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 # Suzu Runtime / Notation
 Szun is a library for defining, manipulating, and formatting structured, dynamically-typed data.
 
-# Documentation
+## Runtime
+The Szun runtime provides an interface for constructing and modfying data objects.
+
+## Encoding
+Szun uses a tag-prefixed, hierarchical, binary encoding with variable-sized values to produce serializations of reduced size.
+
+## Language
+Szun notation provides a human-readable format for structures and data to be defined.
+The notation may be parsed and loaded at runtime or compiled directly into encoded format.
+
+
+# Runtime Documentation
 
 ## Conventions
 
@@ -9,8 +20,28 @@ Szun is a library for defining, manipulating, and formatting structured, dynamic
 Examples in this documentation will assume inclusion of the szun namespace.
 Practical examples should use `szun::` or `use szun::{...};` in limited scopes.
 
+### Interface Usage
+While the runtime provides methods for directly acquring and releasing memory, it is recommended that developers use typed interfaces to ensure memory is freed upon leaving scope.
 
-## Type Building
+
+## Data Types
+
+|Type|Code|Parameters|Description|
+|---|---|---|---|
+|Undefined|x00|--|Data is not defined|
+|Varying|x01|--|Stores any data type|
+|Boolean|x02|--|True or false|
+|Natural|x10|--|Non-negative integers|
+|Integer|x11|--|Integers|
+|Decimal|x12|--|Floating-point representable numbers|
+|Block|x1e|size|Constant-sized series of bytes|
+|Sequence|x1f|--|Variable-sized series of bytes|
+|Array|x21|size, type|Constant-sized, ordered collection|
+|List|x22|type|Variable-sized, ordered collection|
+|Record|x7e|schema|Instance of a schema|
+|Schema|x7f|--|Definition of abstract structure|
+
+### Type Building
 Type building functions are used to generate identifiers used in the construction of complex data types.
 
 * `varying()`
@@ -21,10 +52,10 @@ Type building functions are used to generate identifiers used in the constructio
 * `sequence()`
 * `array(size, type)`
 * `list(type)`
-* `schema()`
 * `record(schema)`
+* `schema()`
 
-### Example
+#### Example
 This example produces an identifier representing block of 4 bytes, which can be used to construct a list containing that type.
 ```
 let type_id = block(4);