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@@ -94,6 +94,45 @@
 .. _testr: https://testrepository.readthedocs.org/en/latest/MANUAL.html
 .. _ostestr: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/os-testr/
 
+Library
+-------
+Tempest exposes a library interface. This interface is a stable interface and
+should be backwards compatible (including backwards compatibility with the
+old tempest-lib package, with the exception of the import). If you plan to
+directly consume tempest in your project you should only import code from the
+tempest library interface, other pieces of tempest do not have the same
+stable interface and there are no guarantees on the Python API unless otherwise
+stated.
+
+For more details refer to the library documentation here: :ref:`library`
+
+Release Versioning
+------------------
+Tempest's released versions are broken into 2 sets of information. Depending on
+how you intend to consume tempest you might need
+
+The version is a set of 3 numbers:
+
+X.Y.Z
+
+While this is almost `semver`_ like, the way versioning is handled is slightly
+different:
+
+X is used to represent the supported OpenStack releases for tempest tests
+in-tree, and to signify major feature changes to tempest. It's a monotonically
+increasing integer where each version either indicates a new supported OpenStack
+release, the drop of support for an OpenStack release (which will coincide with
+the upstream stable branch going EOL), or a major feature lands (or is removed)
+from tempest.
+
+Y.Z is used to represent library interface changes. This is treated the same
+way as minor and patch versions from `semver`_ but only for the library
+interface. When Y is incremented we've added functionality to the library
+interface and when Z is incremented it's a bug fix release for the library.
+Also note that both Y and Z are reset to 0 at each increment of X.
+
+.. _semver: http://semver.org/
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
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    HACKING
    REVIEWING
    plugin
+   library
 
 ------------
 Field Guides
diff --git a/doc/source/library.rst b/doc/source/library.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+.. _library:
+
+Tempest Library Doucmentation
+=============================
+
+Tempest provides a stable library interface that provides external tools or
+test suites an interface for reusing pieces of tempest code. Any public
+interface that lives in tempest/lib in the tempest repo is treated as a stable
+public interface and it should be safe to external consume that. Every effort
+goes into maintaining backwards compatibility with any change. Just as with
+tempest-lib the library is self contained and doesn't have any dependency on
+other tempest internals outside of lib. (including no usage of tempest
+configuration)
+
+Stability
+---------
+Just as tempest-lib before it any code that lives in tempest/lib will be treated
+as a stable interface, nothing has changed in regards to interface stability.
+This means that any public interface under the tempest/lib directory is
+expected to be a stable interface suitable for public consumption. However, for
+any interfaces outside of tempest/lib in the tempest tree (unless otherwise
+noted) or any private interfaces the same stability guarantees don't apply.
+
+Adding Interfaces
+'''''''''''''''''
+When adding an interface to tempest/lib we have to make sure there are no
+dependencies on any pieces of tempest outside of tempest/lib. This means if
+for example there is a dependency on the configuration file we need remove that.
+The other aspect when adding an interface is to make sure it's really an
+interface ready for external consumption and something we want to commit to
+supporting.
+
+Making changes
+''''''''''''''
+When making changes to tempest/lib you have to be conscious of the effect of
+any changes on external consumers. If your proposed changeset will change the
+default behaviour of any interface, or make something which previously worked
+not after your change, then it is not acceptable. Every effort needs to go into
+preserving backwards compatibility in changes.
+
+Reviewing
+'''''''''
+When reviewing a proposed change to tempest/lib code we need to be careful to
+ensure that we don't break backwards compatibility. For patches that change
+existing interfaces we have to be careful to make sure we don't break any
+external consumers. Some common red flags are:
+
+ * a change to an existing API requires a change outside the library directory
+   where the interface is being consumed
+ * a unit test has to be significantly changed to make the proposed change pass
+
+Testing
+'''''''
+When adding a new interface to the library we need to at a minimum have unit
+test coverage. A proposed change to add an interface to tempest/lib that
+doesn't have unit tests shouldn't be accepted. Ideally these unit tests will
+provide sufficient coverage to ensure a stable interface moving forward.
+
+Current Library APIs
+--------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   library/cli
+   library/decorators
+   library/rest_client
+   library/utils
diff --git a/doc/source/library/cli.rst b/doc/source/library/cli.rst
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+.. _cli:
+
+CLI Testing Framework Usage
+===========================
+
+-------------------
+The cli.base module
+-------------------
+
+.. automodule:: tempest.lib.cli.base
+   :members:
+
+----------------------------
+The cli.output_parser module
+----------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: tempest.lib.cli.output_parser
+   :members:
diff --git a/doc/source/library/decorators.rst b/doc/source/library/decorators.rst
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+.. _decorators:
+
+Decorators Usage Guide
+======================
+
+---------------------
+The decorators module
+---------------------
+
+.. automodule:: tempest.lib.decorators
+   :members:
+
+
diff --git a/doc/source/library/rest_client.rst b/doc/source/library/rest_client.rst
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+.. _rest_client:
+
+Rest Client Usage
+=================
+
+----------------------
+The rest_client module
+----------------------
+
+.. automodule:: tempest.lib.common.rest_client
+   :members:
diff --git a/doc/source/library/utils.rst b/doc/source/library/utils.rst
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+.. _utils:
+
+Utils Usage
+===========
+
+---------------
+The misc module
+---------------
+
+.. automodule:: tempest.lib.common.utils.misc
+   :members: