Glossary
Every term used in AppThentic, defined in one place.
Approval. An owner’s confirmation that a rule is described correctly and that its recorded reason is the real one. See Owners and approvals.
Business rule. A decision the business made that a system enforces, such as a refund window or a discount cap. See Business rules.
Change impact. Everything that depends on a rule, shown before it changes. See Change impact.
Coverage. How much of an area has owners, approved reasons and current evidence. See Coverage.
Evidence. A source that supports a fact about a rule: code, a PR, a ticket, a doc, a thread or an owner’s answer.
Evidence store. Where AppThentic keeps every rule, answer and approval, with sources and history, inside your infrastructure.
Location. One place a rule is enforced or described. A rule can have many.
om. AppThentic’s interviewing model. See om.
Owner. The person accountable for why a rule exists.
Provenance. Where a fact came from, who said it, and when. See Evidence and provenance.
Status. How far to trust a rule: Observed, Documented, Inferred, Approved, Disputed, Stale or Unknown. See Rule statuses.
Stale. An approved answer whose rule or context has changed since approval.