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+# Example markdownlint YAML configuration with all properties set to their default value
+
+# Default state for all rules
+default: true
+
+# Path to configuration file to extend
+extends: null
+
+# MD001/heading-increment/header-increment - Heading levels should only increment by one level at a time
+MD001: true
+
+# deprecated in favor of MD041
+# MD002/first-heading-h1/first-header-h1 - First heading should be a top-level heading
+
+# MD003/heading-style/header-style - Heading style
+MD003:
+  # Heading style
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD004/ul-style - Unordered list style
+MD004:
+  # List style
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD005/list-indent - Inconsistent indentation for list items at the same level
+MD005: true
+
+# MD006/ul-start-left - Consider starting bulleted lists at the beginning of the line
+MD006: true
+
+# MD007/ul-indent - Unordered list indentation
+MD007:
+  # Spaces for indent
+  indent: 2
+  # Whether to indent the first level of the list
+  start_indented: false
+  # Spaces for first level indent (when start_indented is set)
+  start_indent: 2
+
+# MD009/no-trailing-spaces - Trailing spaces
+MD009: false
+  # # Spaces for line break
+  # br_spaces: 2
+  # # Allow spaces for empty lines in list items
+  # list_item_empty_lines: false
+  # # Include unnecessary breaks
+  # strict: false
+
+# MD010/no-hard-tabs - Hard tabs
+MD010:
+  # Include code blocks
+  code_blocks: true
+  # Fenced code languages to ignore
+  ignore_code_languages: []
+  # Number of spaces for each hard tab
+  spaces_per_tab: 1
+
+# MD011/no-reversed-links - Reversed link syntax
+MD011: true
+
+# MD012/no-multiple-blanks - Multiple consecutive blank lines
+MD012:
+  # Consecutive blank lines
+  maximum: 1
+
+# MD013/line-length - Line length
+line_length: false
+# MD013:
+#   # Number of characters
+#   line_length: 80
+#   # Number of characters for headings
+#   heading_line_length: 80
+#   # Number of characters for code blocks
+#   code_block_line_length: 80
+#   # Include code blocks
+#   code_blocks: true
+#   # Include tables
+#   tables: true
+#   # Include headings
+#   headings: true
+#   # Include headings
+#   headers: true
+#   # Strict length checking
+#   strict: false
+#   # Stern length checking
+#   stern: false
+
+# MD014/commands-show-output - Dollar signs used before commands without showing output
+MD014: true
+
+# MD018/no-missing-space-atx - No space after hash on atx style heading
+MD018: true
+
+# MD019/no-multiple-space-atx - Multiple spaces after hash on atx style heading
+MD019: true
+
+# MD020/no-missing-space-closed-atx - No space inside hashes on closed atx style heading
+MD020: true
+
+# MD021/no-multiple-space-closed-atx - Multiple spaces inside hashes on closed atx style heading
+MD021: true
+
+# MD022/blanks-around-headings/blanks-around-headers - Headings should be surrounded by blank lines
+MD022:
+  # Blank lines above heading
+  lines_above: 1
+  # Blank lines below heading
+  lines_below: 1
+
+# MD023/heading-start-left/header-start-left - Headings must start at the beginning of the line
+MD023: true
+
+# MD024/no-duplicate-heading/no-duplicate-header - Multiple headings with the same content
+MD024:
+  # Only check sibling headings
+  allow_different_nesting: false
+  # Only check sibling headings
+  siblings_only: false
+
+# MD025/single-title/single-h1 - Multiple top-level headings in the same document
+MD025:
+  # Heading level
+  level: 1
+  # RegExp for matching title in front matter
+  front_matter_title: "^\\s*title\\s*[:=]"
+
+# MD026/no-trailing-punctuation - Trailing punctuation in heading
+MD026:
+  # Punctuation characters
+  punctuation: ".,;:!。，；：！"
+
+# MD027/no-multiple-space-blockquote - Multiple spaces after blockquote symbol
+MD027: true
+
+# MD028/no-blanks-blockquote - Blank line inside blockquote
+MD028: true
+
+# MD029/ol-prefix - Ordered list item prefix
+MD029:
+  # List style
+  style: "one_or_ordered"
+
+# MD030/list-marker-space - Spaces after list markers
+MD030:
+  # Spaces for single-line unordered list items
+  ul_single: 1
+  # Spaces for single-line ordered list items
+  ol_single: 1
+  # Spaces for multi-line unordered list items
+  ul_multi: 1
+  # Spaces for multi-line ordered list items
+  ol_multi: 1
+
+# MD031/blanks-around-fences - Fenced code blocks should be surrounded by blank lines
+MD031:
+  # Include list items
+  list_items: true
+
+# MD032/blanks-around-lists - Lists should be surrounded by blank lines
+MD032: true
+
+# MD033/no-inline-html - Inline HTML
+MD033:
+  # Allowed elements
+  allowed_elements: []
+
+# MD034/no-bare-urls - Bare URL used
+MD034: true
+
+# MD035/hr-style - Horizontal rule style
+MD035:
+  # Horizontal rule style
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD036/no-emphasis-as-heading/no-emphasis-as-header - Emphasis used instead of a heading
+MD036:
+  # Punctuation characters
+  punctuation: ".,;:!?。，；：！？"
+
+# MD037/no-space-in-emphasis - Spaces inside emphasis markers
+MD037: true
+
+# MD038/no-space-in-code - Spaces inside code span elements
+MD038: true
+
+# MD039/no-space-in-links - Spaces inside link text
+MD039: true
+
+# MD040/fenced-code-language - Fenced code blocks should have a language specified
+MD040: true
+
+# MD041/first-line-heading/first-line-h1 - First line in a file should be a top-level heading
+MD041:
+  # Heading level
+  level: 1
+  # RegExp for matching title in front matter
+  front_matter_title: "^\\s*title\\s*[:=]"
+
+# MD042/no-empty-links - No empty links
+MD042: true
+
+# disabled because many Markdown files are partials without headings and intended for transclusion
+# MD043/required-headings/required-headers - Required heading structure
+# MD043:
+#   # List of headings
+#   headings: []
+#   # List of headings
+#   headers: []
+
+# MD044/proper-names - Proper names should have the correct capitalization
+MD044:
+  # List of proper names
+  names: []
+  # Include code blocks
+  code_blocks: true
+  # Include HTML elements
+  html_elements: true
+
+# MD045/no-alt-text - Images should have alternate text (alt text)
+MD045: true
+
+# MD046/code-block-style - Code block style
+MD046:
+  # Block style
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD047/single-trailing-newline - Files should end with a single newline character
+MD047: true
+
+# MD048/code-fence-style - Code fence style
+MD048:
+  # Code fence style
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD049/emphasis-style - Emphasis style should be consistent
+MD049:
+  # Emphasis style should be consistent
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD050/strong-style - Strong style should be consistent
+MD050:
+  # Strong style should be consistent
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD051/link-fragments - Link fragments should be valid
+MD051: true
+
+# MD052/reference-links-images - Reference links and images should use a label that is defined
+MD052: true
+
+# MD053/link-image-reference-definitions - Link and image reference definitions should be needed
+MD053:
+  # Ignored definitions
+  ignored_definitions: [
+    "//"
+  ]
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,3 +4,32 @@ NetFoundry welcomes all and any contributions. All open source projects managed
 [guide for contributions](https://netfoundry.github.io/policies/CONTRIBUTING.html).
 
 If you are eager to contribute to a NetFoundry-managed open source project please read and act accordingly.
+
+## Project Styles
+
+This project uses several programming languages. Each language has its own style guide specifying any language-specific
+conventions and idioms.
+
+### Markdown
+
++ This project uses [GitHub Flavored Markdown](https://github.github.com/gfm/).
++ Wrap lines at 120 characters if the audience is expected to read the source.
++ Do not wrap lines if the audience is expected to read the rendered output as HTML.
++ Use [Markdownlint](https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint) with [the configuration file](.markdownlint.yaml) committed to this repository to find formatting problems.
+
+### Go
+
++ This project uses [Go](https://golang.org/) language conventions.
++ Organize imports as a single block in alphabetical order without empty lines.
++ Begin log messages with a lowercase letter and do not end with punctuation.
++ Format log messages with format strings and arguments like 'tried a thing and failed: %s'.
+
+### Python
+
++ This project uses [Python](https://www.python.org/) language conventions PEP-8.
++ Use [flake8](https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/) with [the configuration file](.flake8) committed to this repository to find formatting problems.
+
+### Docusaurus
+
++ This project uses [Docusaurus](https://docusaurus.io/) with NodeJS 18 to build static content for docs.zrok.io.
++ Use `npm` to manage Node modules, not `yarn` (Ken plans to switch from `npm` to `yarn` if no one else does).