Glossary¶
This glossary defines the core terms used across the current documentation set.
Terms¶
The definitions here are short on purpose. Each term points back to the model used by the current repo.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Namespace | A team-owned container for feature declarations and namespace-local runtime state |
| Feature | A typed handle bound to a value type, a context type, and a namespace |
| Context | The runtime input passed to evaluate(...) or explain(...) |
| Axis | A descriptor for a domain-specific targeting dimension |
| Axis value | An enum entry that lives on an axis and can be targeted by rules |
| Rule | A conditional value assignment paired with targeting criteria |
| Ramp-up | Gradual rollout based on deterministic bucketing and stable identity |
| Configuration | Runtime snapshot of flags plus metadata |
| Namespace registry | Runtime surface for load, rollback, disable, and enable operations |
| Parse result | The success or failure wrapper returned by the JSON trust boundary |
| Parse error | Structured failure reason from JSON decoding |
| Konstrained | Contract for custom values that can round-trip through the JSON layer |
Next steps¶
If you need more than a definition, the FAQ answers the most common adoption questions and objections directly.