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descriptionLanguage: en
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# Living Documentation

- Type: knowledge maintenance practice
- Group: Documentation, risks, and agreements
- Placement: Documentation, risks, and agreements
- [Source](<https://cucumber.io/docs/bdd/>)

[HTML](https://dpm.cnonim.name/practices/living/)

Up-to-date behavioral documentation is linked to executable examples and checks that detect divergence from the implementation.

## Relationships

- may be built on: [Specification by Example](/practices/sbe/en.md) (support)
- can be combined with: [Documentation as Code](/practices/docs/en.md) (combination)

[Show on the map](https://dpm.cnonim.name/#practice=living&lang=en)