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590 B
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*Preserves* is a data model, with associated serialization formats.
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It supports *records* with user-defined *labels*, embedded
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*references*, and the usual suite of atomic and compound data types,
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including *binary* data as a distinct type from text strings. Its
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*annotations* allow separation of data from metadata such as comments,
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trace information, and provenance information.
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Preserves departs from many other data languages in defining how to
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*compare* two values. Comparison is based on the data model, not on
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syntax or on data structures of any particular implementation
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language.
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