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ADR-0001 — Use Rust for OntoCore

Status

Accepted

Context

OntoCore needs high performance, safe concurrency, native binaries, good CLI ergonomics, and integration with VS Code through a language server.

Decision

Use Rust as the implementation language for OntoCore.

Consequences

Positive: - strong performance - memory safety - native CLI - cross-platform binaries - good LSP implementation options

Negative: - smaller ontology ecosystem than Java/Python - some OWL/reasoner integrations may require adapters