- Status: Proposed | Accepted | Superseded by ADR-NNNN
- Date: YYYY-MM-DD
- Deciders: who made the call
What forced the decision. The constraint, the observation in the data, or the standard's control, stated concretely enough that a reader can tell whether it still holds. Name the alternative that was actually tempting.
What was decided, in the present tense, as a rule someone could apply. Point at the code or the document that implements it.
What follows, including what this makes harder or worse. A record with only upsides has not finished thinking. Name the observation that would make this record worth superseding.