Direction
Purpose · Strategy · Decision
The semantic model
Five distinct truths.
One connected business.
The model classifies objects by what they mean—not by application, file type, department, or familiar product object.
Governance
Directive · Method · Authority · Control
Work
Outcome · Work Item · Commitment · Work Event
Knowledge
Artifact · Assertion · Observation
Communication
Communication Act · Interaction · Event
Shared substrateBusiness ContextPeople · Organizations · Products · Systems · Assets · Places
17 stable families
Small enough to implement. Broad enough for real operations.
One source can create several independently supported truths, each linked to the same evidence.
Direction
Keeps purpose, strategic approach, and historical choices separate from tasks and persistent rules.
PurposeStrategyDecision
Governance
Makes rules and authority explicit enough for human review and agent enforcement.
DirectiveMethodAuthorityControl
Work
Unifies outcomes, tasks, obligations, execution, and history without flattening them.
OutcomeWork ItemCommitmentWork Event
Knowledge
Separates the representation from what it claims and what was actually observed.
ArtifactAssertionObservation
Communication
Preserves participant, channel, delivery, threading, and interaction semantics beyond message text.
Communication ActInteractionCommunication Event
Relationships are first-class
The value lives between the planes.
A decision guides work. A directive constrains it. Knowledge informs direction. Communication carries every truth.
Direction guides WorkGovernance constrains WorkKnowledge informs DirectionCommunication carries any truthWork Event produces ObservationDecision establishes Directive
Start with Thalux
Give every source the same business language.
Map meaning once, transform it reliably, and let every human and agent work from the same governed context.