Governance & Quality

The three-layer quality system that guides every pattern and component decision.

Canonical design foundation knowledge is maintained in the UI Foundations Vault. This repository only documents implementation-specific usage.

Vault reference: configured vault foundations

Design Principles

Local usage notes for applying vault principles to patterns and components.

Usability Heuristics

Local heuristic IDs for rule-pipeline traceability and validation.

Design Intelligence

Local implementation review lens for system fit, reuse, and quality.

How They Work Together

Durable knowledge lives in the vault. This repository keeps the implementation contract that connects that knowledge to pattern rules, component rules, validation, and CI.

Vault foundations
informs
Local rule IDs and pattern guidance
validated by
Rule pipeline and CI

Traceability Contract

  • Pattern rules must cite at least one principle ID and one heuristic ID.
  • Component rules must preserve the cited pattern intent.
  • Validation rules must point back to principle, heuristic, pattern, or component rule IDs.
  • Design Intelligence is applied during reviews — it does not produce citable IDs but ensures overall quality.