diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 739142c..d5ca1a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,14 +26,17 @@ free to jump in and give us your 2 cents!
 
 ## Implementations
 
-* Rust: [kdl-rs](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl-rs)
-* JavaScript: [kdljs](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdljs)
+* Rust: [kdl-rs](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl-rs), [knuffel](https://crates.io/crates/knuffel/) (latter includes derive macro), and [kaydle](https://github.com/Lucretiel/kaydle) (serde-based)
+* JavaScript: [kdljs](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdljs), [@virtualstate/kdl](https://github.com/virtualstate/kdl) (query only, JSX based)
 * Ruby: [kdl-rb](https://github.com/danini-the-panini/kdl-rb)
 * Dart: [kdl-dart](https://github.com/danini-the-panini/kdl-dart)
 * Java: [kdl4j](https://github.com/hkolbeck/kdl4j)
 * PHP: [kdl-php](https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl-php)
-* Python: [kdl-py](https://github.com/daeken/kdl-py)
+* Python: [kdl-py](https://github.com/tabatkins/kdlpy), [cuddle](https://github.com/djmattyg007/python-cuddle)
 * Elixir: [kuddle](https://github.com/IceDragon200/kuddle)
+* XSLT: [xml2kdl](https://github.com/Devasta/XML2KDL)
+* Haskell: [Hustle](https://github.com/fuzzypixelz/Hustle)
+* .NET: [Kadlet](https://github.com/oledfish/Kadlet)
 
 ## Compatibility Test Suite
 
diff --git a/SPEC.md b/SPEC.md
index bfde671..f625ba1 100644
--- a/SPEC.md
+++ b/SPEC.md
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ rules, with some semantic exceptions involving the data model.
 
 KDL is designed to be easy to read _and_ easy to implement.
 
+In this document, references to "left" or "right" refer to directions in the
+*data stream* towards the beginning or end, respectively; in other words,
+the directions if the data stream were only ASCII text. They do not refer
+to the writing direction of text, which can flow in either direction,
+depending on the characters used.
+
 ## Components
 
 ### Document
@@ -57,8 +63,12 @@ slash-escaped line continuation](#line-continuation). Arguments and Properties
 may be interspersed in any order, much like is common with positional
 arguments vs options in command line tools.
 
-Arguments are ordered relative to each other and that order must be preserved
-in order to maintain the semantics.
+[Children](#children-block) can be placed after the name and the optional
+Arguments and Properties, possibly separated by either whitespace or a
+slash-escaped line continuation.
+
+Arguments are ordered relative to each other (but not relative to Properties)
+and that order must be preserved in order to maintain the semantics.
 
 By contrast, Property order _SHOULD NOT_ matter to implementations.
 [Children](#children-block) should be used if an order-sensitive key/value
@@ -68,9 +78,8 @@ Nodes _MAY_ be prefixed with `/-` to "comment out" the entire node, including
 its properties, arguments, and children, and make it act as plain whitespace,
 even if it spreads across multiple lines.
 
-Finally, a node is terminated by either a [Newline](#newline), a [Children
-Block](#children-block), a semicolon (`;`) or the end of the file/stream (an
-`EOF`).
+Finally, a node is terminated by either a [Newline](#newline), a semicolon (`;`)
+or the end of the file/stream (an `EOF`).
 
 #### Example
 
@@ -87,7 +96,10 @@ A bare Identifier is composed of any Unicode codepoint other than [non-initial
 characters](#non-initial-characters), followed by any number of Unicode
 codepoints other than [non-identifier characters](#non-identifier-characters),
 so long as this doesn't produce something confusable for a [Number](#number),
-[Boolean](#boolean), or [Null](#null).
+[Boolean](#boolean), or [Null](#null). For example, both a [Number](#number)
+and an Identifier can start with `-`, but when an Identifier starts with `-`
+the second character cannot be a digit. This is precicely specified in the 
+[Full Grammar](#full-grammar) below.
 
 Identifiers are terminated by [Whitespace](#whitespace) or
 [Newlines](#newline).
@@ -100,6 +112,11 @@ The following characters cannot be the first character in a bare
 * Any decimal digit (0-9)
 * Any [non-identifier characters](#non-identifier-characters)
 
+Be aware that the `-` character can only be used as an initial
+character if the second character is not a digit. This allows
+identifiers to look like `--this`, and removes the ambiguity
+of having an identifier look like a negative number.
+
 ### Non-identifier characters
 
 The following characters cannot be used anywhere in a bare
@@ -168,7 +185,7 @@ my-node 1 2 3 "a" "b" "c"
 ### Children Block
 
 A children block is a block of [Nodes](#node), surrounded by `{` and `}`. They
-are an optional terminator for nodes, and create a hierarchy of KDL nodes.
+are an optional part of nodes, and create a hierarchy of KDL nodes.
 
 Regular node termination rules apply, which means multiple nodes can be
 included in a single-line children block, as long as they're all terminated by
@@ -258,10 +275,10 @@ IEEE 754-2008 decimal floating point numbers
 * `country-2`: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
 * `country-3`: ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code.
 * `country-subdivision`: ISO 3166-2 country subdivision code.
-* `email`: RFC5302 email address.
+* `email`: RFC5322 email address.
 * `idn-email`: RFC6531 internationalized email address.
-* `hostname`: RFC1132 internet hostname.
-* `idn-hostname`: RFC5890 internationalized internet hostname.
+* `hostname`: RFC1132 internet hostname (only ASCII segments)
+* `idn-hostname`: RFC5890 internationalized internet hostname (only `xn--`-prefixed ASCII "punycode" segments, or non-ASCII segments)
 * `ipv4`: RFC2673 dotted-quad IPv4 address.
 * `ipv6`: RFC2373 IPv6 address.
 * `url`: RFC3986 URI.
@@ -397,6 +414,13 @@ space](https://www.unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/PropList.txt):
 | Medium Mathematical Space | `U+205F`  |
 | Ideographic Space    | `U+3000`  |
 
+#### Multi-line comments
+
+In addition to single-line comments using `//`, comments can also be started
+with `/*` and ended with `*/`. These comments can span multiple lines. They
+are allowed in all positions where [Whitespace](#whitespace) is allowed and
+can be nested.
+
 ### Newline
 
 The following characters [should be treated as new
@@ -419,8 +443,8 @@ Note that for the purpose of new lines, CRLF is considered _a single newline_.
 ```
 nodes := linespace* (node nodes?)? linespace*
 
-node := ('/-' node-space*)? type? identifier (node-space node-space* node-props-and-args)* (node-space* node-children ws*)? node-space* node-terminator
-node-props-and-args := ('/-' node-space*)? (prop | value)
+node := ('/-' node-space*)? type? identifier (node-space+ node-prop-or-arg)* (node-space* node-children ws*)? node-space* node-terminator
+node-prop-or-arg := ('/-' node-space*)? (prop | value)
 node-children := ('/-' node-space*)? '{' nodes '}'
 node-space := ws* escline ws* | ws+
 node-terminator := single-line-comment | newline | ';' | eof
@@ -445,9 +469,10 @@ raw-string-quotes := '"' .* '"'
 
 number := decimal | hex | octal | binary
 
-decimal := integer ('.' [0-9] [0-9_]*)? exponent?
-exponent := ('e' | 'E') integer
-integer := sign? [0-9] [0-9_]*
+decimal := sign? integer ('.' integer)? exponent?
+exponent := ('e' | 'E') sign? integer
+integer := digit (digit | '_')*
+digit := [0-9]
 sign := '+' | '-'
 
 hex := sign? '0x' hex-digit (hex-digit | '_')*
diff --git a/examples/kdl-schema.kdl b/examples/kdl-schema.kdl
index 667c9fd..76a1080 100644
--- a/examples/kdl-schema.kdl
+++ b/examples/kdl-schema.kdl
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ document {
                     node "contributor" description="Contributor to the schema" {
                         value ref=r#"[id="info-person-name"]"#
                         prop ref=r#"[id="info-orcid"]"#
+                        children {
+                            node ref=r#"[id="info-link"]"#
+                        }
                     }
                     node "link" id="info-link" description="Links to itself, and to sources describing it" {
                         value description="A URL that the link points to" {
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ document {
                         children id="validations" description="General value validations." {
                             node "tag" id="value-tag-node" description="The tags associated with this value" {
                                 max 1
-                                children ref="[id="validations"]"
+                                children ref=r#"[id="validations"]"#
                             }
                             node "type" description="The type for this prop's value." {
                                 max 1
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ document {
                                     min 1
                                     type "string"
                                     // https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/string.html#format
-                                    enum "date-time" "date" "time" "duration" "decimal" "currency" "country-2" "country-3" "country-subdivision" "email" "idn-email" "hostname" "idn-hostname" "ipv4" "ipv6" "url" "url-reference" "irl", "irl-reference" "url-template" "regex" "uuid" "kdl-query" "i8" "i16" "i32" "i64" "u8" "u16" "u32" "u64" "isize" "usize" "f32" "f64" "decimal64" "decimal128"
+                                    enum "date-time" "date" "time" "duration" "decimal" "currency" "country-2" "country-3" "country-subdivision" "email" "idn-email" "hostname" "idn-hostname" "ipv4" "ipv6" "url" "url-reference" "irl" "irl-reference" "url-template" "regex" "uuid" "kdl-query" "i8" "i16" "i32" "i64" "u8" "u16" "u32" "u64" "isize" "usize" "f32" "f64" "decimal64" "decimal128"
                                 }
                             }
                             node "%" description="Only used for numeric values. Constrains them to be multiples of the given number(s)" {
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/all_escapes.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/all_escapes.kdl
index 024cda2..c25f434 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/all_escapes.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/all_escapes.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node "\"\\\b\f\n\r\t"
+node "\"\\/\b\f\n\r\t"
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/arg_hex_type.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/arg_hex_type.kdl
index ec44f6c..b1a494a 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/arg_hex_type.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/arg_hex_type.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node (type)0x10
+node (type)16
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary.kdl
index 5d111b9..d14213e 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0b10
+node 2
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary_trailing_underscore.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary_trailing_underscore.kdl
index 5d111b9..d14213e 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary_trailing_underscore.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary_trailing_underscore.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0b10
+node 2
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary_underscore.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary_underscore.kdl
index 5d111b9..d14213e 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary_underscore.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/binary_underscore.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0b10
+node 2
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child.kdl
index a166b33..64f5a0a 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child.kdl
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-node {
-}
+node
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_different_lines.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_different_lines.kdl
index a166b33..64f5a0a 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_different_lines.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_different_lines.kdl
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-node {
-}
+node
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_same_line.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_same_line.kdl
index a166b33..64f5a0a 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_same_line.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_same_line.kdl
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-node {
-}
+node
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_whitespace.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_whitespace.kdl
index a166b33..64f5a0a 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_whitespace.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/empty_child_whitespace.kdl
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-node {
-}
+node
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/escline_comment_node.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/escline_comment_node.kdl
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c5b5f3..0000000
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/escline_comment_node.kdl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-node1
-node2
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex.kdl
index 6d1eba2..bcbc7ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0xabcdef1234567890
+node 12379813812177893520
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_int.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_int.kdl
index b552b7b..f8dcee1 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_int.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_int.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0xabcdef0123456789abcdef
+node 207698809136909011942886895
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_int_underscores.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_int_underscores.kdl
index b18a9c3..78f3ce0 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_int_underscores.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_int_underscores.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0xabcdef0123
+node 737894400291
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_leading_zero.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_leading_zero.kdl
index c05ae7c..d20bd7d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_leading_zero.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/hex_leading_zero.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0x1
+node 1
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/leading_zero_binary.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/leading_zero_binary.kdl
index 2a38fed..d20bd7d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/leading_zero_binary.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/leading_zero_binary.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0b1
+node 1
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/leading_zero_oct.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/leading_zero_oct.kdl
index 9585c83..d20bd7d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/leading_zero_oct.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/leading_zero_oct.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0o1
+node 1
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/octal.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/octal.kdl
index 68bc955..225217b 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/octal.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/octal.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0o76543210
+node 16434824
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/parse_all_arg_types.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/parse_all_arg_types.kdl
index 3d1f3f7..2e8552c 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/parse_all_arg_types.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/parse_all_arg_types.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 1 1.0 1.0E+10 1.0E-10 0x1 0o7 0b10 "arg" "arg\\\\" true false null
+node 1 1.0 1.0E+10 1.0E-10 1 7 2 "arg" "arg\\\\" true false null
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/prop_hex_type.kdl~ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/prop_hex_type.kdl~
deleted file mode 100644
index d819d6a..0000000
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/prop_hex_type.kdl~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-node key=(type)0x10
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/slashdash_node_in_child.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/slashdash_node_in_child.kdl
index 56e0831..f50c4f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/slashdash_node_in_child.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/slashdash_node_in_child.kdl
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-node1 {
-}
+node1
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/slashdash_repeated_prop.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/slashdash_repeated_prop.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82c6972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/slashdash_repeated_prop.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node arg="correct"
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/trailing_underscore_hex.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/trailing_underscore_hex.kdl
index 5d6cf28..f426d4d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/trailing_underscore_hex.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/trailing_underscore_hex.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0x123abc
+node 1194684
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/trailing_underscore_octal.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/trailing_underscore_octal.kdl
index 0e653f9..9152a92 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/trailing_underscore_octal.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/trailing_underscore_octal.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0o123
+node 83
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/underscore_in_fraction.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/underscore_in_fraction.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29bb938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/underscore_in_fraction.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node 1.02
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/underscore_in_octal.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/underscore_in_octal.kdl
index 94f0c85..f4f6039 100644
--- a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/underscore_in_octal.kdl
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/underscore_in_octal.kdl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 0o1234567
+node 342391
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/input/slashdash_repeated_prop.kdl b/tests/test_cases/input/slashdash_repeated_prop.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b427175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cases/input/slashdash_repeated_prop.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node arg="correct" /- arg="wrong"