legal-markdown-js/dist/examples/basic-processing/yaml-frontmatter/README.md

Node.js implementation of LegalMarkdown for processing legal documents with markdown and YAML - Complete feature parity with Ruby version

# YAML Front Matter Processing

Demonstrates YAML front matter parsing and metadata extraction. This example
shows how Legal Markdown handles document metadata and separates it from
content.

## 📋 What this example demonstrates

- YAML front matter parsing
- Metadata extraction and validation
- Document structure separation
- YAML-only processing mode

## 📁 Files

- **document.md** - Document with YAML frontmatter
- **document.output.md** - Processed document with metadata applied
- **document.output.html** - HTML output with metadata integration
- **document.yaml-only.md** - YAML metadata extraction only

## 🚀 Usage

```bash
./run.sh
```

## 🔍 Key features shown

1. **YAML Parsing**: Robust YAML frontmatter parsing
2. **Metadata Extraction**: Separating metadata from content
3. **YAML-Only Mode**: Extracting only the YAML metadata
4. **Document Structure**: Understanding document organization

## 💡 Learn more

- [YAML Frontmatter Guide](../../../docs/features/yaml-frontmatter.md)
- [Output Overview](../../../docs/output/README.md)