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The term block

One block type. Each ::: term block is one term.

::: term id="dialect"

# Dialect

## Definition
A concrete Idiomd language variant: block specs plus renderers.

## Usage
- Lowercase as a code identifier (`adrmd`), capitalized in prose (Adrmd).

## Examples
+ "The Idiomd dialect Adrmd norms architecture decisions."
- "The Adrmd format" (hides the family membership).

## Synonyms
- Language variant

## Related
- kernel

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Constraints
id	string	yes	stable registration key; anchor / link target
status	string	no	one of draft, approved, deprecated, rejected; default approved — see lifecycle

The id is the technical key (HTML anchor, JSON key, target of Related/ReplacedBy references); the # H1 title is the display form of the term.

Sections

Content type sectioned. A # H1 title is required; only Definition is a required section.

Section	Required	kind	Purpose
Definition	yes	prose	what the term means
Scope	no	prose	domain / sub-project the term applies to
Usage	no	list	usage rules, imperative
Examples	no	list +/−	correct / incorrect use
Synonyms	no	list	equivalent display forms
Related	no	list	ids of related terms
ReplacedBy	no	list	ids of successor terms (for deprecated)
Sources	no	list	references / standards / links

Undeclared ## headings are tolerated per the kernel rules. Each source line of a list section is one item — keep list entries on one line.

Reference convention

Related and ReplacedBy entries are the id values of other term blocks — one id per line, nothing else. References are a convention, not a kernel-validated rule: the kernel validates per block and does not check that a referenced id exists. Consumers (e.g. renderers) SHOULD report dangling references and duplicate ids as warnings.