Glossary

Admin Console

The web UI used to manage the entity platform metadata model.

Entity

A universal object in the platform. Examples include customer, site, asset, credential, tag, group, and room.

Entity Type

Metadata that describes a category of entity.

Entity Model

The full set of metadata definitions that describes what the application can manage.

Model Version

A versioned snapshot of entity model metadata.

Draft Model

Editable model version that is not yet active.

Published Model

Active model version used by the runtime API and frontend.

Property Group

A section that groups related property definitions.

Property Definition

Metadata describing a typed property.

Property Value

Runtime value assigned to an entity for a property definition.

Relationship Definition

Metadata describing allowed graph relationships between entity types.

Entity Relationship

Runtime relationship between two entities.

Template

Reusable bundle of entity type, property groups, tag groups, defaults, and allowed behavior.

Runtime CRUD API

Generic API that uses published metadata to create and manipulate runtime entities.

Root Scope

Authorization boundary based on whether an entity is inside an allowed root entity tree.

Compatibility Analysis

Validation that checks whether metadata changes are safe for existing runtime data.