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Add the alknet-typedef architecture specification — the binary struct
engine that takes JSON Schema with TypeDef:* custom keywords and produces
offset maps, read/write functions, and validation.

Specs (docs/architecture/crates/typedef/):
- overview.md: purpose, 'schema is the format' principle, consumers, scope
- schema-layer.md: 17 TypeDef:* kinds, jsonschema integration, annotations
- layout-engine.md: two layout modes, three variable-length strategies
- data-access.md: read/write, TUnion dispatch, field paths, zero-copy
- validation.md: custom keyword validators, TypedefError, TypedefEngine

ADRs:
- 095: Purpose, scope, and the jsonschema engine
- 096: Two layout modes — packed sequential vs aligned static
- 097: Schema annotations — endianness, alignment, encoding, TUnion
- 098: Error handling and validation strategy

OQs (deferred(scope)):
- 069: Arrays of variable-length-element structs
- 070: no_std + alloc support
- 071: Builder API for schema construction

Index updates: README doc table + ADR table, open-questions.md theme
table + Deferred/Blocked section, overview.md crate graph.

Grounded in the alknet-typedef POC (26 tests passing) and the
call-channels-unification research. Reviewed by architecture-reviewer;
all critical issues, warnings, and suggestions addressed.
2026-07-20 11:57:03 +00:00

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# OQ-070: `no_std` + `alloc` support
- **Origin**: [crates/typedef/overview.md](crates/typedef/overview.md);
`docs/research/alknet-typedef/findings.md` §"Open Questions" (OQ 6)
- **Status**: deferred(scope)
- **Door type**: Two-way (additive — can be added as a feature gate
without changing the existing `std` API)
- **Priority**: low
- **Impacts**: Blocks embedded/WASM-bare-metal deployment targets (microcontrollers, `no_std` environments). Does NOT block WASM-browser (has `std` via `wasm-bindgen`). Does NOT block any current deployment target.
- **Blocked on**: An embedded use case that requires `no_std` + `alloc`
(e.g., a microcontroller running Rust without `std`).
- **Resolution**: Not yet decidable. Target `std` for v1. If embedded
use cases emerge, `no_std` + `alloc` can be added as a feature gate
later. The engine's core is already allocation-free; the `jsonschema`
dependency is the only `alloc` consumer.
- **Cross-references**: ADR-095