```shell
cargo add preserves
```
This crate ([`preserves` on crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/preserves)) implements
[Preserves](https://preserves.dev/) for Rust. It provides the core
[semantics](https://preserves.dev/preserves.html#semantics) as well as both the [human-readable
text syntax][crate::value::text] (a superset of JSON) and [machine-oriented binary
format][crate::value::packed] (including
[canonicalization](https://preserves.dev/canonical-binary.html)) for Preserves.
This crate is the foundation for others such as
- [`preserves-schema`](https://docs.rs/preserves-schema/), which implements [Preserves
Schema](https://preserves.dev/preserves-schema.html);
- [`preserves-path`](https://docs.rs/preserves-path/), which implements [Preserves
Path](https://preserves.dev/preserves-path.html); and
- [`preserves-tools`](https://crates.io/crates/preserves-tools), which provides command-line
utilities for working with Preserves, in particular
[`preserves-tool`](https://preserves.dev/doc/preserves-tool.html), a kind of Preserves
Swiss-army knife.
It also includes [Serde](https://serde.rs/) support (modules [de], [ser], [symbol], [set]).