive/                      # Archive of completed task lists
│   │       ├── ✅ TODO-May02-25.md          # Archived task list
│   │       ├── ✅ TODO-Apr29-25.md          # Archived task list (moved here)
│   │       ├── ✅ TODO-Apr28-25.md          # Archived task list (moved here)
│   │       ├── ✅ TODO-Apr24-25.md          # Archived task list (moved here)
│   │       └── ✅ TODO-Apr23-25.md          # Archived task list (moved here)
│   │
│   └── ✅ reviews/                          # Project review documentation
│       ├── ✅ index.md                      # Reviews overview
│       ├── ✅ architecture-reviews.md       # Architecture review records
│       └── ✅ sprint-retrospectives.md      # Sprint retrospective notes
│
├── ✅ templates/                            # Documentation templates
│   ├── ✅ index.md                          # Templates overview
│   ├── ✅ adr-template.md                   # Template for ADRs
│   ├── ✅ concept-document.md               # Template for concept documents
│   ├── ✅ implementation-cookbook.md        # Template for implementation guides
│   └── ✅ reference-types.md                # Template for type reference docs
│
├── ❌ examples/                             # Code examples
│   ├── ❌ index.md                          # Examples overview
│   ├── ❌ basic/                            # Basic examples
│   │   ├── ❌ content-store.md              # Basic content store usage
│   │   ├── ❌ content-operations.md         # Basic content operations
│   │   └── ✅ error-handling.md             # Error handling examples
│   │
│   ├── ❌ advanced/                         # Advanced examples
│   │   ├── ❌ custom-adapter.md             # Custom adapter example
│   │   ├── ❌ middleware-chain.md           # Middleware composition example
│   │   └── ❌ plugin-example.md             # Plugin development example
│   │
│   └── ❌ integration/                      # Integration examples
│       ├── ❌ react-hooks.md                # React hooks example
│       ├── ❌ node-server.md                # Node.js server example
│       └── ❌ offline-app.md                # Offline-capable app example
│
├── ❌ testing/                              # Testing documentation
│   ├── ❌ index.md                          # Testing overview
│   ├── ❌ unit-testing.md                   # Unit testing guide
│   ├── ❌ integration-testing.md            # Integration testing guide
│   ├── ❌ adapter-testing.md                # Adapter testing strategies
│   └── ❌ mocking.md                        # Mocking strategies
│
├── ❌ troubleshooting/                      # Troubleshooting guide
│   ├── ❌ index.md                          # Troubleshooting overview
│   ├── ❌ common-errors.md                  # Common error scenarios
│   ├── ❌ debugging.md                      # Debugging techniques
│   ├── ❌ performance.md                    # Performance troubleshooting
│   └── ❌ faq.md                            # Frequently asked questions
│
└── ❌ business/                             # Business documentation (partially migrated)
    ├── ✅ index.md                          # Business overview (completed)
    ├── ❌ value-proposition.md              # Core value proposition (needs migration)
    ├── ❌ use-cases.md                      # Business use cases (needs migration)
    ├── ❌ pricing-models.md                 # Pricing strategies (needs migration)
    ├── ❌ growth-strategy.md                # Growth framework (needs migration)
    ├── ❌ market-analysis.md                # Market positioning (needs migration)
    └── ❌ customer-stories.md               # Success stories (needs migration)

Implementation Tasks

Phase 0: Project Management Documentation Migration

0.1 Organize Project Management Structure

• Preserve existing project-management/ directory structure
  • Create project-management/index.md with comprehensive overview
  • Organize planning subdirectory with improved structure
  • Create tasks archive for completed task lists
  • Restructure reviews documentation for better accessibility

0.2 Update Planning Documentation

• Improve planning documentation organization
  • Create planning/index.md with planning process overview
  • Update roadmap.md with refined vision and milestones
  • Connect future-concepts.md to architectural decisions
  • Maintain archive of previous planning documents

0.3 Task Management Documentation

• Enhance task management process
  • Create tasks/index.md with task management overview
  • Define task archival process and standards
  • Link tasks to milestones and planning documents
  • Create task templates for consistency

0.4 Project Review Documentation

• Improve project review documentation
  • Create reviews/index.md with review process details
  • Create connections between reviews and architectural decisions
  • Standardize sprint retrospective format
  • Link review outcomes to planning and task updates

Phase 1: Architecture Documentation (Foundation)

1.1 Update Architecture Directory Structure

• Create architecture/ directory structure
  • Create architecture/index.md with comprehensive architecture overview
  • Move ADRs from project-management/architecture to architecture/decisions/
  • Create architecture/diagrams/ subdirectory for visual representations
  • Move documentation-strategy.md to architecture/standards/

1.2 Core Architecture Decision Records

• Create architecture/decisions/ADR-009-Unified-Type-System.md

  • Document type system inconsistencies and justification for change
  • Define unified Content<T> interface approach with generic support
  • Document adapter content specialization (Content<string>)
  • Define transformation patterns between different content representations
  • Specify migration plan for existing code and documentation

• Create architecture/decisions/ADR-010-Plugin-Architecture.md

  • Document plugin system requirements and justification
  • Define ContentPlugin interface with capability declaration
  • Document plugin registration and discovery mechanism
  • Specify plugin lifecycle (install, configure, update, uninstall)
  • Define security and isolation boundaries for plugins

1.3 Layer Boundaries Documentation

• Create architecture/layer-boundaries.md for system structure clarity

  • Define Application Layer (React hooks, components)

    • Document component responsibilities and interfaces
    • Specify React integration patterns and boundaries
    • Explain hook design principles and patterns

  • Define Store Layer (high-level content operations)

    • Document store responsibilities and interfaces
    • Specify factory patterns for store creation
    • Explain store configuration and initialization

  • Define Middleware Layer (cross-cutting concerns)

    • Document middleware chain architecture and composition
    • Specify middleware context and state management
    • Explain middleware factory patterns

  • Define Adapter Layer (storage abstraction)

    • Document adapter interface and responsibilities
    • Specify capability-based adapter design
    • Explain adapter initialization and configuration

  • Define Storage Layer (physical persistence)

    • Document environment-specific storage mechanisms
    • Specify serialization and normalization patterns
    • Explain error handling at the storage level

1.4 Architectural Diagrams

• Create architecture/diagrams/ content for visual explanations

  • Create layer-diagram.md with system layer visualization

    • Draw comprehensive layer diagram with interfaces
    • Visualize information flow between layers
    • Identify boundary interfaces and contracts

  • Create data-flow-diagram.md for operation visualization

    • Draw read operation flow across all layers
    • Visualize write operation sequence
    • Illustrate event propagation patterns

  • Create component-diagram.md for system components

    • Draw relationships between core system components
    • Visualize extension points and plugin interfaces
    • Illustrate environment-specific adaptations

1.5 Architectural Standards

• Create architecture/standards/ documentation

  • Create naming-conventions.md with consistent naming patterns

    • Define interface naming patterns (IContentStore vs ContentStore)
    • Specify method naming consistency rules
    • Document event and hook naming patterns

  • Create documentation-strategy.md (moved from planning)

    • Define documentation structure for components
    • Specify code example standards and formats
    • Document versioning and compatibility notation

  • Create implementation-standards.md with coding guidelines

    • Define error handling patterns and practices
    • Specify asynchronous code standards
    • Document testing requirements per component type

Phase 2: Implementation Patterns

2.1 Patterns Documentation

• Create patterns/ directory with implementation patterns documentation
  • Create patterns/index.md with pattern categorization and overview
  • Document adapter implementation patterns and best practices (adapter-patterns.md)
  • Document middleware composition patterns for specific scenarios (middleware-patterns.md)
  • Document error handling patterns across layers (error-handling-patterns.md)
  • Document capability detection patterns for environment adaptability (capability-patterns.md)

2.2 Testing Patterns

• Create testing pattern documentation
  • Document unit testing patterns for different component types (testing-patterns.md)
  • Specify integration testing approaches for complex systems
  • Provide mocking strategies for different layers
  • Document test data generation for comprehensive coverage

Phase 3: Module-Based Documentation Implementation

3.1 Core Module Documentation

• Develop core module documentation (concepts and reference)

  • Create concepts/content-model/ directory

    • Create content-model/index.md with content model overview
    • Create content-structure.md explaining content structure fundamentals
    • Create metadata.md documenting the metadata system

  • Create reference/types/ directory

    • Create types/index.md with types overview
    • Create content-types.md documenting core content types
    • Create metadata-types.md detailing metadata types
    • Create operation-types.md explaining operation types
    • Create event-types.md documenting event and observer types
    • Create error-types.md detailing error types

  • Create reference/api/ directory

    • Create api/index.md with API overview
    • Create content-store.md documenting ContentStore API

3.2 Adapter Module Documentation

• Develop adapter module documentation (concepts and reference)

  • Create concepts/architecture/ directory

    • Create layer-boundaries.md documenting adapter layer responsibilities

  • Create concepts/content-model/ directory

    • Create uri-system.md detailing the content URI addressing system

  • Create reference/adapters/ directory

    • Create adapters/index.md with adapters overview
    • Create adapters/types.md documenting adapter type definitions
    • Create adapters/implementations/index.md with implementation overview
    • Create filesystem.md documenting FileSystem adapter
    • Create memory.md detailing Memory adapter
    • Create indexed-db.md explaining IndexedDB adapter
    • Create http.md documenting HTTP adapter
    • Create service-worker.md detailing ServiceWorker adapter

  • Create reference/api/ directory

    • Create content-adapter.md detailing ContentAdapter API

3.3 Middleware Module Documentation

• Develop middleware module documentation (concepts and reference)

  • Create concepts/architecture/ directory

    • Create composition.md explaining composition architecture

  • Create concepts/data-flow/ directory

    • Create data-flow/index.md with data flow overview
    • Create transformation.md documenting content transformation pipeline

  • Create reference/middleware/ directory

    • Create middleware/index.md with middleware overview
    • Create composition.md documenting composition utilities
    • Create validation.md detailing validation middleware
    • Create caching.md explaining caching middleware
    • Create logging.md documenting logging middleware
    • Create error-handling.md detailing error handling middleware
    • Standardize middleware definition using context-based approach

3.4 Store Module Documentation

• Develop store module documentation (concepts and reference)

  • Create concepts/data-flow/ directory

    • Create operations.md detailing content operations
    • Create events.md explaining the event system

  • Create reference/api/ directory

    • Create content-registry.md explaining ContentRegistry API
    • Unify Content Store interface definition across all documentation

  • Create reference/types/ directory

    • Create utility-types.md explaining utility types

3.5 Error Handling Module Documentation

• Develop error handling module documentation (concepts and reference)

  • Create guides/basic/ directory

    • Create error-handling.md for error handling patterns

  • Create examples/basic/ directory

    • Create error-handling.md with error handling examples

3.6 Environment Module Documentation

• Develop environment module documentation (concepts and reference)

  • Create concepts/architecture/ directory

    • Create environments.md for environment adaptability concepts

  • Create guides/integration/ directory

    • Create node-integration.md for Node.js integration
    • Create browser-integration.md for browser-only integration
    • Create service-worker-integration.md for service worker integration

  • Create reference/api/ directory

    • Create utilities.md detailing utility functions

3.7 History and Collaboration Module Documentation

• Develop history and collaboration documentation (concepts and reference)

  • Create concepts/history/ directory

    • Create history/index.md with overview of historical concepts
    • Create historical-impermanence.md explaining historical impermanence
    • Create versioning.md detailing content versioning
    • Create vector-clock.md documenting vector clock implementation

  • Create concepts/collaboration/ directory

    • Create collaboration/index.md with collaboration concepts overview
    • Create real-time-editing.md explaining real-time editing concepts
    • Create conflict-resolution.md detailing conflict resolution strategies

3.8 Plugin System Documentation

• Develop plugin system documentation (concepts and reference)

  • Create concepts/architecture/ directory

    • Create plugin-system.md explaining the plugin architecture

  • Create guides/advanced/ directory

    • Create plugin-development.md for developing plugins

  • Create reference/api/ directory

    • Create plugin-api.md documenting Plugin API

  • Create examples/advanced/ directory

    • Create plugin-example.md with plugin development example

Phase 4: Business Documentation Migration

4.1 Business Documentation

• Complete business documentation migration from docs_old
  • Maintain business/index.md with business overview
  • Migrate value-proposition.md with standardized terminology
  • Migrate use-cases.md with updated examples
  • Migrate pricing-models.md with current pricing strategies
  • Migrate growth-strategy.md with updated framework
  • Migrate market-analysis.md with current positioning
  • Migrate customer-stories.md with latest case studies

Phase 5: Integration Documentation

5.1 React Integration Documentation (HIGH PRIORITY)

• Develop React integration documentation

  • Create guides/integration/ directory

    • Create react-integration.md for React integration patterns
    • Document hooks lifecycle management
    • Explain ContentProvider implementation
    • Include error handling patterns specific to React

  • Create examples/integration/ directory

    • Create react-hooks.md with React hooks examples
    • Provide complete working examples with context providers

5.2 Node.js Integration Documentation (HIGH PRIORITY)

• Develop Node.js integration documentation

  • Create guides/integration/node-integration.md

    • Document filesystem adapter configuration
    • Explain environment detection patterns
    • Cover file watching and change detection
    • Provide error handling specific to Node.js environment

  • Create examples/integration/node-server.md with complete examples

    • Basic content server implementation
    • Middleware integration examples
    • Express/Fastify integration patterns

5.3 Content Observation Standardization (HIGH PRIORITY)

• Standardize event handling documentation

  • Create guides/basic/content-observation.md

    • Document consistent observe pattern
    • Explain observer lifecycle management
    • Provide memory leak prevention patterns
    • Include filtering observations by pattern

  • Create examples showing migration from onChange to observe

    • Include backwards compatibility examples
    • Add code samples for different observation scenarios

5.4 Advanced Integration Documentation

• Develop advanced integration documentation

  • Create guides/advanced/ directory

    • Create custom-adapters.md for creating custom adapters
    • Create custom-middleware.md for creating custom middleware
    • Create schema-validation.md for content validation strategies

  • Create examples/advanced/ directory

    • Create custom-adapter.md with custom adapter example
    • Create middleware-chain.md with middleware composition example

  • Create examples/integration/ directory

    • Create browser-integration.md for pure browser implementations
    • Create offline-app.md with offline-capable app examples

Phase 6: Essential Documentation

6.1 Essential User Documentation

• Create essentials/ directory with core user-facing documentation
  • Create essentials/index.md with overview of essential concepts
  • Create getting-started.md with quick start guide
  • Create key-concepts.md with simplified conceptual overview
  • Create architecture-overview.md with simplified system architecture
  • Create installation.md with environment-specific setup instructions
  • Update VitePress navigation with new essential documentation

6.2 Glossary and Terminology

• Create comprehensive glossary of standardized terms (HIGHEST PRIORITY)
  • Document content-related terminology
  • Document architectural terminology
  • Document operation and event terminology
  • Document environment-specific terminology
  • Ensure alignment with terminology-standardization.md recommendations
  • Create cross-references between glossary and relevant documentation
  • Standardize on URI terminology across all documentation and code
  • Standardize on observe() pattern for content change notifications

6.3 Architecture Overview for Users

• Create architecture-overview.md for user-level understanding
  • Present simplified architecture diagrams for users
  • Explain key architectural concepts in accessible terms
  • Define system boundaries and integration points
  • Document expected behavior and limitations

Phase 7: Testing and Troubleshooting Documentation

7.1 Testing Documentation

• Create testing/ directory
  • Create testing/index.md with testing overview
  • Create unit-testing.md with unit testing guide
  • Create integration-testing.md with integration testing guide
  • Create adapter-testing.md with adapter testing strategies
  • Create mocking.md with mocking strategies

7.2 Troubleshooting Guide

• Create troubleshooting/ directory
  • Create troubleshooting/index.md with troubleshooting overview
  • Create common-errors.md with common error scenarios
  • Create debugging.md with debugging techniques
  • Create performance.md with performance troubleshooting
  • Create faq.md with frequently asked questions

7.3 Migration Guides

• Create guides/migration/ directory
  • Create migration/index.md with overview of migration guides
  • Create terminology-migration.md for adapting to standardized terminology
  • Create type-system-migration.md for migrating to unified type system
  • Create api-changes.md for handling API changes between versions

High-Priority Next Steps

Based on our recent documentation analysis, these are the immediate priority tasks:

1. Standardizing Options Interfaces (IN PROGRESS)

• Update naming conventions documentation to include options interface standardization rules
• Adopt the {EntityName}Options format consistently across all interfaces
• Identify and rename all operation options to follow ContentOperationOptions pattern
• Update middleware options to follow MiddlewareNameMiddlewareOptions pattern
• Update adapter options to verify consistent AdapterNameAdapterOptions pattern
• Document naming pattern in CLAUDE.md for AI assistant guidance
• Create migration path for existing non-standard names

2. Extracting Common Code Examples (MEDIUM PRIORITY)

• Identify duplicated code examples across documentation
• Create dedicated examples directory structure
• Consolidate examples into focused, well-commented modules
• Use cross-references to maintain DRY principle

3. Browser Integration Documentation (MEDIUM PRIORITY)

• Create browser-integration.md guide with IndexedDB setup
• Document browser-specific considerations and limitations
• Provide complete working example for browser applications
• Include offline capabilities with ServiceWorker

AI Assistant Guidance Tasks (HIGH PRIORITY)

• Update CLAUDE.md with guidance section for AI assistants
  • Add initial context-building instructions
  • Include terminology consistency guidelines
  • Add progress tracking guidance
  • Include file structure understanding guidelines
  • Add specific options interface standardization instructions
• Update naming-conventions.md with clear options interface naming standards
  • Add explicit section on options interfaces
  • Document operation options naming pattern
  • Document middleware options naming pattern
  • Document adapter options naming pattern
  • Document factory options naming pattern
• Create reference documentation for standardized naming checklist

Migration and Quality Assurance Guidelines

Document Migration Process

When migrating content from existing documentation to the new structure, follow these critical guidelines:

1. Verification Before Removal:

   • Ensure new documentation is complete, consistent, and correct before removing old files
   • Cross-check all concepts and information have been properly transferred
   • Validate that no unique information has been lost during migration
   • Only remove original files after thorough verification

2. Consistency Self-Referencing:

   • Reference existing completed documents when creating new ones to ensure consistency
   • Maintain unified terminology as established in the glossary
   • Ensure architectural concepts are described consistently across all documents
   • Check cross-references for accuracy and relevance

3. Handling Inconsistencies in Source Material:

   • Source documentation may contain inconsistencies - prioritize standardization
   • When source docs conflict, document the inconsistency and the rationale for chosen approach
   • Create appropriate redirects when original file locations are referenced elsewhere
   • Consider creating migration notes for significant changes to help users adapt

4. Documentation Verification Checklist:

   • Terminology follows standards defined in glossary
   • Architectural concepts align with layer-boundaries.md
   • Type definitions match unified type system in ADR-009
   • Cross-references are accurate and functional
   • Examples demonstrate best practices from patterns documentation
   • No duplication of content across documents
   • All documentation uses objective third-person voice
   • Business name “ReX” is consistently used in lowercase
   • Generic types are properly formatted with backticks (e.g., Content<T>) not HTML entities
   • Code blocks use appropriate language specifiers (e.g., ```typescript)
   • Method references include parentheses (e.g., methodName())