DEFINED TERMS

ContextWeaver public glossary.

Controlled terminology used across the public framework, architecture and disclosure record.

Context envelope

A portable record binding the purpose, sources, identities, time, policy, evidence, risk and release conditions of a proposed operation.

Context graph

A governed representation of entities, events, relationships, temporal state, causal claims, authority and dependencies.

Authority plane

The identity, role, delegation and approval structure determining who may instruct, act, rely or release.

Federation runtime

A coordination layer through which multiple models, agents, tools and repositories contribute under a shared context contract.

Disagreement map

A record of conflicting sources, models, agents, confidence values and unresolved questions.

Policy gate

A decision point that allows, constrains, defers or denies a proposed operation.

Evidence receipt

A structured record of inputs, context, decisions, integrity values, approval and release state.

Release profile

The audience, confidentiality, reliance, licence, expiry, revocation and custody conditions attached to an output.

Institutional memory

Versioned context containing precedent, supersession, revocation, policy changes and organisational decisions.

Human authority

The accountable person or organisational authority retaining final control over reliance, publication, licensing or production release.

Public-safe disclosure

Information intentionally released without private keys, confidential enabling material, privileged records or restricted customer data.

Recursive context governance

Governance applied not only to a decision, but also to the policies, evidence and context-generation processes that shape future decisions.