Core Terminology and Definitions
- Governor Limits: Runtime limits (SOQL, DML, CPU, heap) that constrain transaction resource usage.
- Sharing Model: Access model combining OWD, role hierarchy, sharing rules, and manual sharing.
- Named Credential: Secure endpoint/auth abstraction for outbound callouts.
- External ID: Field used for idempotent upsert and cross-system record matching.
- Platform Event: Event bus message type for decoupled asynchronous communication.
- Change Data Capture (CDC): Automatic change events for supported object record mutations.
Delivery Terms
- Scratch Org: Ephemeral source-driven org for development/testing.
- Unlocked Package: Package type for modular metadata deployment.
- Source Tracking: Change tracking between local project and org metadata.
- Deployment Window: Scheduled release period with predefined rollback strategy.
- Smoke Test: Fast critical-path test suite run after deployment.
Data and Integration Terms
- ETL: Extract, transform, load process (usually batch-oriented).
- Idempotency: Property of safe retries producing the same final state.
- Dead-Letter Queue (DLQ): Storage for unprocessable messages requiring triage.
- Replay Window: Time interval in which event messages can be replayed from the bus.
- Schema Drift: Divergence between expected and actual schema over time.
RAG Terms
- Chunk: Small unit of indexed text used for retrieval.
- Embedding: Numeric representation of text for semantic similarity search.
- Hybrid Retrieval: Combined lexical and semantic retrieval strategy.
- Citation Coverage: Degree to which answer claims map to retrieved evidence.
- Grounded Answer: Response constrained to retrieved evidence, not model priors.
- MRR (Mean Reciprocal Rank): Ranking metric emphasizing first relevant hit position.
Governance Terms
- Data Stewardship: Roles/processes responsible for data quality ownership.
- PII: Personally Identifiable Information requiring stricter handling controls.
- Least Privilege: Access principle granting only minimum required permissions.
- Audit Trail: Immutable operational history for compliance and forensics.
- Operations Terms:
rag/operations/cicd-patterns.md, rag/operations/environment-strategy.md, rag/operations/release-governance.md
- Observability Terms:
rag/observability/monitoring-alerting.md, rag/observability/performance-tuning.md, rag/observability/ha-dr-patterns.md
- Data Governance Terms:
rag/data-governance/data-residency-compliance.md, rag/data-governance/data-quality-stewardship.md
- Adoption Terms:
rag/adoption/user-readiness.md, rag/adoption/org-health-checks.md
- Acronym and Alias Terms:
rag/glossary/salesforce-acronyms-and-disambiguation.md, rag/meta/terminology-mapping.md