| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| B.R.A.I.N. | Boundary-governed Relational Archival & Invalidation Network. |
| Canonical | Durable source of truth for the relevant responsibility. |
| Derived | Rebuildable representation, such as embeddings or caches. |
| Provider | Replaceable external reasoning/Live/embedding capability. |
| Conversation Gateway | Shared text/voice normalization and durable-event boundary. |
| Memory | Durable attributable record across sessions. |
| Knowledge | Source-backed document information and retrieval context. |
| Belief | Interpretation with status, authority, confidence, and context. |
| Evidence/provenance | Source and processing trail behind a record. |
| Authority/confidence | Right to establish a claim / uncertainty of an interpretation. |
| Candidate | Attributed proposal requiring validation. |
| ACTIVE/SUPERSEDED | Current accepted record / preserved predecessor. |
| Artifact | Retained original or normalized file representation. |
| Embedding/retrieval/citation | Derived vector / result selection / source location returned. |
| Lineage | Links across source, correction, versions, and history. |
| Idempotency | Repeat delivery has one logical effect. |
| Bounded worker | Durable job processor with finite retries/concurrency. |
| Clean environment | Isolated throwaway validation target. |
| Acceptance baseline | Recorded revision/evidence accepted for a phase. |
| Codex | Primary implementation, verification, and phase-acceptance agent under the project method; the user retains material decision authority. |
| S.P.O.C.K. | Deferred optional external engineering/orchestration integration; it does not own B.R.A.I.N. cognition or canonical state. |
Reference
Glossary
Canonical vocabulary for cognition, evidence, state, and validation.