SIMBA — What It Is, How It Works, Why It Exists
What it does
SIMBA is a standard in the Babb family of protocols and specifications. It sits alongside BASICS (the business tool durability standard), BitPads (the binary communication protocol), and the Works compound standard as part of the broader architecture Babb is building for long-lived, interoperable business systems.
Details on SIMBA’s specific scope and obligations are forthcoming as the standard matures. This article will be updated as the specification develops.
How it works
SIMBA operates as a normative standard — a specification that conforming implementations must satisfy. Like BASICS, it defines testable obligations rather than suggested practices. The standard is maintained in the simba-standard repository alongside the core SIMBA project.
Further technical details will be published as the specification reaches its initial release.
Why it exists
Babb builds standards because standards outlast software. A protocol specification, clearly written and publicly available, can be reimplemented by anyone, on any platform, at any time. The software that implements it today may be replaced; the standard persists.
SIMBA exists as part of the commitment to building century-capable systems — tools and protocols designed to operate across major economic and technological shifts, not just the current product cycle.
Current status
- Phase: Early development
- Standard:
simba-standard(in progress)
Where to find it
- Core: SIMBA
- Standard: simba-standard