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What is an ADR?

ADR stands for Architecture Decision Record. An ADR is a design document providing information to the Decentraland community, or describing a new feature for Decentraland or its processes or environment. The ADR should provide a concise technical specification of the feature and a rationale for the feature. The ADR author is responsible for building consensus within the community and documenting dissenting opinions.

How do ADRs work?

Read the ADR explaining the rationale for a detailed explaination.

ADR Process

The following is the standardization process for all ADRs in all tracks:

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    Draft --> Withdrawn
    Idea --> Draft

    Review <--> Living
    Draft --> Review

    Review <--> LastCall
    LastCall --> Final

    Review --> Withdrawn
    LastCall --> Withdrawn

    LastCall <--> Stagnant
    Review <--> Stagnant
    Draft <--> Stagnant

ADR Types

There are three types of ADRs:

• A Standards Track ADR describes any change that affects most or all Decentraland implementations, such as—a change to the synchronzation protocol, a change in deployments validity rules, proposed application standards/conventions, or any change or addition that affects the interoperability of applications using Decentraland. Standards Track ADRs consist of three parts—a design document, an implementation, and (if warranted) an update to the formal specification.

• A Meta ADR describes a process surrounding Decentraland or proposes a change to (or an event in) a process. Process ADRs are like Standards Track ADRs but apply to areas other than the Decentraland protocol itself.

• An RFC describes a Decentraland design issue, or provides general guidelines or information to the Decentraland community. RFCs do not necessarily represent Decentraland community consensus or a recommendation, so users and implementers are free to ignore RFCs or follow their advice.