Norm 0.12

Norm 0.12 completes the vertical implementation of annotations and typed reflection.

Language

annotation declarations explicitly define their targets and source, binary, or runtime retention.
Annotation fields use a restricted set of scalar constant types and may declare defaults.
@Name(...) applies metadata to packages, types, fields, constructors, functions, parameters, and locals.
Annotation arguments are named; target validation, constant validation, and default normalization are compile-time operations.
reflect<T>() produces Type<T>; name() returns the complete type display name and annotation<A>() reads runtime metadata with a typed nullable result.
Reflection observes static metadata and cannot alter type checking or control flow.

Syntax, Semantic, Bound, and Core use dedicated annotation schema, application, target, and value models.
Core identity advances to Schema V8 and Language Semantics V8.
Source applications remain semantic-only, binary and runtime applications enter Core, and Truffle registers runtime applications only.
The formatter, package-header reader, parser recovery, Language Server, and VS Code grammar recognize annotations.
Cross-package compilation and real execution share the same metadata model.