Understand how Cord turns prepared data into connected business records.
The ontology is Cord’s model of your business. It organizes data into objects and relationships that functions and apps can use together, such as data centers, their installed servers, and demand from buyers.
Term
Meaning
Example
Object type
A kind of business entity.
Data Center
Object
One record of that type.
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Property
A field on an object.
Name or power capacity
Relationship
A connection between objects.
A server is installed at a data center.
Each object type has an identifier to match records across updates and a title property for the name you see when browsing.
A pipeline artifact is a saved version of your prepared data. An ontology writer maps its columns to object properties and uses the identifier to create or update matching records.Pipeline output → saved artifact → writer mapping → review changes → apply to ontologyA dry run previews the changes before you apply them. Creating an artifact leaves the ontology unchanged until a writer applies it. Functions and apps can then work with the populated records and their relationships.
