From d9e8434609af84a8678fc478541a840aa3051e2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James McKinney <26463+jpmckinney@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 19:51:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] style_guide: Add "stage" and "phase" guidance

---
 docs/meta/style_guide.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/meta/style_guide.rst b/docs/meta/style_guide.rst
index 6a10aa84..36a1efbb 100644
--- a/docs/meta/style_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/meta/style_guide.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ Word choice
 -  "hyphen", **not** "dash", to describe the "-" character
 -  Prefer "release" and "record" to "OCDS release" and "OCDS record", unless the latter are clearer in context
 
+For parts of a whole:
+
+-  "stage", for parts of a contracting process or framework agreement procedure
+-  "phase", for parts of OCDS implementation
+
 For processes:
 
 -  "contracting (or planning) process", unless the sentence relates to only one or the other