Libedat

libedat is an open-source software library designed to facilitate the handling of structured data in software applications. It provides support for common data formats, enabling encoding, decoding, and conversion across different data representations. The library is intended to be language-agnostic, with bindings and integration options for multiple programming environments.

The core architecture of libedat centers on a format layer, a schema and validation subsystem, a data transformation pipeline, and a plugin mechanism. The format layer abstracts the details of serializing and deserializing data for formats such as JSON, XML, CSV, and YAML. The validation subsystem enables schema-based checks to ensure data integrity. The transformation pipeline allows developers to compose modular processing steps for data cleansing, enrichment, or routing. The plugin system supports extending the library with new formats, validators, or adapters without modifying core code.

Libedat emphasizes safe parsing, streaming I/O, and performance-oriented design to handle large-scale datasets and real-time data flows. Its modular design aims to simplify integration into ETL processes, inter-process communication, configuration loading, and API data handling.

Development and licensing are community-driven. libedat is distributed under an open-source license, with ongoing releases, documentation, and contributor guidelines available through its primary repository. The project supports community engagement via issue trackers, mailing lists, and discussion forums to propose features, report bugs, and review contributions.

See also: Data serialization, Data validation, ETL, Data interchange libraries.