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Version: 0.11

Glossary of Terms

A set of terms in common or standardised usage by the tremor project and/or team

TermDefinition
ArtefactA unit of configuration management in tremor. As and from tremor v0.4
DAGDirected Acyclic Graph - A graph with no cycles and unidirectional edges
PipelineAn artefact that describes a graph ( DAG ) of tremor operators
OperatorA vertex ( node ) in a tremor pipeline graph. Operators perform work in a tremor pipeline graph
Source, OnrampAn artefact that describes a connector of primarily inbound data available for pipelines to ingest
Sink, OfframpAn artefact that describes a connector of primarily outbound data produced by pipelines available for egress
Peer, Linked TransportAn artefact that describes a connector with both inbound and outbound data that can be routed through a pipeline conversationally
LinkA link is an edge or connection between operators in a pipeline or between pipelines and onramps/offramps
BindingA specification of ( set of links ), describing one-or-many interconnections to/from pipelines
MappingA configuration of, ( set of bindings ), and set of key/value replacements that describes how to deploy pipelines and how to interconnect binding specifications and map to running instances of tremor artefacts
RepositoryAn in memory cache that tremor uses to store artefacts. Like a git repository for artefacts
RegistryAn in memory cache that tremor uses to store running onramps, offramps and pipelines. Like the DNS registry for running code that can send, receive or process events
PublishThe act of publishing an artefact or deploying a running instance
FindThe act of finding an artefact or running instance by id
BindThe act of deploying artefacts and making them runnable
Publish-Find-BindAn Enterprise Integration Pattern common in Registry/Repository services for Application Server Platforms
DeployThe act of publishing a tremor mapping, the side-effect of which MAY be the deployment of onramps, offramps and/or pipelines
UndeployThe act of unpublishing a tremor mapping, the side-effect of which MAY be the undeployment of onramps, offramps and/or pipelines
Meta VariablesGlobal event metadata variables (prefixed with $ in tremor-script), accessible across pipeline nodes as well as offramps
WAL, Write-ahead LogAn in-memory or persistent data log used by the guaranteed delivery mechanism
CB, Circuit-breakerA mechanism that can react to failure in sources and sinks in a robust and recoverable way
GD, Guaranteed deliveryA mechanism that guarantees that events that reach a pipeline are processed to completion. Depending on the source/sink this may extend end-to-end
End to end GDA configuration of GD whereby the primary sources and sinks for a use case are guaranteed not to lose messages during normal processing conditions
LT, Linked transportsA mechanism that allows linking of source and sink nature into one ramp artefact