“An architecture style guide is a document that explains how the site is organized, why it is organized that way, and how the architecture should be extended as the site grows. The guide should begin with documentation of the mission and vision for the site, as it’s important to understand the original goals. Continue with information about the intended audiences. Who was the site designed for? What assumptions content development policy. What types of content will and won’t be included and content development policy. What types of content will and won’t be included and why? How often will it be updated? When will it be removed? And who will be responsible for it?”
From: Morville, Peter and Rosenfeld, Louis (2002), Information Architecture for the World Wide Web – 2nd edition, Sebastopol: O’Reilly, p.302-3
