1libcbor 2=================================== 3 4Documentation for version |release|, updated on |today|. 5 6Overview 7-------- 8*libcbor* is a C library for parsing and generating CBOR_, the general-purpose schema-less binary data format. 9 10 11Main features 12 - Complete RFC conformance [#]_ 13 - Robust C99 implementation 14 - Layered architecture offers both control and convenience 15 - Flexible memory management 16 - No shared global state - threading friendly [#]_ 17 - Proper handling of UTF-8 18 - Full support for streams & incremental processing 19 - Extensive documentation and test suite 20 - No runtime dependencies, small footprint 21 22.. [#] See :doc:`rfc_conformance` 23 24.. [#] With the exception of custom memory allocators (see :doc:`api/item_reference_counting`) 25 26Contents 27---------- 28.. toctree:: 29 30 getting_started 31 using 32 api 33 streaming 34 tests 35 rfc_conformance 36 internal 37 changelog 38 development 39 40.. _CBOR: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7049 41