The sponsors property allow to specify which stakeholders take interest in creating and optionally maintaining a particular document. This information is not relevant for every type of document. There is typically no need to specify which stakeholder is interested in the description of a user's role or a given category. But for topics, architecture decisions, or volumes (e.g. the arc42 Template) it helps to define the audience who is willing to provide resources. | Note Box |
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| title | Sponsors vs. Audience |
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| Note that sponsors and audience are two different views on parties interested in a document. While sponsors may support the existence of the document for the use of others, the audience property refers to the intended group of readers. |
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