CITATION.cff

# Citation metadata for ArchLang.
#
# Read by three things, which is why it is worth keeping accurate: GitHub renders a
# "Cite this repository" panel from it, the Zenodo/GitHub integration takes a release's
# archive metadata from it, and Zotero imports it directly.
#
# NOT drift-gated — the `version` and `date-released` fields below are release facts, and
# they move when a release moves. Update them in the release checklist (CONTRIBUTING.md),
# not by regeneration.
#
# The papers that cite this software live in the PRIVATE repository
# `ChanMeng666/archlang-paper` (extracted from this repo's `paper/` on 2026-08-26; it must
# stay private until acceptance, since one target is a double-anonymous submission). The
# deposit sequence referenced below is `ZENODO.md` at that repository's root.
cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use ArchLang in academic work, please cite it as below."
title: ArchLang
abstract: >-
  A declarative language that compiles floor-plan source to professional SVG, DXF, PDF, PNG
  and ASCII drawings. The compiler is pure, synchronous, deterministic and has no runtime
  dependencies, and its diagnostic surface is designed as a protocol for language-model
  authors: catalogued codes carrying byte spans, machine-applicable fixes with declared
  applicability tiers, and a semantic description channel that lets a text-only agent verify
  what it drew without rasterising anything.
type: software
authors:
  - family-names: Meng
    given-names: Chan
    email: chanmeng.dev@gmail.com
    # TODO before the Zenodo deposit: add `orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-...."`.
    # Zenodo validates creators against ORCID, and it is the cheapest thing an
    # unaffiliated author can do for attribution. See ZENODO.md in archlang-paper.
version: 1.26.1
date-released: "2026-08-13"
license: MIT
repository-code: "https://github.com/ChanMeng666/archlang"
url: "https://archlang.uk"
repository-artifact: "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@chanmeng666/archlang"
keywords:
  - domain-specific language
  - compiler
  - floor plan
  - architecture
  - determinism
  - LLM code generation
  - program repair
  - SVG
# TODO after the first Zenodo deposit: record both DOIs here. The concept DOI resolves to
# the latest version and is the one to cite; the version DOI names one archived release.
# See ZENODO.md in the archlang-paper repository for the deposit sequence.
#
# identifiers:
#   - description: The concept DOI for all archived versions of ArchLang
#     type: doi
#     value: "10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX"
#   - description: The archived snapshot of ArchLang v1.26.1
#     type: doi
#     value: "10.5281/zenodo.YYYYYYY"