Ontology Primer · 152 live nodes
The single map of how data means business
P1 shipped
P1.5 in progress
P2 planned
P3 future
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Physical layer
Table
Phase 1 · shipped35 in seed
A physical fact table (rows × columns). The workhorse node type — most dependencies terminate here.
Examples
bq:sales.fact_orders
sap:erp.fi.mbew
mssql:wms.stock_on_hand
Points to
→IN_SCHEMASchema
→OWNED_BYTeam
→IN_DOMAINDomain
→HAS_RUNBOOKRunbook
Pointed to by
←DERIVES_FROMView
←READSApp
←WRITESApp
←REALIZED_BYBusinessConcept
←FIRES_ONIncident
←COMPUTED_FROMMetric
←CONSTRAINSRule
←OWNSOwner
←APPLIES_TOSkill
←ONAction
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Three-act roadmap
Phase 1 · Control TowerSHIPPED
Monitor · lineage · impact analysis
Monitored object
App · Table · View · pipeline health
Ontology
Physical + organizational fully indexed
Knowledge base
Unstructured meta jsonb · runbook URL · descriptions
Skill
None — Kai is read-only
Phase 1.5 · Metric DiscoveryIN PROGRESS
Reclaim scattered metrics · governance under the banner of monitoring
Monitored object
+ Metric · KPI (semantic layer surfaces)
Ontology
Metric / KPI harvested from Tableau · Apps Script · dbt metrics (MetricScanner)
Knowledge base
Auto-extracted: formula · source tables · dashboard owners · usage counts
Skill
Kai answers 'which metric means X' with provenance
Phase 2 · Intelligence LayerPLANNED · Q3–Q4
Governance · business enablement · definition alignment
Monitored object
+ Concept · Rule (business-meaning primary)
Ontology
Semantic layer fully published (Concept hierarchies · Rule · Owner)
Knowledge base
Structured: ontology_definitions · sla_contracts · divergence_notes
Skill
Still not — Kai gains concept-definition knowledge
Phase 2 layered canvas vision
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Phase 3 · Semantic + AIPLANNED · Next year
Digital intelligence · data auto-pilot
Monitored object
+ Skill · Agent Action (capability graph)
Ontology
Capability layer live · Skill / Action / Agent
Knowledge base
Action outcomes feed back into ontology (self-proving metadata)
Skill
Skills invokable · Agent plans Actions · human-in-the-loop approval