This glossary gives each term one definition. Other articles name a term and rely on this glossary rather than redefining it in every place it appears. The first table covers the entries shown in the tool catalogue; the second covers the business terms the documentation reuses.
Tool catalogue entries
Entry | Description |
Localhost | This entry is only for developers. |
App Store | This catalogue contains installable mini-apps for your store. |
Platform Registry | This catalogue covers platform capabilities such as data sources, events, and contracts. |
Principal business concepts
Term | Definition |
Operating Environment | A lifecycle-separated context in which configuration, releases, data use, and runtime associations are managed. |
Role | A reusable set of responsibilities that groups permissions without replacing policy evaluation. |
Customer | The buying role of a commercial account, including its ordering conditions and references to applicable commercial policies. |
Product | The stable identity of a good, service, or entitlement, separate from its operational and sales-channel identifiers. |
Price List | A versioned collection of price entries and policies for a defined scope, audience, currency, and effective period. |
Availability | A contextual decision about whether supply can be promised or sold, including how much, from where, and by when. |
Order | The commercial commitment between one seller and one buyer, with binding terms and state preserved through acceptance and versions. |
Fulfillment | The operational coordination of a defined portion of an order's demand. |
Purchase Order | A binding commitment from a buyer to a supplier. |
Invoice Reference | A reference to an authoritative customer invoice and its commercial lineage. |
Payment Intent | An intention to satisfy a monetary obligation without indicating authorization, receipt, or settlement. |
Credit Profile Reference | A source-attributed credit configuration for one commercial account and company, rather than an available-credit calculation or financing approval. |
Return Request | A customer or employee request to reverse, exchange, or remedy a delivered outcome without indicating authorization. |
Commercial Program | A governed business program that grants, measures, or coordinates commercial benefits over time. |
Audit Event | An immutable, attributable record of a consequential action, decision, access, or control outcome. |
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