Glossary

This glossary gives short, plain-language meanings for the core O2A vocabulary. Use it as a quick reference; each term links to the concept page where its full definition lives.

#Core Terms

• O2A means Open Organization Alliance.
• Organization means a configurable network of Nodes, Offerings, agreements, value flows, evidence, and governance. See Organization.
• Node means an organizational unit. See Node.
• Container Node means a parent business-unit Node that contains child Nodes and owns no Offerings. See Container Node.
• Offering means a cataloged capability made available by a Node. See Offering.
• Offering Nature means the configured category that selects an Offering's business-equation archetype.
• Business-equation archetype means the economic behavior model selected by an Offering Nature.
• Bundle means a configured combination of offerings or capabilities. See Bundle.
• Contract means a governed commitment among party Nodes. See Contract.
• Milestone means a reviewable checkpoint inside a Contract. See Milestone.
• Wallet means a value-movement scope. See Wallet.
• Cap Table means node ownership allocation. See Cap Table.
• Ledger Event means an append-only financial fact. See Ledger Event.
• Oracle means an evidence or trigger boundary. See Oracle.
• Configuration Artifact means a governed setup concern. See Configuration Artifact.

#Configuration Identifiers

• CA-CUSNED means Customers & Needs.
• CA-UNITYP means Unit Types & Hierarchy.
• CA-OFFNAT means Offering Natures.
• CA-BUSEQU means Business Equations.
• CA-UNILIF means Unit Lifecycle.
• CA-PLMGMT means P&L Management.
• CA-SHRSVC means Shared Services.
• CA-GTMACC means Go-To-Market Access.
• Draft means authored configuration before validation.
• Validated means configuration approved for dependent unlocks.
• Iterated means validated configuration revised through governance.

#Contract Terms

• Purchase means the contract type for buying one Offering.
• Revenue Split means the contract type for routing revenue.
• Investment means the contract type for investment or ownership economics.
• Bundle linked means the relation created when a Bundle is formed.
• Contract split revenue means revenue routed through a Contract.
• Terms means contract-specific commercial parameters.
• Party means a Node participating in a Contract.
• Replicable Contract Format means reusable agreement-shape prefill for a Draft Contract. See Replicable Contract Format.

#Financial Terms

• Fixed cost means cost classified against a Node rather than a specific Offering.
• Offering cost of goods means cost classified against a specific Offering.
• Shared cost of goods means cost classified into a Node-level general cost pool for later allocation.
• Expected cost of goods means expected cost derived from unit cost and units sold.
• Realized cost of goods means actual cost derived from Ledger Events.
• P&L view means a derived period-scoped financial view.
• Wallet balance means a value derived from Ledger Events.
• Basis point means one ten-thousandth of a total allocation.

#Lifecycle Terms

• Contract Draft means a contract in authoring state.
• Contract Signed means a formed commitment.
• Contract Active means an operating commitment.
• Contract Terminated means an ended commitment.
• Milestone Pending means a checkpoint awaiting review.
• Milestone Reached means an accepted checkpoint.