Compact Binary Document Format
A binary replacement for HTML/CSS that reduces document size by up to 99%
Phase II SpecificationPurpose: CBDF encodes rich documents (styled text, images, layouts) into compact binary, reducing bandwidth, storage, RAM, and CPU cycles.
Used in: QMail emails (.qmail), QWeb pages (.qweb), RAIDA data exchange
Example: A page layout that takes 200-2000 bytes in HTML/CSS takes 1 byte in CBDF.
Specification Documents
01 - Document Structure
5-section layout (Meta, Styles, Text, Resources, Logic), compression, meta-only documents
02 - Meta Section
Key/value envelope: subject, from/to, AI summary, preview text, semantic encoding
03 - Styles Section
11 style sub-tables with tiered records: text, containers, borders, nav bars, tables, images
04 - Text Section
UTF-8 text with binary control codes for styling, links, images, lists, and AI prompts
05 - Resources Section
Binary image/media blobs with 1-byte IDs, abortable downloads, progressive rendering
07 - Control Characters
All 32 ASCII control codes repurposed as CBDF commands with C enumerations
08 - Color System
R5G6B5 16-bit color encoding with 5 reserved transparency codes
09 - Font System
2-byte font IDs (4096 families), 16 standardized effects, custom font embedding
Document Structure
