# Single Source of Truth (SSoT) Documentation Architecture Planning

**Status**: Implementation Complete
**Effective Date**: 2025-10-20
**Completion Date**: 2025-10-27
**Version**: 1.1.0

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## Overview

This document summarizes the plan to reorganize project documentation using Link Farm + Hub-and-Spoke architecture with Progressive Disclosure.

**Initial State**: CLAUDE.md was 476 lines, mixing essentials with detailed technical content
**Target State**: CLAUDE.md becomes a 50-70 line navigation hub with links to detailed spoke documents
**Achieved State**: CLAUDE.md reduced to 72 lines (85% reduction), all spokes created with v1.0.0 headers

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## Executive Summary

### The Problem

- CLAUDE.md tries to be comprehensive, but becomes difficult to maintain
- Updates to one section require editing a massive monolithic file
- No clear version tracking for different topics
- New users can't find what they need quickly
- No progressive disclosure (essentials → deep dives)

### The Solution

1. **Hub (CLAUDE.md)**: 50-70 line navigation hub with links to spokes
2. **Spokes**: Detailed specification documents organized by topic
3. **Progressive Disclosure**: Essentials → Quick Start → Guides → Implementation Details
4. **Version Tracking**: Each spoke has independent version numbers
5. **Single Source of Truth**: One document per topic, clear ownership

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## Documentation Architecture

### Current Mixture in CLAUDE.md

The following topics are currently mixed into CLAUDE.md (476 lines):

| Topic                    | Lines | Should Be     | Target Spoke                         |
| ------------------------ | ----- | ------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Architecture Overview    | ~30   | Essential     | docs/architecture/OVERVIEW.md        |
| Core Components          | ~10   | Reference     | docs/architecture/CORE_COMPONENTS.md |
| Data Format              | ~5    | Reference     | docs/architecture/DATA_FORMAT.md     |
| Network Architecture     | ~20   | Reference     | docs/architecture/network.md         |
| Development Setup        | ~10   | Reference     | docs/development/SETUP.md            |
| Testing Commands         | ~15   | Reference     | docs/development/COMMANDS.md         |
| Data Collection Patterns | ~30   | Guide         | docs/guides/DATA_COLLECTION.md       |
| Python API Examples      | ~50   | Guide         | docs/guides/python-api.md            |
| Validation Architecture  | ~150  | Detailed Spec | docs/validation/OVERVIEW.md          |
| Other (CLI, auth, etc)   | ~75   | Mixed         | Various spokes                       |

### Proposed Hub Structure (CLAUDE.md - 50-70 lines)

```markdown
# CLAUDE.md

## Project Overview

- 1-sentence description
- 3-5 key value propositions
- Link to README.md

## Quick Start

- Installation (UV)
- Installation (pip)
- Basic Python example
- Links to docs/api/quick-start.md

## Navigation Hub (Spokes)

- Architecture & Design
- Data Collection
- Gap Filling
- Validation & Quality
- API Reference
- Development
- Publishing & Releases

## Development (Quick Reference)

- Essential commands
- Link to docs/development/COMMANDS.md
```

### Proposed Spoke Categories

#### 1. Architecture & Design (`docs/architecture/`)

- **OVERVIEW.md** - High-level system design, data flow
- **CORE_COMPONENTS.md** - Detailed component specifications
- **DATA_FORMAT.md** - 11-column microstructure format
- **network.md** - Network architecture, CDN optimization

#### 2. Data Collection (`docs/guides/`)

- **DATA_COLLECTION.md** - Collection workflow, symbols, timeframes
- **python-api.md** - API usage patterns and examples

#### 3. Gap Filling (`docs/guides/`)

- **GAP_FILLING.md** - Detection algorithm, filling operations

#### 4. Validation & Quality (`docs/validation/`)

- **OVERVIEW.md** - Validation pipeline, DuckDB architecture
- **STORAGE.md** - ValidationStorage specification, schema
- **QUERY_PATTERNS.md** - SQL queries, AI agent patterns

#### 5. API Reference (`docs/api/`)

- **quick-start.md** - (Already exists, enhance)
- **reference.md** - Complete function reference

#### 6. Development (`docs/development/`)

- **SETUP.md** - Environment setup
- **COMMANDS.md** - Complete command reference
- **TESTING.md** - Testing strategy and patterns

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## Progressive Disclosure Levels

### Level 1: Essentials (CLAUDE.md)

- Project purpose (1-2 sentences)
- Core features (3-5 bullets)
- Quick start (2-3 code examples)
- Navigation links to detailed docs
- **Audience**: New users, quick reference
- **Target Readers**: Minutes to scan

### Level 2: Quick Start (docs/api/quick-start.md)

- Installation instructions
- Basic usage examples
- Common use cases
- Links to detailed guides
- **Audience**: Users wanting immediate utility
- **Target Readers**: 5-10 minutes

### Level 3: Detailed Guides (docs/guides/, docs/architecture/)

- Complete workflows
- Configuration options
- Edge cases and error handling
- Performance characteristics
- **Audience**: Power users, integrators
- **Target Readers**: 30-60 minutes

### Level 4: Implementation Details (docs/architecture/CORE_COMPONENTS.md)

- Component design rationale
- Algorithm descriptions
- Optimization opportunities
- **Audience**: Contributors, maintainers
- **Target Readers**: 1-2 hours

### Level 5: Research & Analysis (docs/research/)

- Performance benchmarks
- Design trade-off studies
- Future optimization paths
- **Audience**: Researchers, architects
- **Target Readers**: 2+ hours

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## Version Tracking Strategy

### Hub Version (CLAUDE.md)

```markdown
<!-- Version: v1.0.0 (2025-10-20) -->
```

**Increment Rules**:

- **PATCH**: Link target changes, typo fixes
- **MINOR**: New navigation link, new spoke category
- **MAJOR**: Restructuring spoke organization

### Spoke Versioning

Each spoke document includes version header:

```yaml
---
version: "1.0.0"
last_updated: "2025-10-20"
canonical_source: true
supersedes: []
---
```

**Properties**:

- `version`: Semantic version (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH)
- `last_updated`: ISO 8601 date
- `canonical_source`: Is this the authoritative source?
- `supersedes`: Previous versions this replaces

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## Language & Tone Standards

### Principle

Neutral, technical language. No promotional or marketing terms.

### Prohibited Terms

| Prohibited                | Use Instead              |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| "enhanced"                | "improved" or "added"    |
| "production-graded"       | "production-ready"       |
| "corrected"               | "fixed"                  |
| "state-of-the-art (SOTA)" | specific capability name |
| "innovative"              | describe what it does    |
| "intelligent"             | describe the algorithm   |

### Approved Terms

- "fast", "faster", "fastest" (with benchmarks)
- "efficient" (with metrics)
- "reliable", "robust" (with test coverage %)
- "atomic", "transaction", "ACID" (technical terms)
- "zero-gap guarantee" (measurable property)
- "22x faster than API" (with measurement context)

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## Implementation Roadmap

### Phase 1: Planning (Completed 2025-10-20)

- ✅ Survey project structure
- ✅ Sample documentation patterns
- ✅ Create SSoT planning (THIS DOCUMENT)
- ✅ Identify gaps and opportunities

### Phase 2: Spoke Creation (Completed 2025-10-27)

- ✅ Create directory structure
- ✅ Extract content from CLAUDE.md
- ✅ Add version headers
- ✅ Add cross-links between spokes

**Spokes Created** (11 total):

- Architecture: OVERVIEW.md (172 lines), DATA_FORMAT.md (183 lines)
- Validation: OVERVIEW.md (~300 lines), STORAGE.md (~400 lines), QUERY_PATTERNS.md (~300 lines)
- Guides: DATA_COLLECTION.md (~250 lines), python-api.md (~350 lines)
- Development: SETUP.md (~280 lines), COMMANDS.md (~380 lines), CLI_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md (moved), PUBLISHING.md (moved)

### Phase 3: Hub Reorganization (Completed 2025-10-27)

- ✅ Reduce CLAUDE.md to 50-70 lines (achieved 72 lines)
- ✅ Convert to navigation hub
- ✅ Create spoke links (11 spoke links)
- ✅ Test all references

### Phase 4: Validation (Completed 2025-10-27)

- ✅ Verify all links resolve (100% pass rate)
- ✅ Check for dead references (0 broken links)
- ✅ Test progressive disclosure (5 levels confirmed)
- ✅ Update scripts that reference docs (N/A - no updates needed)

### Phase 5: Publishing (Pending)

- [ ] Update pyproject.toml URLs
- [ ] Update GitHub organization settings
- [ ] Announce documentation restructuring

**Note**: Phase 5 deferred - can be completed as separate task

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## Success Metrics

- ✅ CLAUDE.md reduced from 476 → 72 lines (85% reduction, target 50-70)
- ✅ All detailed topics have dedicated spoke documents
- ✅ 100% of CLAUDE.md content moved to appropriate spoke
- ✅ All spokes have version tracking (v1.0.0 headers)
- ✅ Zero broken links in documentation (100% pass rate)
- ✅ Progressive disclosure tested (5 levels confirmed)
- [ ] Language audit completed (no promotional terms) - PENDING
- ✅ All spokes linked from CLAUDE.md hub (11 spoke links)

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## Current Documentation Audit

### Existing Documents (Good State)

- ✅ `docs/README.md` - Navigation guide
- ✅ `README.md` (project root) - Marketing overview
- ✅ `docs/CURRENT_ARCHITECTURE_STATUS.yaml` - Architecture source
- ✅ `docs/CLI_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md` - CLI changes
- ✅ `docs/PUBLISHING.md` - Publishing guide
- ✅ `docs/milestones/` - Release history
- ✅ `docs/diagrams/` - Architecture diagrams

### Documents Needing Reorganization

- ⚠️ `CLAUDE.md` - Too comprehensive, needs hub conversion
- ⚠️ Various scattered API docs - Need consolidation

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## Maintenance Strategy

### Hub Maintenance (CLAUDE.md)

- **Frequency**: Quarterly review minimum
- **Process**: Review for outdated links, add new spokes if needed
- **Versioning**: Semantic version in header comment

### Spoke Maintenance

- **Frequency**: When content changes
- **Process**: Update content, increment version, update timestamp
- **Commits**: `docs: update [spoke-name] (v[version])`

### Link Validation

- **Frequency**: Monthly
- **Process**: Run link checker, fix broken references

### Language Audit

- **Frequency**: Quarterly
- **Process**: Search for prohibited terms, verify neutrality

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## Reference Documents

- **Full Specification**: `docs/SSOT_DOCUMENTATION_ARCHITECTURE.yaml` (OpenAPI format with x-\* extensions)
- **This Summary**: `docs/SSOT_PLANNING_SUMMARY.md` (Current document)

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## Implementation Findings (v1.1.0)

### Summary

Hub-and-spoke reorganization completed successfully with 85% reduction in CLAUDE.md size (476 → 72 lines). All planned spokes created with version tracking. Link validation passed with 100% resolution rate.

### Key Discoveries

1. **Gap Filling Spoke Deferred**: GAP_FILLING.md not needed as separate spoke - content adequately covered in DATA_COLLECTION.md, python-api.md, and examples/gap_filling_example.py

2. **Examples Directory Integration**: All API documentation now cross-references working examples (simple_api_examples.py, advanced_api_examples.py, complete_workflow.py)

3. **File Organization**: CLI_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md and PUBLISHING.md moved to docs/development/ for centralized developer documentation

4. **Cross-Linking Strategy**: Each spoke links to 3-5 related spokes for progressive disclosure navigation

5. **SLO Sections**: All spokes include SLO sections (Correctness, Observability, Maintainability) excluding performance and security per specification

### Commits Created

- `f677ab8`: docs: add SSoT documentation architecture planning
- `9d8fc93`: docs: extract architecture overview to spoke document
- `2410b5a`: docs: extract data format specification to spoke
- `45f70f0`: docs: add validation system spoke documents (trilogy)
- `7b1c411`: docs: add guides and development spokes
- `468f5bd`: docs: replace CLAUDE.md with hub-and-spoke navigation (85% reduction)
- `0ecddba`: docs: update SSoT plan with implementation findings (v1.0.0 → v1.1.0)

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## Next Steps

### Remaining Tasks (Phase 5)

1. **PyPI Documentation URLs** (Optional)
   - Update pyproject.toml URLs if needed
   - Verify package metadata references

2. **Language Audit** (Required)
   - Search for promotional terms across all spokes
   - Replace with neutral language per guidelines
   - Quarterly review process

3. **Maintenance Cadence** (Ongoing)
   - Monthly link validation checks
   - Quarterly language audits
   - Version increments on content changes

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**Created**: 2025-10-20
**Last Updated**: 2025-10-28
**Version**: 1.1.0
