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# ADR 0011: Place Configuration Inputs at Mapping Destinations
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## Status
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Accepted. The [input-destinations roadmap](../roadmap/input-destinations.md)
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owns implementation status and the [implementation plan](../roadmap/implementation.md)
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owns sequencing and completion evidence.
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## Date
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2026-10-14
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## Context
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Consumers assembling collections of independently authored configuration
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fragments need each source to contribute beneath a selected application path.
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Requiring consumers to rewrite source documents or merge completed values would
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separate placement from ConfigKit's existing composition, precedence, source
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identity, and inspection behavior. Placement should remain part of the ordinary
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loading lifecycle and preserve the root-owned public facade.
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## Decision
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Add an optional `Destination Path` to root-owned `Input` and expose the effective
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destination on existing `SourceInfo` records. The empty path means the existing
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application root. A non-empty destination is a sequence of literal mapping keys;
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explicit sequence-index segments are invalid. Existing reserved structural keys
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remain reserved, while keys that merely contain their spelling remain ordinary
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keys.
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Acquire and interpret each source using its original physical identity and
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source-local directives, then place its application body before strict
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composition and the existing final lifecycle. Imported application bodies
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inherit the input destination. Placement applies to main and underlay inputs;
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ordinary root loading, selected overlays, and CLI inputs retain root placement.
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The main-owned version rule continues to check its effective application path
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at its existing lifecycle point.
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Placement preserves authored node locations and source identity. Introduced
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mapping structure belongs to the contributing source and uses that document's
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root location as its source-coordinate fallback. A present empty mapping
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materializes its destination; an absent `NoSource` contributes nothing. The
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result continues through the existing strict composition, overlay, inheritance,
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typed loading, diagnostics, provenance, history, sensitivity, and resource
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context mechanisms.
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The added exported fields preserve keyed and zero-value struct use. Callers
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using unkeyed composite literals for `Input` or `SourceInfo` must migrate to
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keyed literals. Treat this feature as minor-release work; select the version and
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document the compatibility impact during separately authorized release
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preparation, consistent with the release policy.
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## Alternatives considered
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- **Rewrite or merge sources in consumers.** This makes each consumer reproduce
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placement, strict composition, source attribution, and inspection semantics.
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- **Add a separate loading entry point or public wrapper type.** This creates a
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parallel API for a behavior that belongs to existing per-input loading.
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- **Load each fragment as a complete application before placement.** This runs
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defaults, decoding, resolution, and validation on incomplete fragments rather
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than once on the assembled application.
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## Consequences
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Consumers can assemble contributions at effective mapping paths in one ordinary
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layered load and inspect each source's placement through existing source
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records. Paths, conflicts, and later application operations use the placed
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structure while source coordinates and relative-resource contexts continue to
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identify their original sources. Public field additions require release-note
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guidance for callers using unkeyed literals.
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