About
What this site is
FDE.LI is an open practice standard and example library for FDE (forward deployed engineering), maintained by Yanhuang Epoch. It covers one thing only: how to do FDE well. LI is read as 例 (li), the Chinese word for example, so FDE.LI means FDE examples.
It is written for people who do FDE, people who want to start, and technical leads who assess service providers for their company. Clause numbers, version numbers and anchors can all be cited directly.
How the three sites divide the work
| Site | What it covers |
|---|---|
| FDE.LI | Method: the six standards, the onboarding and acceptance checklists, design patterns and de-identified cases |
| OPC.NG | Running a one-person company: policies, contracts, tools and finding work |
| Yanhuang Epoch website | Engagements: companies looking for a team |
Each piece of content lives on one site only. The other sites link to it.
What this site does not do
- It collects no personal information: no forms, accounts, comments, analytics scripts or cookies. Your checklist answers stay in your own browser.
- It names no clients and shows nothing that could identify a client, and no specific figures or percentages.
- It quotes no prices and assigns no work.
- It does not name other service providers.
Maintainer
This site is maintained by Yanhuang Epoch (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. Content is credited to the Yanhuang Epoch FDE team.
Access logs
The server keeps only standard access logs, to troubleshoot faults and fend off attacks. The last part of each IP address is removed, and the logs are deleted after 30 days. This site uses no analytics scripts.
Licence
Content on this site is licensed under CC BY 4.0 . You may copy, share and adapt it, including for commercial use, as long as you credit the source. The site code is not covered by this licence.
How to cite
Clauses, acceptance points, checklist items and terms each have a Copy citation button. The copied text includes the standard name, the version, the clause number and a link with an anchor, for example:
FDE.LI Six Delivery Standards v1.0, 2 Terms and definitions, Invisible. https://fde.li/en/glossary/#wugan
Anchors for clauses, checklist items and terms never change once published, even if a name changes.
Reporting errors
If you find an error or have a better wording, please tell us through the contact details on the Yanhuang Epoch website, and include the clause number or anchor. We check it, update the text and record the change in the changelog.
Contact details on the Yanhuang Epoch website
Language
The whole site is in Chinese and English. The Chinese version prevails if the two versions differ.