Glossary

Entity

Universal identity record for a business object.

Entity Type

Data-driven type describing what kind of object an entity represents.

Root Entity

Top-level authorization or tenant boundary.

Parent Entity

Immediate structural parent of an entity.

Path

ltree materialized path representing hierarchy lineage.

Path Label

Immutable label used as one segment of an entity's ltree path.

Hierarchy

Structural containment tree.

Relationship

Non-containment association between entities.

Entity Group

Entity-backed collection of entities.

Group Membership

Association between a group entity and a member entity.

Property Group

Logical section for related property definitions.

Property Definition

Typed metadata field definition.

Property Value

Actual value assigned to an entity for a property definition.

Tag Group

Set of related tags, often single-select or multi-select.

Tag

Entity-backed label assigned to other entities.

Template

Reusable metadata shape for creating or editing entities.

Soft Delete

Marking a record deleted using deleted_at without physically removing it.

Restore

Reactivating a soft-deleted record or subtree.

Purge

Physical deletion after explicit approval or retention rules.

Capability

Permission string describing an action a user may perform.

Root Scope

Set of root entities inside which a user may operate.