| schema |
aether.architecture-document/v1 |
| id |
renderflow-vision |
| title |
Renderflow Vision |
| kind |
architecture-document |
| version |
0.1.0 |
| status |
draft |
| owners |
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| created |
2026-08-19 |
| updated |
2026-08-19 |
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| depends_on |
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| related |
renderflow-principles |
renderflow-pillars |
renderflow-manifesto |
renderflow-epistemology |
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| supersedes |
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a portable rendering graph can turn one governed source into trustworthy outputs across formats without sacrificing provenance or control.
- The core capability is independently usable and documented.
- Interfaces are versioned, inspectable, and replaceable.
- Local, self-hosted, and managed contexts can compose the capability without hidden lock-in.
- People can understand consequential behavior before approving it.
- Organization integrations strengthen the standalone product rather than making it dependent on the suite.
The project moves its domain from fragmented, implicit, and manually coordinated behavior toward explicit contracts, reusable automation, and evidence-backed operation.
an opaque conversion wrapper that promises universal output while concealing tool limitations or lossy transformations.
- A first-time user can explain the boundary after reading the architecture.
- A consumer can integrate through a stable public contract.
- A maintainer can reproduce and validate a release.
- A contributor can distinguish implemented, proposed, and unavailable capabilities.
- Observed: The repository README and checked-in implementation establish a specification-driven Rust rendering engine that plans and executes reusable transformation graphs for publication-ready artifacts.
- Decided for this draft: The repository owns the bounded concern described here and participates through versioned contracts.
- Proposed: Target systems and later roadmap phases remain proposals until accepted and implemented.
- Open question: Which parts of this draft should become active in the first independently versioned release?