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 # The Chronicle Map Data Store Specification, revision 1
 
-This is currently work-in-progress.
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  1. [Design goals, assumptions and guarantees](1-design-goals.md)
  2. [Design overview](2-design-overview.md)
  3. [Memory layout](3-memory-layout.md)