Add field_info.proto

Author: rambleraptor

common-components/proto/aep/api/field_info.proto

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+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package aep.api;
+
+option go_package = "aep.golang.org/genproto/common-components/type/api;field_info";
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+option java_outer_classname = "FieldInfoProto";
+option java_package = "dev.aep.api";
+option objc_class_prefix = "AEP";
+
+// Rich semantic information of an API field beyond basic typing.
+message FieldInfo {
+  // The standard format of a field value. The supported formats are all backed
+  // by either an RFC defined by the IETF or a Google-defined AIP.
+  enum Format {
+    // Default, unspecified value.
+    FORMAT_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
+
+    // Universally Unique Identifier, version 4, value as defined by
+    // https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4122. The value may be
+    // normalized to entirely lowercase letters. For example, the value
+    // `F47AC10B-58CC-0372-8567-0E02B2C3D479` would be normalized to
+    // `f47ac10b-58cc-0372-8567-0e02b2c3d479`.
+    UUID4 = 1;
+
+    // Internet Protocol v4 value as defined by [RFC
+    // 791](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc791). The value may be
+    // condensed, with leading zeros in each octet stripped. For example,
+    // `001.022.233.040` would be condensed to `1.22.233.40`.
+    IPV4 = 2;
+
+    // Internet Protocol v6 value as defined by [RFC
+    // 2460](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2460). The value may be
+    // normalized to entirely lowercase letters with zeros compressed, following
+    // [RFC 5952](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5952). For example,
+    // the value `2001:0DB8:0::0` would be normalized to `2001:db8::`.
+    IPV6 = 3;
+
+    // An IP address in either v4 or v6 format as described by the individual
+    // values defined herein. See the comments on the IPV4 and IPV6 types for
+    // allowed normalizations of each.
+    IPV4_OR_IPV6 = 4;
+  }
+
+  // The standard format of a field value. This does not explicitly configure
+  // any API consumer, just documents the API's format for the field it is
+  // applied to.
+  Format format = 1;
+}