---
title: "Standards"
description: "Enforceable rules, each with a defined automation/enforcement mechanism. Cross-SDK baseline with per-SDK overrides."
url: https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/
---

# Standards

* #### [Spec Lifecycle](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/spec-lifecycle.md)

  How SDK specs are versioned and how they advance through proposal, draft, candidate, stable, and deprecated.

* #### [API and Architecture](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/api-architecture.md)

* #### [Code Submission](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/code-submission.md)

* #### [Code Quality](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/code-quality.md)

* #### [Review and CI](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/review-ci.md)

* #### [Repository and Documentation](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/repository-docs.md)

* #### [Coordination and Maintenance](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/coordination-maintenance.md)

* #### [Planning and Scoping](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/planning-scoping.md)

* #### [Release and Versioning](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/release-versioning.md)

## Pages in this section

- [Spec Lifecycle](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/spec-lifecycle.md)
- [API and Architecture](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/api-architecture.md)
- [Code Submission](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/code-submission.md)
- [Code Quality](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/code-quality.md)
- [Review and CI](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/review-ci.md)
- [Repository and Documentation](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/repository-docs.md)
- [Coordination and Maintenance](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/coordination-maintenance.md)
- [Planning and Scoping](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/planning-scoping.md)
- [Release and Versioning](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/getting-started/standards/release-versioning.md)