Glossary
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Definitions for terms used throughout the Protos platform and this wiki. Terms are listed alphabetically.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Canvas | The visual graph workspace in a Protos project, where all nodes are connected and displayed. See Home → Project Overview. |
| Co-Engineer | The AI assistant embedded across all Protos features — authors schemas and data documents, surfaces knowledge, and recommends model configurations. Always traces its sources. See Co-Engineer. |
| Community | The top-level workspace in Protos — projects, models, canvases, and members all belong to one. You can belong to several at once. See Collaboration & Sharing. |
| Design freeze | A concept in the PSPP framework referring to the point at which a validated design is locked for manufacturing handoff. In Protos, this is achieved by publishing a canvas snapshot. |
| Design space | The range of possible parameter combinations for a design, explored via sweeps in Simulation Studio. |
| Node | A block on the canvas. Node types are: parameter, data input, calculation, model, visualization, and Action (Coming Soon). They are connected by arrows that define the data flow. |
| PSPP | Process → Structure → Property → Performance. The reasoning framework underlying Protos — used to trace how manufacturing choices propagate through to physical outcomes. |
| Ref node | A schema field type (shown as "Ref" in the editor) that links one schema entry to another, creating relational structure across engineering data. See Schemas → Using Reference Fields. |
| Schema | A defined structure for a type of engineering data in Protos (e.g. a test result schema, a design parameter schema). See Schemas. |
| Sweep | A batch simulation run that varies one or more parameters across a range and returns an output surface. See Simulation Studio → Design Space Exploration. |
| TRL | Technology Readiness Level. Protos is optimized for TRL 0–3 — the early R&D phase where first-principles reasoning and traceability are most critical. |
| Trace | The ability to follow any value in Protos back through its chain of sources to the original reference, experiment, or decision. See Knowledge Library → Traceability. |
| Version | A snapshot of a schema, canvas, model, data document, or knowledge document at a point in time. See Versioning. |
See Also
- Simulation Studio — where Canvas, Node, Sweep, and Design space are used in practice
- Schemas — where Schema and Ref node are explained in depth
- Data Studio — where data documents and the canvas connection are shown