# User Guide

Welcome to the **yaml12** User Guide. This guide covers practical usage of the `yaml12` package, a YAML 1.2 parser and formatter for Python built with Rust for speed and correctness.

- [YAML in 2 Minutes](yaml-in-2-minutes.md) -- a quick introduction and YAML 1.1 versus 1.2 reference for Python users
- [Tags, Anchors, and Advanced YAML](tags-anchors-and-advanced-yaml.md) -- custom tags, document streams, anchors, and more
- [Authors and Citation](authors-and-citation.md) -- attribution and citation info
- [Contributing](contributing.md) -- how to build the docs and contribute