Architecture Dictionary

One concept, one definition, and every other page knows where it lives.

Find the definition, architectural role, distinctions, relationships, examples, articles, and implementation patterns behind the terms used across the Enterprise AI Architecture system, each marked with origin and definition version.

Canonical DefinitionsTerm OriginDefinition VersionRelationships
Definition

What the term means and why it matters.

Distinction

What it is not, and which adjacent ideas it should not collapse into.

Relationships

Dependencies, outputs, constraints, articles, patterns, and blueprints.

Vocabulary governance

Use one canonical definition across the architecture

The dictionary keeps product pages, articles, patterns, and blueprints from redefining the same concept slightly differently.

Product pages

Explain local consequence and link to the canonical term.

Articles

Link at first meaningful use and explain architectural argument.

Patterns

Describe implementation approaches and tradeoffs.

Blueprints

Demonstrate the term inside a complete application.

Featured terms

Core terms in the architecture vocabulary

A dictionary entry should do more than define a word. It should explain role, distinctions, relationships, examples, and where to go next.

Execution Graph

Versioned application representation connecting capabilities, data, identity, policy, state, human work, and actions.

Governed Execution

Runtime behavior where identity, authorization, policy, contracts, context scope, approval, effects, and evidence are enforced as execution proceeds.

Governance by Construction

Governance built into system definition and execution rather than attached after application construction.

Context Assembly

The governed construction of information supplied to a reasoning or decision component.

Behavior Intelligence

Analysis of application behavior by connecting execution evidence to definitions, authority, context, decisions, policy, state, actions, and outcomes.

Human Approval State

Durable state recording the proposal, evidence, versions, approver scope, decision, and resumption semantics.

Architectural domains

Terms remain distinct by responsibility

Organizing terms by domain makes relationships easier to inspect without flattening everything into one glossary.

Application and representation

AI Application System, Shared Application Model, Visual Architecture, Execution Graph, Published Graph, Execution Instance.

Runtime and capability

Execution Runtime, Capability Node, Capability Invocation, Schema Contract, Typed Execution, Side-Effect Boundary.

Identity and governance

Continuous Authority, Declarative Governance, Governance by Construction, Policy Decision Evidence, Human Approval State.

Context and data

Context Assembly, Context Package, Context Provenance, Decision Feature, Operational Collections, Governed Query.

Evidence and investigation

Execution Lineage, Decision Lineage, Behavior Intelligence, Behavior Replay, Effect Receipt.

Models and automation

Deterministic-First Routing, Confidence Escalation, Progressive Automation, Workload Deployment Profile.

Keep enterprise AI vocabulary coherent as the architecture evolves.

Use the dictionary as the canonical owner for terms, definitions, relationships, examples, patterns, and blueprint links.