IcePanel Glossary
Terms used in IcePanel and what they mean.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accuracy score | A number score added to diagrams or objects that checks if any reality links are out-of-date or inaccuracy comments have been added. See Accuracy score for more. |
| Actor | Level 1 in the C4 model - The end user who uses the systems. |
| App | Level 2 in the C4 model - A deployable &/or runable service or client that lives within a system (a type of C4 container - not Docker). |
| C4 model | A simple set of hierachical abstractions and diagram types to simply communicate complex systems. Designed to be accessible to technical and non-technical people. See The C4 Model - Brief intro for more. |
| Component | Level 3 of the C4 model - The building blocks/modules that make up the container. |
| Diagram flow | A sequence of events flowing through an existing diagram - you can have multiple on 1 diagram. See Flows for more. |
| Domain | Level 0 for the C4 model - An optional way to split up your model and related diagrams into logical groupings, whilst keeping the benefits of a single shared model. See Domains for more. |
| Landscape | A landscape is a shared model and set of diagrams containing internal and external objects at varying levels of detail in your organization. See Landscapes explained for more. |
| Landscape recommendations | A score to help polish your documentation and make them more easily understandable to your readers. See Recommendation score for more.. |
| Model | The shared library of model objects, connections and meta data used to draw references from in the diagrams. |
| Model objects | The actors, systems, apps, stores and components used to describe how your system design works. |
| Organization | The owning group of everything you create in IcePanel including users, landscapes, models, model objects, diagrams. |
| Ownership team | Groups of users within your organization that can be assigned ownership of model objects. See Ownership teams for more.. |
| Share link | Auto updated URL share links of your design. See Share links for more. |
| Store | Level 2 in the C4 model - A deployable &/or runable database or store that lives within a system (a type of C4 container - not Docker). |
| System | Level 1 in the C4 model - The highest level of abstraction in the C4 model that delivers value to end users. Often owned by a development team. |
| Tag group | A group of metadata tags used to highlight different perspectives within the diagrams. See Perspective tags for more. |
| Tags | A metadata tag that can be added to objects and used to visulise diagrams dynamically and filter the model with. See Perspective tags for more. |
| Tour | A walkthrough of diagrams to showcase you designs. See Tours for more. |
| Version | A frozen past version or current latest editable design of your landacape. See Versioning for more. |