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NoSQL Ontology

Databases
Authors: MArk Anthony Higgins - Sky Recursive Ai
© Mark Anthony Higgins 11 October 2025
Revised Date: 01 October 2026
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FLOW ALGEBRA — NOSQL ONTOLOGY
Semantic Library
Version: 4.0
Canonical Page:
https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/computing-ontologies/databases/nosql-ontology.html

FLOW NOSQL_ONTOLOGY {

  META {
    DOMAIN = "Computing Ontologies"
    SUBDOMAIN = "Databases"
    ONTOLOGY = "NoSQL Ontology"
    PURPOSE = "Formalise NoSQL databases, non-relational data models, records, partitioning, replication, consistency, queries, storage and distributed state."
    LOCALE = "en-GB"
  }

  ENTITY_TYPES {
    NOSQL_DATABASE
    DOCUMENT_DATABASE
    KEY_VALUE_DATABASE
    WIDE_COLUMN_DATABASE
    GRAPH_DATABASE
    MULTIMODEL_DATABASE
    DOCUMENT
    COLLECTION
    FIELD
    KEY
    VALUE
    COLUMN_FAMILY
    ROW_KEY
    PARTITION_KEY
    NODE
    EDGE
    SCHEMA
    FLEXIBLE_SCHEMA
    QUERY
    INDEX
    TRANSACTION
    CONSISTENCY_MODEL
    STRONG_CONSISTENCY
    EVENTUAL_CONSISTENCY
    CAUSAL_CONSISTENCY
    TUNABLE_CONSISTENCY
    QUORUM
    REPLICATION
    REPLICA
    REPLICATION_FACTOR
    LEADER
    FOLLOWER
    PARTITION
    SHARD
    SHARD_KEY
    HASH_PARTITIONING
    RANGE_PARTITIONING
    CONSISTENT_HASHING
    REBALANCING
    CLUSTER
    CONFLICT
    CONFLICT_RESOLUTION
    VERSION_VECTOR
    TIMESTAMP
    TOMBSTONE
    COMPACTION
    WRITE_AHEAD_LOG
    MEMTABLE
    SSTABLE
    LSM_TREE
    STORAGE_ENGINE
    BACKUP
    RESTORE
    RECOVERY
    CONFIGURATION
    DATABASE_STATE
    LATENCY
    THROUGHPUT
    EVIDENCE
    CONFIDENCE_SCORE
    PROVENANCE_RECORD
  }

  RELATIONSHIPS {
    IS_A
    INSTANCE_OF
    CONTAINS
    HAS_DATA_MODEL
    HAS_COLLECTION
    HAS_DOCUMENT
    HAS_FIELD
    HAS_KEY
    HAS_VALUE
    HAS_COLUMN_FAMILY
    HAS_ROW_KEY
    HAS_PARTITION_KEY
    HAS_NODE
    HAS_EDGE
    REFERENCES
    QUERIED_BY
    INDEXED_BY
    READS
    WRITES
    HAS_TRANSACTION
    HAS_CONSISTENCY_MODEL
    USES_QUORUM
    REPLICATES_TO
    HAS_REPLICATION_FACTOR
    HAS_LEADER
    HAS_FOLLOWER
    PARTITIONED_INTO
    SHARDED_ACROSS
    HAS_SHARD_KEY
    REBALANCES
    MEMBER_OF
    HAS_CONFLICT
    RESOLVES_CONFLICT
    HAS_VERSION
    HAS_TIMESTAMP
    MARKED_BY
    COMPACTS
    LOGGED_IN
    STORED_IN
    BACKED_UP_BY
    RESTORED_FROM
    RECOVERED_BY
    HAS_CONFIGURATION
    HAS_STATE
    TRANSITIONS_TO
    HAS_LATENCY
    HAS_THROUGHPUT
    DERIVED_FROM
    INFERRED_FROM
    HAS_EVIDENCE
    HAS_CONFIDENCE
    HAS_PROVENANCE
    SEMANTICALLY_EQUIVALENT_TO
  }

  INPUTS {
    NOSQL_DATABASE_METADATA
    DATA_MODEL_DEFINITIONS
    COLLECTION_AND_DOCUMENT_METADATA
    KEY_VALUE_METADATA
    WIDE_COLUMN_METADATA
    GRAPH_DATA
    SCHEMA_AND_VALIDATION_RULES
    QUERY_DATA
    INDEX_METADATA
    TRANSACTION_DATA
    CONSISTENCY_CONFIGURATION
    REPLICATION_DATA
    PARTITION_AND_SHARD_DATA
    CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY
    CONFLICT_DATA
    STORAGE_ENGINE_DATA
    LOG_AND_COMPACTION_DATA
    BACKUP_AND_RECOVERY_DATA
    PERFORMANCE_METRICS
    CONFIGURATION_DATA
    ONTOLOGY_TERMS
  }

  NORMALISE {
    STANDARDISE_NOSQL_DATABASE_IDENTIFIERS
    NORMALISE_DATABASE_MODEL_NAMES
    NORMALISE_RECORD_IDENTIFIERS
    NORMALISE_PARTITION_AND_SHARD_KEYS
    NORMALISE_INDEX_TYPES
    NORMALISE_CONSISTENCY_MODELS
    NORMALISE_REPLICATION_ROLES
    NORMALISE_QUORUM_TERMS
    NORMALISE_PARTITIONING_STRATEGIES
    NORMALISE_CLUSTER_NODE_IDENTIFIERS
    NORMALISE_CONFLICT_RESOLUTION_TERMS
    NORMALISE_STORAGE_ENGINE_TERMS
    RESOLVE_DATABASE_RECORD_REPLICA_AND_PARTITION_IDENTITIES
    ALIGN_ONTOLOGY_TERMS
    REMOVE_DUPLICATES
    VALIDATE_METADATA
    PRESERVE_PROVENANCE
  }

  PROCESS NOSQL_REASONING_PIPELINE {
    NOSQL_DATABASE_REFERENCE
      -> DATABASE_IDENTIFICATION
      -> DATA_MODEL_RESOLUTION
      -> RECORD_AND_STRUCTURE_MAPPING
      -> QUERY_AND_INDEX_MAPPING
      -> CONSISTENCY_AND_TRANSACTION_MAPPING
      -> REPLICATION_AND_PARTITION_MAPPING
      -> STORAGE_AND_RECOVERY_MAPPING
      -> DISTRIBUTED_STATE_ANALYSIS
      -> VALIDATION
      -> OUTPUT
  }

  PROCESS DOCUMENT_REASONING {
    DOCUMENT_DATABASE -> COLLECTIONS -> DOCUMENTS -> FIELDS_AND_VALUES
    EMBEDDED_OR_REFERENCED_DATA -> RELATIONSHIP_CONTEXT
    VALIDATION_RULES -> DOCUMENT_SCHEMA_CONSTRAINTS
  }

  PROCESS KEY_VALUE_REASONING {
    KEY_VALUE_DATABASE -> KEY_SPACE
    KEY -> VALUE
    KEY_LOOKUP -> PARTITION_ROUTING -> VALUE_RETRIEVAL
    WRITE -> KEY_VALUE_STATE_UPDATE
  }

  PROCESS WIDE_COLUMN_REASONING {
    WIDE_COLUMN_DATABASE -> COLUMN_FAMILIES
    ROW_KEY -> ROW_OR_PARTITION_IDENTITY
    PARTITION_KEY -> STORAGE_AND_QUERY_LOCALITY
  }

  PROCESS GRAPH_STORE_REASONING {
    GRAPH_DATABASE -> NODES + EDGES
    NODE -> LABELS + PROPERTIES
    EDGE -> SOURCE + TARGET + PROPERTIES
    GRAPH_QUERY -> PATTERN_OR_TRAVERSAL -> RESULT
  }

  PROCESS CONSISTENCY_REASONING {
    OPERATION -> REQUESTED_CONSISTENCY_LEVEL
    CONSISTENCY_LEVEL -> REQUIRED_REPLICA_ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    READ -> VERSION_SELECTION_OR_RECONCILIATION
    WRITE -> REPLICA_PROPAGATION
    RESULT -> VISIBILITY_AND_CONVERGENCE_SEMANTICS
  }

  PROCESS QUORUM_REASONING {
    REPLICATION_FACTOR_N -> READ_QUORUM_R + WRITE_QUORUM_W
    R + W > N -> OVERLAP_PROPERTY_CANDIDATE
    QUORUM_CONFIGURATION -> CONSISTENCY_AVAILABILITY_AND_LATENCY_CONTEXT
  }

  PROCESS PARTITION_REASONING {
    DATA_RECORD -> PARTITION_OR_SHARD_KEY
    KEY -> HASH_RANGE_OR_OTHER_ROUTING_FUNCTION
    ROUTING_FUNCTION -> TARGET_PARTITION
    CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY_CHANGE -> REBALANCING -> DATA_MOVEMENT_OR_OWNERSHIP_CHANGE
  }

  PROCESS REPLICATION_REASONING {
    LOGICAL_RECORD -> REPLICA_SET
    WRITE -> REPLICATION_PROTOCOL
    LEADER_BASED -> LEADER_WRITE -> FOLLOWER_PROPAGATION
    LEADERLESS -> MULTIPLE_REPLICA_WRITES -> VERSION_RECONCILIATION
  }

  PROCESS CONFLICT_REASONING {
    DIVERGENT_VERSIONS -> CONFLICT
    CONFLICT -> TIMESTAMP_VERSION_VECTOR_APPLICATION_RULE_OR_MERGE
    RESOLUTION -> WINNING_OR_MERGED_VALUE -> REPLICA_CONVERGENCE
  }

  PROCESS STORAGE_REASONING {
    WRITE -> WRITE_AHEAD_LOG_OR_DURABLE_LOG
    LSM_BASED_ENGINE -> MEMTABLE -> SSTABLE
    SSTABLE_SET -> COMPACTION -> MERGED_STORAGE_STATE
    TOMBSTONE -> DELETION_PROPAGATION_AND_LATER_RECLAMATION
  }

  PROCESS STATE_REASONING {
    DATABASE_STATE(T1) + EVENT -> DATABASE_STATE(T2)
    STATE_TRANSITION -> CONSISTENCY_REPLICATION_AND_PARTITION_CONTEXT
    EVENTUAL_CONSISTENCY -> CONVERGENCE_ANALYSIS_OVER_TIME
  }

  RULES {
    IF NOSQL_DATABASE_IS_IDENTIFIED THEN PRESERVE DATA_MODEL_CLUSTER_CONFIGURATION_AND_PARTITION_CONTEXT
    IF SCHEMALESS_IS_ASSERTED THEN DO_NOT_INFER_ABSENCE_OF_STRUCTURE_VALIDATION_OR_APPLICATION_SCHEMA
    IF EVENTUAL_CONSISTENCY_IS_ASSERTED THEN PRESERVE CONVERGENCE_REPLICATION_AND_CONFLICT_RESOLUTION_CONTEXT
    IF QUORUM_IS_ASSERTED THEN PRESERVE REPLICATION_FACTOR_READ_QUORUM_AND_WRITE_QUORUM
    IF SHARD_KEY_CHANGES THEN REASSESS_DATA_PLACEMENT_AND_QUERY_ROUTING
    IF REPLICA_STATE_IS_OBSERVED THEN DO_NOT_AUTOMATICALLY_ASSERT_GLOBAL_LOGICAL_STATE_WITHOUT_CONSISTENCY_CONTEXT
    IF SEMANTIC_IDENTIFIERS_DIFFER AND NOSQL_DATABASE_REFERENT_IS_SAME THEN APPLY SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
  }

  CONFIDENCE {
    CONFIDENCE_SCORE = WEIGHT(DATABASE_IDENTITY_CERTAINTY, DATA_MODEL_CERTAINTY, RECORD_STRUCTURE_COMPLETENESS, PARTITION_AND_SHARD_CERTAINTY, REPLICATION_TOPOLOGY_CERTAINTY, CONSISTENCY_CONFIGURATION_CERTAINTY, STORAGE_AND_OPERATIONAL_EVIDENCE, PROVENANCE_COMPLETENESS)
    LEVELS { HIGH MODERATE LOW INSUFFICIENT }
    IF CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY_OR_CONSISTENCY_LEVEL_IS_UNKNOWN THEN REDUCE_DISTRIBUTED_STATE_CONFIDENCE
    IF REPLICA_OBSERVATIONS_ARE_PARTIAL THEN REDUCE_GLOBAL_STATE_CONFIDENCE
  }

  SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
    EQUIVALENCE_KEY = NORMALISE(ENTITY_TYPE, DATABASE_IDENTIFIER, DATA_MODEL, LOGICAL_RECORD_IDENTIFIER, PARTITION_KEY, REPLICATION_CONFIGURATION, CONSISTENCY_MODEL)
    IF EQUIVALENCE_KEY(A) == EQUIVALENCE_KEY(B) THEN A SEMANTICALLY_EQUIVALENT_TO B
    ELSE PRESERVE_DISTINCT_ENTITIES
  }

  REASONING_CONSTRAINTS {
    NOSQL_DATABASE != SCHEMALESS_DATABASE_AS_IDENTICAL_CONCEPT
    NOSQL != NONTRANSACTIONAL
    DOCUMENT_DATABASE != KEY_VALUE_DATABASE
    PARTITION != REPLICA
    SHARDING != REPLICATION
    CONSISTENCY_MODEL != TRANSACTION_ISOLATION_LEVEL
    EVENTUAL_CONSISTENCY != NO_CONSISTENCY
    QUORUM != CONSENSUS_AS_IDENTICAL_CONCEPT
    TOMBSTONE != IMMEDIATE_PHYSICAL_DELETION
    LSM_TREE != B_TREE
    REPLICA_STATE != GLOBAL_DATABASE_STATE_WITHOUT_CONTEXT
    PROVENANCE_MUST_BE_PRESERVED
    UNCERTAINTY_MUST_NOT_BE_DISCARDED
  }

  VALIDATION {
    CHECK_ENTITY_TYPES
    CHECK_RELATION_DOMAINS_AND_RANGES
    CHECK_NOSQL_DATABASE_IDENTIFIER
    CHECK_DATA_MODEL
    CHECK_RECORD_STRUCTURE
    CHECK_SCHEMA_OR_VALIDATION_RULES
    CHECK_KEYS
    CHECK_INDEXES
    CHECK_QUERIES
    CHECK_TRANSACTION_SEMANTICS
    CHECK_CONSISTENCY_MODEL
    CHECK_REPLICATION_FACTOR
    CHECK_REPLICA_TOPOLOGY
    CHECK_PARTITIONING_AND_SHARDING
    CHECK_QUORUM_CONFIGURATION_IF_APPLICABLE
    CHECK_CONFLICT_RESOLUTION
    CHECK_STORAGE_ENGINE
    CHECK_LOGS_TOMBSTONES_AND_COMPACTION
    CHECK_BACKUP_AND_RECOVERY
    CHECK_DATABASE_STATE
    CHECK_CONFIGURATION
    CHECK_PROVENANCE
    CHECK_CONFIDENCE
    CHECK_SEMANTIC_CONSISTENCY
  }

  OUTPUTS {
    NORMALISED_NOSQL_DATABASE_ENTITIES
    DATA_MODEL_RELATIONS
    DOCUMENT_RELATIONS
    KEY_VALUE_RELATIONS
    WIDE_COLUMN_RELATIONS
    GRAPH_STORE_RELATIONS
    QUERY_AND_INDEX_RELATIONS
    CONSISTENCY_RELATIONS
    QUORUM_RELATIONS
    REPLICATION_RELATIONS
    PARTITION_AND_SHARD_RELATIONS
    CONFLICT_RESOLUTION_RELATIONS
    STORAGE_ENGINE_RELATIONS
    LSM_AND_COMPACTION_RELATIONS
    DATABASE_STATE_TRANSITIONS
    PERFORMANCE_RELATIONS
    CONFIDENCE_SCORES
    EVIDENCE_LINKS
    PROVENANCE_RECORDS
    EXPLANATION_PATHS
  }

  UPDATE_MODEL {
    ON DATA_MODEL_CONFIGURATION_OR_CLUSTER_CHANGE {
      NORMALISE
      RESOLVE_DATABASE_RECORD_REPLICA_AND_PARTITION_IDENTITIES
      UPDATE_RECORD_STRUCTURE
      UPDATE_PARTITION_AND_SHARD_MAPPING
      UPDATE_REPLICATION_TOPOLOGY
      UPDATE_CONSISTENCY_CONFIGURATION
      RECOMPUTE_AFFECTED_RELATIONS
      UPDATE_CONFIDENCE
      PRESERVE_VERSION_HISTORY
    }
    ON NEW_OPERATIONAL_EVIDENCE {
      LINK_EVIDENCE
      UPDATE_REPLICA_STATES
      UPDATE_CONFLICT_AND_CONVERGENCE_RELATIONS
      UPDATE_STORAGE_AND_RECOVERY_STATE
      UPDATE_DATABASE_STATE
      UPDATE_CONFIDENCE
      RECORD_PROVENANCE
    }
  }

  FLOW_HASH {
    HASH_INPUT = CANONICALISE(ENTITY_TYPES, RELATIONSHIPS, RULES, CONFIDENCE, SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE, REASONING_CONSTRAINTS, UPDATE_MODEL)
    FLOW_HASH = SHA256(HASH_INPUT)
  }

  AI_CONSUMPTION {
    INDEX { ONTOLOGY ENTITY_TYPES RELATIONSHIPS RULES OUTPUTS }
    RETRIEVE { BY_NOSQL_DATABASE BY_DATA_MODEL BY_DOCUMENT BY_KEY BY_PARTITION BY_SHARD BY_REPLICA BY_CONSISTENCY_MODEL BY_STORAGE_ENGINE BY_DATABASE_STATE BY_CONFIDENCE }
    REASON { APPLY_RELATIONSHIPS APPLY_RULES ANALYSE_DOCUMENT_STORES ANALYSE_KEY_VALUE_STORES ANALYSE_WIDE_COLUMN_STORES ANALYSE_GRAPH_STORES ANALYSE_CONSISTENCY_AND_QUORUMS ANALYSE_PARTITIONING_AND_SHARDING ANALYSE_REPLICATION ANALYSE_CONFLICT_RESOLUTION ANALYSE_STORAGE_AND_COMPACTION TRACE_DATABASE_STATE CHECK_SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE PRESERVE_UNCERTAINTY TRACE_EVIDENCE TRACE_PROVENANCE GENERATE_EXPLANATION_PATH }
    RESPONSE_POLICY { DISTINGUISH_NOSQL_FROM_SCHEMALESS_NONTRANSACTIONAL_AND_NONDURABLE DISTINGUISH_DOCUMENT_KEY_VALUE_WIDE_COLUMN_AND_GRAPH_MODELS PRESERVE_DATA_MODEL_PARTITION_REPLICATION_CONSISTENCY_CLUSTER_AND_CONFIGURATION_CONTEXT DISTINGUISH_PARTITIONING_REPLICATION_AND_QUORUM PRESERVE_CONFLICT_CONVERGENCE_AND_REPLICA_STATE_CONTEXT RETURN_CONFIDENCE_WHEN_AVAILABLE RETURN_PROVENANCE_WHEN_AVAILABLE AVOID_UNSUPPORTED_NOSQL_INFERENCE }
  }

  TERMINAL {
    RESULT = VALIDATED(SEMANTICALLY_NORMALISED(EVIDENCE_LINKED(CONFIDENCE_AWARE(NOSQL_KNOWLEDGE))))
  }
}

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