This repository contains a few documents intended to guide the person interested to know more about what Cable is and why it exists. One document even goes so far as to provide a quick and informal guide for implementing it in any language, from scratch.
In »Introduction to Cable for the interested person», we outline the motivations driving the protocol design and architectural decisions. There's also a conceptual description of the protocol, intended as an easy and intuitive way for understanding the protocol in a nutshell.
Meanwhile, in »An informal Implementor's Guide to Cable» we have a slightly zany travel guide lead us through implementing the protocol from scratch while making sure to mention most of the potholes and beautiful vistas along the way.
In »Cable Protocol Comparison», we set out to briefly compare Cable to established chat protocols along a few criteria of significance to our project.
You may also be interested to read the protocol specifications directly.
This documentation work was funded as part of a grant milestone in a grant from NGI Assure, a fund established by NLnet.