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Microservices Recipes: The Architect’s Field Guide
Proper Citation Formats for Academic and Professional Use

Standard Citation Formats

APA (7th Edition)

Khan, V. (2026). Microservices recipes: The architect's field guide (Version 2.1). 
Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22654421
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3592-4162

In-text citation: (Khan, 2026)

IEEE

[1] V. Khan, "Microservices Recipes: The Architect's Field Guide," ver. 2.1,
Zenodo, 2026, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.22654421.

In-text citation: [1]

MLA (9th Edition)

Khan, Viquar. Microservices Recipes: The Architect's Field Guide. 
Version 2.1, Zenodo, 2026, doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22654421.

In-text citation: (Khan)

Chicago (17th Edition)

Khan, Viquar. Microservices Recipes: The Architect's Field Guide. 
Version 2.1. Zenodo, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22654421.

In-text citation: (Khan 2026)

Harvard

Khan, V. (2026) Microservices Recipes: The Architect's Field Guide. Version 2.1.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22654421 
(Accessed: [date]).

In-text citation: (Khan, 2026)

Citing Specific Patterns or Methodologies

Adaptive Granularity Governance: The Khan Microservice Pattern

(Formerly the Adaptive Granularity Strategy.)

APA:

Khan, V. (2026). Adaptive Granularity Governance: The Khan Microservice Pattern.
In Microservices recipes: The architect's field guide. GitHub.
https://github.com/vaquarkhan/microservices-recipes-a-free-gitbook

IEEE:

[1] V. Khan, "Adaptive Granularity Governance: The Khan Microservice Pattern," in
Microservices Recipes: The Architect's Field Guide, GitHub, 2026.

Historical citations that use “Adaptive Granularity Strategy” remain valid; prefer the current title for new work.

The Fulcrum / RVx research paper

The research treatment of the same method. Companion site: https://vaquarkhan.github.io/fulcrum-rxy/. arXiv identifier not assigned yet.

APA:

Khan, V. (2026). Fulcrum: Quantitative, governed granularity for microservice
boundaries with the RVx Index. https://vaquarkhan.github.io/fulcrum-rxy/
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3592-4162

When the arXiv ID is public, add it to this block. Do not invent one.

Zenodo

Version 2.1.0 is archived at https://zenodo.org/records/22654421.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22654421

Cite the DOI, not only the GitHub URL. Do not invent a later version’s DOI; wait until Zenodo mints it.

Citing Specific Chapters

Format:

Khan, V. (2026). [Chapter title]. In Microservices recipes: 
The architect's field guide (Chapter [number]). GitHub. 
https://github.com/vaquarkhan/microservices-recipes-a-free-gitbook

Example:

Khan, V. (2026). Earned boundaries, not fashionable ones. In Microservices recipes: 
The architect's field guide (Chapter 1). GitHub. 
https://github.com/vaquarkhan/microservices-recipes-a-free-gitbook

BibTeX Entry

@book{khan2026microservices,
  author       = {Khan, Viquar},
  title        = {Microservices Recipes: The Architect's Field Guide},
  year         = {2026},
  edition      = {Version 2.1},
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22654421},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22654421},
  note         = {ORCID: 0009-0008-3592-4162}
}

EndNote/Reference Manager

Type: Electronic Book / Web Page
Author: Khan, Viquar
Year: 2026
Title: Microservices Recipes: The Architect’s Field Guide
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22654421
URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22654421
Access Date: [Your access date]

For Academic Papers

When citing in academic papers, please include:

  1. Author: Viquar Khan
  2. ORCID: 0009-0008-3592-4162
  3. Year: 2026
  4. Title: Microservices Recipes: The Architect’s Field Guide
  5. Source: Zenodo
  6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22654421
  7. Access Date: When you accessed the material

For Presentations

Slide Citation:

Source: Khan, V. (2026). Microservices Recipes: The Architect's Field Guide.

Verbal Citation:

"According to Viquar Khan's Microservices Recipes..."

For Blog Posts or Articles

Format:

This article references concepts from Viquar Khan's "Microservices Recipes: 
The Architect's Field Guide" (2026), available at 
https://github.com/vaquarkhan/microservices-recipes-a-free-gitbook

License

Dual license. See LICENSING.md.

  • Code is MIT. You may use and modify it, including commercially, with the MIT notice.
  • Prose, diagrams, and figures are CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Share with attribution. Do not make derivatives of the book text or use it commercially without permission.

Citing a chapter is not a derivative. Rewriting a chapter and republishing it is.

Questions

Email: vaquar.khan@gmail.com
Subject: Citation - Microservices Recipes