Semantics matters when systems have to preserve meaning across interfaces, events, tools, and time.

This pillar gathers notes and artifacts on ontologies, schema discipline, compatibility rules, and context models that keep coordination from silently degrading.

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Canonical questions

Which meanings need to stay globally stable, and which ones can remain local to a service or team?

What contract stack defines compatibility across APIs, events, and context models?

When does a meaning change become operationally breaking even if the payload still validates?

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Primary references

  • RDF and OWL Ontology-level structure for shared meaning and explicit relationships.
  • OpenAPI and JSON Schema Interface and data contract baselines for APIs and structured payloads.
  • CloudEvents Standard event envelope metadata, distinct from domain meaning itself.

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