Glossary
The vocabulary of AI-written enterprise software.
Definitions for the terms this site uses, written to be quoted. Each entry opens with one self-contained sentence, then explains what the term means in practice and links to the articles and pages that use it.
2 terms
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Application metadata
Application metadata is the structured, typed definition of a business application — its objects, fields, relationships, views, permissions, workflows, actions, and APIs — stored as source files that a runtime reads and executes directly, rather than as generated application code.
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Governed runtime
A governed runtime is an application runtime that enforces identity, permissions, approvals, and audit logging on every read, write, and tool call, so that an AI agent and the person it acts for are held to exactly the same rules.