Grammar
The common rules for configuration identifiers, ownership, lifecycle, and dependencies.
Configuration grammar
Every Configuration Artifact behaves the same way underneath its specific subject matter. The grammar states that shared behavior: what a Configuration Artifact is, how it is identified, what governance states it can hold, and why a validated prerequisite is what unlocks the next setup concern.
How It Works
A Configuration Artifact is a governed setup concern through which an
organization tailors O2A to its own structure, ahead of operation. Each one
carries a semantic CA-XXXXXX identifier — a mnemonic label, not an ordinal
slot — so the name stays stable because the concern is stable.
Each artifact holds one governance state: Draft, Validated, or Iterated. That state is what matters for ordering: a downstream artifact unlocks only after its prerequisite basis is Validated, never on a Draft. Artifacts relate through typed dependencies — prerequisites, references, or constraints.
Statements
These statements fix the common behavior shared by every Configuration Artifact.
- Configuration tailors O2A to one organization.
- Configuration prepares an organization for operation.
- A Configuration Artifact represents a governed setup concern.
- A Configuration Artifact identifier uses the
CA-XXXXXXform. - A Configuration Artifact can be in Draft, Validated, or Iterated state.
- Configuration Artifact dependencies can be prerequisites, references, or constraints.
- A downstream Configuration Artifact unlocks after its prerequisite basis is Validated.
Why It Matters
The grammar is what makes the configuration system a system rather than a list
of unrelated forms. Once these common rules hold, every CA-XXXXXX page can
state only its own subject, and downstream tooling can reason about ordering,
state, and dependencies uniformly.
Related
- Dependencies — the graph these rules apply to.
- Operational Readiness — the validated minimum basis.
- Instances — how this grammar becomes concrete setup data.