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title = "Types are values"
description = ""

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CUE merges the concepts of values and types.
Below is a demonstration of this concept,
showing respectively
some data, a possible schema for this data,
and something in between: a typical CUE constraint.

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<div class="col">
<i>Data</i>
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moscow: {
  name:    "Moscow"
  pop:     11.92M
  capital: true
}
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</div>

<div class="col">
<i>Schema</i>
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municipality: {
  name:    string
  pop:     int
  capital: bool
}
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</div>

<div class="col">
<i>CUE</i>
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largeCapital: {
  name:    string
  pop:     >5M
  capital: true
}
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</div>
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In general, in CUE one starts with a broad definition of a schema,
describing all possible instances,
and then narrows down these definitions for particular use cases
until a concrete data instance remains.