Infrastructure Model

This model describes how S-CORE infrastructure documentation is structured while the infrastructure is still evolving.

It keeps one primary organizing logic: Infrastructure Areas.

Why This Model Is Used

  • It gives contributors and stakeholders one stable way to navigate the infrastructure landscape.
  • It separates landscape description from work execution details.
  • It supports honest status reporting without pretending all areas are mature.

Infrastructure Area Slices

Infrastructure Area Main Question This Area Answers
Source Code Infrastructure How are repositories organized, governed, and maintained?
Build Infrastructure How are builds and dependencies managed reproducibly?
Integration Infrastructure How are pull requests and integration workflows validated automatically?
Artifact Infrastructure How are reusable outputs versioned, stored, and distributed?
Testing Infrastructure How are tests executed and reported across local and CI contexts?
Security & Compliance Infrastructure How are license, SBOM, and vulnerability concerns integrated into workflows?
Documentation Infrastructure How is infrastructure documentation maintained, validated, and published?
Infrastructure Operations How are monitoring, maintenance, and incident handling managed?

Model Layers

  • Area layer: the infrastructure landscape, boundaries, and purpose
  • Work package layer: current state, active work, and planned work
  • Guide layer: practical how-to instructions linked to one or more areas
  • Architecture layer: concepts that apply across multiple areas

Relationship To Work Packages

Work packages are not a separate navigation backbone. They are execution units connected to infrastructure areas.

Capability View As Supporting Context

Earlier documentation used a capability-map-heavy entry model. That idea remains useful as architecture context, but area-based navigation is now primary for day-to-day usage.