Overview
========

This section describes the fundamental concepts and features that underpin the Corda platform, to include:

    * :doc:`key-concepts-ecosystem`
    * :doc:`key-concepts-data-model`
    * :doc:`key-concepts-core-types`
    * :doc:`key-concepts-financial-model`
    * :doc:`key-concepts-flow-framework`
    * :doc:`key-concepts-consensus-notaries`
    * :doc:`key-concepts-vault`
    * :doc:`key-concepts-security-model`

Detailed thinking and rationale behind these concepts are presented in the following published white papers:

    * `Corda: An Introduction`_
    * `Corda: A Distributed Ledger`_ (Technical White Paper)

.. _`Corda: An Introduction`: _static/corda-introductory-whitepaper.pdf
.. _`Corda: A Distributed Ledger`: _static/corda-technical-whitepaper.pdf