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-# [CST.NET](http://CST.NET)
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+# 🔠 CST.NET
 
 CST.NET is a library for parsing Maxis' key-value pair format. It can be used in conjunction with your own custom frameworks, or the original `UIText` APIs.
 
 Caret-Separated Text (or CST) is a key-value pair format represented by digits or words as keys and the value as text enclosed between carets. (e.g. `<key> ^<text>^`) Any text which is not enclosed with carets is considered a comment and ignored. Neither strings nor comments may use the caret character.
 
-## Changelog
+## 🛠 Features
 
-See [changelog.md](./doc/changelog.md)
+* [x] Native support for Sims Online's `.cst `files.
+* [x] UIText Support
+* [ ] Variable support
 
-## Usage
+## 📅 Support & Update Cadence
 
-See [/docs](./doc/README.md).
+| Type         | Frequency            | Notes                                    |
+| ------------ | -------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| Minor Update | Every 3–6 months     | Small enhancements, non-breaking changes |
+| Patch Update | Monthly or as needed | Bug fixes, security updates              |
+| Major Update | As needed            | Framework upgrades, major refactors      |
 
-## To-do
+* Reserve months: June (Mid-Year Chill) & December (End-Year Freeze)
 
-- [ ] Support for parameters (e.g. `%1`)
+## 🧘 Sustainability Practices
 
-## Known issues
+* 20% creative/recovery space built into development
+* Mandatory cooldowns after major launches (minimum 1 week)
+* Crisis Mode Activates if:
+  * Critical vulnerabilities
+  * Framework-breaking issues
 
-- Skipping comments is a little unpredictable.
+## 🛡️ Support Levels
 
-## Requirements
+* [ ] Active Support
+* [x] Limited Support (Security patches only)
+* [x] Maintenance Mode (Dependency-only updates)
+* [ ] Archived (No active work planned)
 
-- [.NET](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download) 6 or later.
-- IDEs or Editors
-  - [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
-  - [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/)
-- [.NET Interactive](https://github.com/dotnet/interactive/blob/main/README.md) for notebooks (optional).
-  - [VSCode Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.dotnet-interactive-vscode) or [nteract](https://nteract.io/).
+## ⏰ Project Timeline
 
+| Milestone          | Target Date | Status  |
+| ------------------ | ----------- | ------- |
+| First Stable Build | 12/13/2020  | Done    |
+| Feature Complete   | N/A         | Planned |
+| Maintenance Phase  | N/A         | Planned |
 
-# Contributing
+## 📓 Project Notes
 
-You can contribute to CST.NET by testing cutting edge features in the latest releases, filing bugs, and joining in the discussion on our forums!
+* This all began as a "what if?" What if I could make my own? So, I did. First from a Jupyter notebook and then a full-fledged project that technically has a support cycle.
+* While this project is technically feature complete, it is not a full drop-in replacement as it lacks variable (`%[digit]`) parsing.
 
-* [Getting Started](https://github.com/tonytins/cstdotnet/wiki)
-* [Project Structure](https://github.com/tonytins/cstdotnet/wiki/Project-structure)
-* [Coding Standards](https://github.com/tonytins/cstdotnet/wiki/Coding-standards)
-* [Pull Requests](https://github.com/tonytins/cstdotnet/pulls): [Open](https://github.com/tonytins/cstdotnet/pulls)/[Closed](https://github.com/tonytins/cstdotnet/issues?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed)
+## 📄 License
 
-Looking for something to do? Check out the issues tagged as [help wanted](https://github.com/tonytins/cstdotnet/labels/help%20wanted) to get started.
-
-Regarding translations, full object and UI translations should currently be released on the forums. This is far from perfect and is due to be reworked. Stay tuned!
-
-## License
-
-I license this project under the BSD-3-Clause license - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
+I license this project under BSD-3-Clause license — see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for full text.