Learn

Use Learn to understand and apply the system. Use Standards when you need the governing contract.

Core Concepts

The key ideas behind Cuddler's public model, including terminology, validation order, and version alignment.

Section mapCore Concepts at a glance

These pages are designed to be used together. Read across the map to see the main topics this section covers.

PageTerminology Model

The core Cuddler terms and how they relate to one another in the publication hierarchy.

Open Terminology Model
PageArtifact Document

What an Artifact Document is in Cuddler and how it relates to the governing standards and definitions.

Open Artifact Document
PageVersion Alignment

How Cuddler keeps schema versions, contract versions, and rendered outputs in lockstep.

Open Version Alignment
PageSchemas and Template

A compact explanation of the three parts of a Cuddler document workflow and how each one behaves.

Open Schemas and Template

This section defines the concepts that keep Cuddler understandable. If the getting-started pages answer “how do I begin?”, these pages answer “what does each part mean?” and “why does the workflow work this way?”

Topics

How to use this section

Read these pages when you want a tighter mental model before creating content, debugging a document, or reviewing a specification surface. Each page stays close to the operational meaning of the terms and points back to the standards when you need the canonical rule set.