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+# What?
+NPON (networked pages object notation) is an experimental object syntax<br/>
+For use in serving networked pages over TCP<br/>
+In order to do this, I made a very basic protocol called OTP (NPON object transfer protocol)<br/>
+This transfers the objects over TCP using some specific control characters (32 reserved)<br/>
+
+# NPON syntax
+[syntax](docs/SYNTAX.md)
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+This syntax is kinda like JSON<br/>
+But not quite.<br/>
+Here is an example:<br/>
+```
+(index) = {
+    (meta) = {
+        (notation) = "NPON"
+        (version) = '0.1'
+    }
+    (pages) = {
+        :home.npon:
+    }
+}
+```
+as you can see, keys are surrounded by brackets ()<br/>
+strings are surrounded by quotes "" or ''<br/>
+and you can import data from another file with colons ::<br/>
+Additionaly, strings support backslashes if you need quotes within quotes.<br/>