dendryform-core

Core schema types, validation, theme, and layout plan for dendryform.

This crate defines the data model for describing software architecture diagrams: nodes, edges, tiers, connectors, containers, and the theme system. All types use private fields with validated constructors to ensure invalid states are unrepresentable.

Key Types

• [NodeId] — validated slug identifier for nodes
• [Node] — a card in the diagram, built via [NodeBuilder]
• [Edge] — a semantic relationship between nodes
• [Tier] — a horizontal band of nodes
• [Diagram] — the validated top-level document

Construction Patterns

Types are constructed either programmatically (via builders and constructors) or by deserializing YAML/JSON. Deserialization of [Diagram] validates cross-cutting invariants automatically via #[serde(try_from)].