# Aeonite Specifications

> Neutral specifications and test suites for meaning-aware data interchange.

Aeonite publishes AEON, AEOS, SANSA, &ND, and Neon specifications. The linked Markdown files are generated projections for efficient reading. The corresponding AEON source and document metadata remain authoritative when a projection differs from its source.

## Start here

- [Official v1 Index](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-v1-official-index.md): Authority map and official AEON v1 document set.
- [AEON Quick Mental Model](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-quick-mental-model.md): Short conceptual introduction to AEON.
- [Appendix Guide and Authority](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/appendix-guide-authority-v1.md): Guide to appendix roles and authority.

## AEON

- [AEON Specification v1](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-core-v1.md): Core AEON v1 language specification.
- [AEON Core v1 Compliance Specification](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-core-v1-compliance.md): Normative implementation conformance requirements.
- [AEON v1 Conformance Matrix](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-v1-conformance-matrix.md): Requirements-to-test conformance map.
- [AEON v1 Structure Syntax Reference](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-core-v1-structure-syntax.md): Structure and syntax reference.
- [AEON v1 Addressing, SANSA Literals, and References Reference](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-core-v1-addressing-references.md): Addressing, SANSA literals, and references.
- [AEON v1 Comments and Annotations Reference](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-core-v1-comments-annotations.md): Comments and annotations reference.
- [AEON v1 Value Types Reference](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-core-v1-value-types.md): Value types reference.
- [AEON v1 Contracts Specification](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-v1-contracts.md): Profile and schema contract model.

## AEOS

- [AEOS Specification v1](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeos-v1.md): AEON Object Schema specification.
- [AEOS v1 Compliance Specification](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeos-v1-compliance.md): AEOS-specific conformance requirements.
- [Appendix — AEOS Schema Profile v1](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/appendix-schema-profile-v1.md): AEOS schema profile appendix.

## SANSA

- [SANSA v1 Addressing](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/sansa-v1-addressing.md): Common addressing model.
- [SANSA.Resolve v1](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/sansa-v1-resolve.md): Resolution operations.
- [SANSA.Query v1](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/sansa-v1-query.md): Query operations.
- [SANSA.Mutate v1](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/sansa-v1-mutate.md): Mutation operations.
- [SANSA Instruction v1](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/sansa-v1-instruction.md): Instruction model.
- [SANSA v1 Conformance and Capabilities](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/sansa-v1-conformance.md): Conformance and capability declarations.
- [SANSA v1 AEON, AEOS, and Meaning Validation Integration](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/sansa-v1-meaning-validation-integration.md): Integration with AEON, AEOS, and meaning validation.

## &ND

- [&ND Core v1 — Normative Specification (Draft)](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/and-core-v1-draft.md): &ND v1 normative draft.
- [&ND Core v2 Proposal](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/and-core-v2-proposal.md): &ND v2 syntax proposal.
- [&ND Core v2 AST Contract](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/and-core-v2-ast-contract.md): &ND v2 parser and AST contract.
- [&ND Core v2 Consumer-Conventions Boundary](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/and-v2-consumer-conventions.md): Boundary between language semantics and consumer presentation.
- [&ND Core v1 to v2 Migration Guide](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/and-v1-to-v2-migration.md): Compatibility and migration guidance.

## Neon

- [Neon v1 — Container & Encoding Design](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/neon-v1-draft.md): Container and encoding design.

## Shared infrastructure

- [Appendix — Assignment Event Stream (AES)](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/appendix-aes-v1.md): Assignment Event Stream model.
- [Appendix — Processing Model](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/appendix-processing-model-v1.md): Shared processing model.
- [AEON Conventions Overview](https://aeonite.org/artifacts/markdown/aeon-conventions-overview.md): Overview of AEON conventions.

## Machine-readable indexes

- [Document catalog](https://aeonite.org/data/catalog.json): Complete published-document inventory and metadata.
- [Search index](https://aeonite.org/data/search-index.json): Section-level searchable text and code terms.
- [Sitemap](https://aeonite.org/sitemap.xml): Complete public HTML page inventory.

## Optional

- [Aeonite conformance test suite](https://github.com/aeonite-org/aeonite-cts): Executable conformance fixtures and coverage.
- [Aeonite specification sources](https://github.com/aeonite-org/aeonite-specs): Canonical AEON envelopes and authoritative contract resources.