One genre per extension

Rule: An extension applies the standard to one genre and holds only what that genre changes; a principle the standard already holds is linked, never copied.

Grade: convention.

Why

  • A repository attacks one problem, and a wider one makes every user depend on everything in it.
  • A copied principle drifts from its source; a link cannot.
  • Limit: no measured result says that splitting by genre helps readers; the grade is a convention.

History

  • 2026-10-28: the standard was declared done and its branches became separate repositories.
  • 2026-10-29: presentations split from academic writing, since their two reviews shared 2 of 370 works.
  • 2026-10-29: a boundary that keeps moving is in the wrong place; three releases in a row forcing changes in one extension move the shared part up, or merge the two.

See also

The rules; the front page.