Glossary
Canonical terminology for the final-state architecture. Where the existing documentation used a different term, the alias is noted so older pages remain discoverable.
Core structural terms
| Term |
Definition |
| Platform |
A top-level capability plane of the factory (e.g. Control Plane, Knowledge Platform). The factory has twelve. |
| Plane |
A grouping of platforms by role: Experience, Control, Work, Delivery & Runtime, Cross-cutting. |
| Bounded context |
A DDD domain boundary within a platform, with its own ubiquitous language and aggregates. |
| Microservice |
An independently deployable service within a bounded context, following Clean Architecture. |
| Module |
A generated, reusable unit: microservice, UI, worker, library, or gateway. |
| Agent |
An autonomous role that executes structured tasks (e.g. Solution Architect Agent). |
| Skill |
An atomic, reusable capability an agent invokes. |
| Artifact |
Any output the factory produces, with identity, version, lineage, and classification. |
| Event |
A fact emitted in the canonical event envelope. |
| Command |
An imperative request (VerbNoun) handled by an aggregate. |
| Aggregate root |
The consistency boundary and entry point of a domain aggregate. |
| Worker |
A background processor triggered by events, schedules, or commands. |
| Storage owner |
The single service that owns and writes a given store. |
Knowledge and context
| Term |
Definition |
| Knowledge Platform |
Canonical name for the knowledge graph, vector memory, artifact memory, and context services. |
| Knowledge Fabric |
Alias for the Knowledge Platform used in earlier docs. |
| Context Package |
The governed, ranked, budgeted knowledge bundle delivered to an agent task. See the schema. |
| Context Builder |
The service that assembles context packages from graph, vector, and metadata sources. |
| Knowledge graph |
The graph of tenants, projects, blueprints, modules, artifacts, events, agents, skills, commits, deployments, signals, and feedback. |
| Runtime memory |
Telemetry-derived knowledge: runtime signals, incidents, feedback. |
| Pattern |
A reusable, catalogued solution captured in the knowledge graph. |
Lifecycle and delivery
| Term |
Definition |
| Blueprint |
A structured specification (vision, product, domain, service, event, UI, infra, etc.) that drives generation. |
| GitOps |
Delivery driven by Git as source of truth: commits, PRs, pipelines, releases. |
| Coordinator |
A Control Plane orchestrator for a lifecycle phase (bootstrap, sprint, milestone, assembly, release). |
| Workflow instance |
A running orchestration with durable state and replay. |
| Trace |
The end-to-end correlation of one lifecycle via traceId. |
| Feedback item |
An improvement candidate created from runtime telemetry or review. |
Stack terms (canonical)
| Term |
Canonical choice |
Note |
| Agent runtime |
Microsoft Agent Framework |
Not Semantic Kernel. |
| IaC |
Pulumi |
Bicep only where legacy infra remains. |
| Messaging |
MassTransit on Azure Service Bus |
NServiceBus is a supported alternative. |
| Vector store |
Qdrant |
Azure AI Search is a managed alternative. |
| Persistence |
NHibernate on Azure SQL/PostgreSQL |
Other PersistenceModel.* flavors are options. |
| Runtime |
.NET 10 / ASP.NET Core |
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| Frontend |
Blazor MFE |
MAUI for mobile. |