# Documentation Maintenance

> The degree to which keeping decision records current adds ongoing upkeep effort.

Record: `lexicon:documentation-maintenance`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-documentation-maintenance

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Direct-to-main Unreviewed Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/direct-to-main-unreviewed-change.md) and before [Early Defect Prevention](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/early-defect-prevention.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## In tension with

- [Architecture Decision Records](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architecture-decision-records.md)
- [Architecture Decision Records (ADR) / Documentation Maintenance](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/architecture-decision-records-adr-documentation-maintenance.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)