About This Specification

This part is orientation material — read it first. It explains the current status of the specification, how it is structured, the requirement keywords it uses, and what conformance means.

What you’ll find here:

  • Specification Status — the lifecycle status of the specification set (currently released) and what each status means.

  • How to Read This Specification — how the specification is organized: the three tiers (Guide, Reference, Requirements) and their audiences, the split between normative and informative content, and how requirement identifiers are formed.

  • Requirement Keywords — the RFC 2119 keywords (MUST, SHOULD, MAY, …) and how to interpret them wherever they appear in normative text.

  • Conformance — the single, authoritative definition of what makes a driver a conformant Chiisai HAL driver.

  • Revision History — the record of changes to the specification set across its published revisions.

  • Contact Information — how to reach the maintainers and where to raise questions, feedback, bug reports, or improvement proposals.