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Signal
02 · understandPlain languageSomething happened.
Product meaningAn observed event from any connected source — page viewed, order completed, agent invoked a tool.
Technical meaningAn observation validated against the canonical event registry and accepted at /v1/batch.
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Source
01 · connectPlain languageWhere something happened.
Product meaningThe application, platform, device, provider, or agent a signal came from.
Technical meaningThe origin metadata attached to every canonical observation envelope.
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Connection
01 · connectPlain languageHow a system is linked to Aether.
Product meaningA connector, SDK, API, webhook, or import that brings activity in.
Technical meaningA managed connector or ingestion path with authorization, sync lifecycle, cursor state, and normalization.
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Entity
02 · understandPlain languageA person, agent, organization, system, or device.
Product meaningAnything Aether can resolve and build a Profile for.
Technical meaningA typed node in the tenant-scoped graph, resolved from identity evidence.
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Profile
02 · understandPlain languageEverything Aether knows about one person, agent, organization, or other entity.
Product meaningThe 360 view for a resolved entity.
Technical meaningA tenant-scoped resolved entity projection constructed from evidence and identity relationships.
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Relationship
02 · understandPlain languageHow two things are connected.
Product meaningAn edge in the Graph — observed or inferred — with its evidence.
Technical meaningA typed, temporal graph edge produced by resolution and projected from the graph outbox.
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Journey
03 · explorePlain languageThe path that led to an outcome.
Product meaningAn ordered sequence of touchpoints in Journeys and Journey 360.
Technical meaningJourney construction over temporally ordered, linked signals; supports pause, resume, branch, and re-entry.
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Lens
03 · explorePlain languageA perspective on the same information.
Product meaningA saved, combinable view that foregrounds identity, value, risk, geography, time, or agents.
Technical meaningA projection with semantic merge over the tenant graph; does not copy data.
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Syndicate
03 · explorePlain languageA group that acts together.
Product meaningA relationship cluster across people, agents, and organizations.
Technical meaningA detected subgraph community with shared edges; currently direction, not a released capability.
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Agent
04 · actPlain languageSoftware acting on someone’s behalf.
Product meaningAn actor in Agents and Agent 360, with lineage and authority.
Technical meaningAn entity with lifecycle, parent/child lineage, delegated authority, and tool-call evidence.
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Value
04 · actPlain languageWhat an outcome was worth, and what contributed to it.
Product meaningRevenue and economic activity linked to relationships, with attribution.
Technical meaningAttribution credits over journey touchpoints, joined to normalized financial events.
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Evidence
04 · actPlain languageWhy Aether believes what it believes.
Product meaningThe observed, inferred, resolved, authorized, executed, verified, or measured state of a claim.
Technical meaningEvidence-state metadata on every edge and projection; inference is never stored as observation.
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Outcome
04 · actPlain languageWhat resulted.
Product meaningThe measured end of a journey, agent action, or campaign.
Technical meaningA terminal event or measured state linked back through journey and attribution edges.
