This glossary defines key terms used across the eTag Fuse interoperability platform — including concepts like integration, automation, orchestration, and interoperability. It serves as a quick reference for users, architects, and developers exploring how Fuse enables domain-centric, multi-system collaboration.
AI Interoperability
The ability of AI models, agents, and tools to participate in workflows — including prompt routing, tool invocation, explainability, and autonomous decisioning.
Automation
The execution of tasks, rules, or logic without human input — triggered by events, schedules, or conditions across domains.
Composable Integration
A modular, reusable way of connecting systems that allows for versioning, mapping, and embedding logic across workflows.
Cross-Domain Workflow
A coordinated process that spans multiple domains (e.g., identity, AI, data), allowing shared logic, state, and governance.
Domain
A functional area in Fuse (e.g., Integration, Security, UI) with isolated, reusable, interoperable logic and policies.
Domain Model
A representation of how domains interact — each being pluggable, governed, and context-aware.
Federated Identity
A method of authenticating users across systems or organizations using shared identity providers and policies.
Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)
A workflow pattern where a person is required to review, approve, or contribute data during a process.
Identity Interoperability
The ability to carry identity, role, and authentication context across systems — including SCIM, SSO, OAuth2, and SAML.
Integration
The technical process of connecting systems, applications, or services to exchange data — typically through APIs, connectors, and message brokers.
Intermodal Tracking
A logistics use case involving live visibility of containers or assets across transportation modes using RFID, GPS, and events.
Interoperability
The capability for systems and domains to work together with shared meaning, tokens, policies, and state — not just data movement.
Orchestration
The coordination of multiple steps, domains, and participants (including humans) into a logical, stateful, and observable process.
Prompt Routing
The ability to dynamically route AI prompts or requests to the correct tool or model based on intent, policy, or confidence.
Resources
Abstract content items in Fuse such as files, URLs, text, pipeline outputs, or knowledge base responses. Resources may be attached to entities or injected at runtime with scoping, caching, and tagging support.
Security, Governance & Trust Domain
A consolidated domain in Fuse that governs identity, token orchestration, risk-based access, policy enforcement, delegated approvals, audit trails, and runtime governance across flows.
Semantic Interoperability
The ability to align meaning between systems — ensuring shared understanding of data, structure, and policies across workflows.
Service Interoperability
The ability of services with different protocols (e.g., REST, SOAP, EDI) to interact using transformation, routing, and policy adapters.
Token Orchestration
The management of scoped identity and access tokens across services, domains, and workflows — enabling context propagation.
Tool Discovery
A capability in AI workflows where agents dynamically select and invoke tools based on prompt type, permissions, or workflow context.
UI Interoperability
The embedding of user interface elements (e.g., forms, approvals) directly into workflows — supporting human-in-loop, adaptive UX patterns.
Workflow Engine
The orchestration runtime in Fuse that manages steps, state, retries, branching, and coordination between domains.