# bare-config
This project is a Rust library for type-safe configuration processing, developed through collaborative governance between humans and AI systems.
## Acknowledgments
### Conceptual Influences
This project builds upon ideas from:
- **The Rust Project** - For the language, tooling, and API Guidelines
- **"Parse, Don't Validate"** - Alexis King's influential blog post on type-safe design
- **Zero-cost Abstractions** - Core Rust philosophy
- **Configuration Parsing Libraries** - Various Rust configuration libraries for format support
### Community Resources
- [Rust API Guidelines](https://rust-lang.github.io/api-guidelines/) - Our primary design reference
- [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) - Version management
- [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) - Changelog format
- [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) - Commit message format
### Format Specifications
This library supports various configuration formats. We acknowledge the following standards:
- **JSON**: RFC 8259, ECMA-404, ISO/IEC 21778
- **YAML**: yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html
- **TOML**: toml-lang.github.io
- **XML**: W3C XML 1.1
- **Properties**: Java.util.Properties specification
- **INI**: No official standard (de facto)
### AI Collaboration
This project actively incorporates AI contributors in its development process. The governance model (see [GOVERNANCE.md](GOVERNANCE.md)) explicitly defines how humans and AI systems collaborate.
AI systems have contributed to:
- Documentation structure and content
- Key parsing implementation using nom
- Design pattern analysis
- Consistency checking across documentation
- Test case generation
## Development Philosophy
The project follows these core principles:
1. **Type Safety First** - Leverage Rust's type system to prevent errors
2. **Zero-cost Abstractions** - No runtime overhead for features not used
3. **Zero-allocation** - Optimized for performance in large configurations
4. **Explicit over Implicit** - Clear, readable code
5. **No Unsafe Code** - Memory safety guaranteed by compiler
6. **Human-AI Collaboration** - Both contribute to design and implementation
## Related Projects
This project is part of the bare-rs organization:
- [bare-types](https://github.com/bare-rs/bare-types) - Type-safe domain modeling
- [bare-config](https://github.com/bare-rs/bare-config) - Configuration processing
- [bare-script](https://github.com/bare-rs/bare-script) - Scripting authority
## License
This project is dual-licensed under:
- **MIT License** - See [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT)
- **Apache License, Version 2.0** - See [LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE)
You may choose either license at your option.