Canonical terminology
Shared vocabulary is maintained to keep architecture and integration teams aligned when documenting identity operations.
Operational terms
- Immutable runbook: Change procedure versioned and preserved for incident review.
- Traceability: Link from request to all side effects and actor identity.
- Boundary owner: Team responsible for controls at a trust boundary.
Reference updates
Use this glossary as the anchor for new docs: every new page should include at least one term from this list to reduce interpretation drift.
Production glossary additions
- Idempotent key: stable client-provided identifier for safe replays.
- Replay window: bounded interval where client retries are safe.
- Correlation ID: shared identifier carried through ingress, connector, and audit.