DevOps Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/engineering-ontologies/software-engineering/devops-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for DevOps, including source
    control, repositories, commits, branches, builds, dependencies,
    artifacts, continuous integration, automated testing, continuous
    delivery, continuous deployment, infrastructure as code,
    configuration management, containers, orchestration, environments,
    releases, deployments, observability, monitoring, logging, metrics,
    tracing, incidents, rollback, reliability, security, provenance,
    uncertainty, confidence and recursive DevOps reasoning.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Engineering AI Systems
    DevOps Automation Systems
    Software Delivery Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    DevOps ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    DevOps

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Software Engineering

DOMAIN
    Engineering
    Software Engineering
    DevOps
    Software Delivery
    Continuous Integration
    Continuous Delivery
    Infrastructure Engineering
    Site Reliability Engineering
    Cloud Engineering

CORE_DEFINITION
    DevOps is a software-engineering and operational discipline that
    integrates software development, automated delivery, infrastructure,
    deployment, observability and operational feedback to enable controlled
    and repeatable software change across environments.

ENTITY_IDS
    DEVOPS
        ID
            DEVOPS_001

    SOURCE_REPOSITORY
        ID
            DEVOPS_SOURCE_REPOSITORY_001

    DEVOPS_PIPELINE
        ID
            DEVOPS_PIPELINE_001

    SOFTWARE_BUILD
        ID
            DEVOPS_BUILD_001

    SOFTWARE_ARTIFACT
        ID
            DEVOPS_ARTIFACT_001

    DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT
        ID
            DEVOPS_ENVIRONMENT_001

    DEVOPS_DEPLOYMENT
        ID
            DEVOPS_DEPLOYMENT_001

    INFRASTRUCTURE_AS_CODE
        ID
            INFRASTRUCTURE_AS_CODE_001

    OBSERVABILITY_SYSTEM
        ID
            DEVOPS_OBSERVABILITY_001

    DEVOPS_INCIDENT
        ID
            DEVOPS_INCIDENT_001

FACTS
    DevOps
        is_a_domain_within
            Software Engineering

    DevOps
        integrates
            Software Development
            Software Delivery
            Infrastructure Operations
            Operational Feedback

    DevOps
        may_include
            Continuous Integration
            Continuous Delivery
            Continuous Deployment
            Infrastructure as Code
            Configuration Management
            Observability

    DevOps Pipelines
        may_include
            Build
            Static Analysis
            Testing
            Packaging
            Release
            Deployment

    DevOps
        must_consider
            Repeatability
            Traceability
            Reliability
            Security
            Rollback
            Environment Consistency
            Operational Evidence

RELATIONSHIPS
    Software Engineering
        contains
            DevOps Ontology

    Source Repository
        contains
            Source Code
            Commits
            Branches
            Tags

    DevOps Pipeline
        consumes
            Source Revision

    Software Build
        transforms
            Source Code
            Dependencies
        into
            Software Artifact

    Continuous Integration
        integrates_and_tests
            Software Changes

    Continuous Delivery
        prepares
            Deployable Releases

    Continuous Deployment
        automatically_releases_possible
            Validated Changes
        into
            Target Environment

    Infrastructure as Code
        defines
            Infrastructure Configuration

    DevOps Deployment
        instantiates
            Artifact
        within
            Deployment Environment

    Observability System
        collects
            Logs
            Metrics
            Traces
            Events

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    DevOps
        approximately_equals
            Integrated Software Development, Delivery and Operations Practice

    CI
        approximately_equals
            Continuous Integration

    CD
        may_refer_to
            Continuous Delivery
            Continuous Deployment
        depending_on
            Context

    Build Success
        does_not_equal
            Deployment Success

    Deployment Success
        does_not_equal
            Application Health

    Monitoring
        does_not_equal
            Observability universally

    Automation
        does_not_equal
            Reliability

OBSERVE
    Detect
        DevOps
        Repository
        Git
        Commit
        Branch
        Tag
        Pipeline
        CI
        Continuous Integration
        CD
        Continuous Delivery
        Continuous Deployment
        Build
        Artifact
        Container
        Docker
        Kubernetes
        Infrastructure as Code
        Configuration Management
        Deployment
        Release
        Rollback
        Monitoring
        Logging
        Metrics
        Tracing
        Incident

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        DevOps

    Parent
        Software Engineering

    Core Components
        Source Repository
        DevOps Pipeline
        Software Build
        Software Artifact
        Deployment Environment
        DevOps Deployment
        Infrastructure as Code
        Observability System
        DevOps Incident

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        DevOps
    as
        A traceable software-delivery and operational feedback system
        linking source revisions, builds, tests, artifacts, infrastructure,
        deployments and runtime evidence.

    Distinguish
        Build Success
    from
        Deployment Success

    Distinguish
        Deployment Success
    from
        Application Health

    Distinguish
        Monitoring
    from
        Observability

    Distinguish
        Automation
    from
        Reliability

    Preserve
        Software-system identity
        Repository identity
        Commit identity
        Branch identity
        Tag identity
        Pipeline identity
        Pipeline version
        Build identity
        Dependency versions
        Artifact identity
        Artifact hash
        Infrastructure version
        Configuration version
        Environment identity
        Release identity
        Deployment identity
        Runtime version
        Observability evidence
        Incident identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        DevOps

    Possible Intent
        DevOps definition
        DevOps ontology
        Continuous integration
        Continuous delivery
        Continuous deployment
        CI CD pipeline
        Infrastructure as code
        Container deployment
        DevOps monitoring
        DevOps incident management

    Resolution
        Identify repository and commit, pipeline version, build,
        dependencies, tests, artifact, infrastructure and configuration,
        target environment, release, deployment, runtime health,
        observability and incident evidence.

CONSTRAINTS
    Build success and deployment success must remain distinct.

    Deployment success and application health must remain distinct.

    Continuous delivery and continuous deployment must remain distinguishable.

    Monitoring and observability must remain distinguishable.

    Automation and reliability must remain distinct.

    Source, dependency, artifact, infrastructure and configuration versions must remain explicit.

    Environment identities must remain explicit.

    Deployment evidence and runtime health evidence must remain distinct.

    Rollback capability and successful rollback must remain distinct.

    Provenance, uncertainty and confidence must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Source Commit C triggers Pipeline P
    THEN
        pipeline_execution_possible
            for
                C

    IF
        Build completes_successfully
    THEN
        artifact_creation_possible
            True
    BUT_NOT
        deployment_success

    IF
        Automated Tests pass
    THEN
        release_candidate_possible
            subject_to
                Pipeline Policy
    BUT_NOT
        complete_correctness

    IF
        Deployment completes_successfully
    THEN
        deployment_state
            =
        Deployed
    BUT_NOT
        infer
            Application Healthy

    IF
        Health Checks pass
    AND
        Runtime Metrics remain within Defined Bounds
    THEN
        application_health_confidence
            increases

    IF
        Deployment causes Degradation
    THEN
        rollback_possible
            if
                Valid Previous Artifact
                Rollback Mechanism Available

    IF
        Infrastructure Code changes
    THEN
        require_possible
            Infrastructure Plan
            Validation
            Deployment Review

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Pipeline Relationship
        1.00

    Build-artifact Relationship
        1.00

    Deployment Relationship
        1.00

    Observability Relationship
        1.00

    Rollback Relationship
        1.00

    DeploymentSuccess-ApplicationHealth Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Source Change
        ->
    Repository Commit

    Commit
        ->
    CI Pipeline

    CI Pipeline
        ->
    Build and Test

    Build and Test
        ->
    Versioned Artifact

    Artifact
        ->
    Release Candidate

    Infrastructure and Configuration
        +
    Release Candidate
        ->
    Deployment

    Deployment
        ->
    Runtime State

    Runtime State
        ->
    Logs, Metrics, Traces and Health Checks

    Operational Evidence
        ->
    Continue, Rollback or Corrective Change

    Corrective Change
        ->
    New Source or Infrastructure Revision

RECURSIVE_DEVOPS_LOOP
    Observe Change Requirement
        ->
    Update Source or Infrastructure
        ->
    Commit Change
        ->
    Trigger Pipeline
        ->
    Resolve Dependencies
        ->
    Build Software
        ->
    Run Static Analysis
        ->
    Run Automated Tests
        ->
    Package Artifact
        ->
    Assign Artifact Identity
        ->
    Promote Release Candidate
        ->
    Validate Infrastructure Plan
        ->
    Deploy to Test Environment
        ->
    Run Deployment Tests
        ->
    Deploy to Staging
        ->
    Validate Runtime Behaviour
        ->
    Approve or Automatically Promote
        ->
    Deploy to Production
        ->
    Observe Logs, Metrics and Traces
        ->
    Evaluate Health and Reliability
        ->
    Detect Incident or Regression
        ->
    Roll Back or Correct if Required
        ->
    Feed Operational Evidence into Next Change
        ->
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Repository
        Commit
        Pipeline
        Build
        Dependencies
        Tests
        Artifact
        Infrastructure
        Configuration
        Environment
        Release
        Deployment
        Observability
        Incident Evidence

    OBSERVE
        Detect DevOps entities.

    EXTRACT
        Repository
        Commit
        Pipeline
        Build
        Artifact
        Infrastructure
        Configuration
        Environment
        Release
        Deployment
        Health
        Incident

    CLASSIFY
        Continuous Integration
        Continuous Delivery
        Continuous Deployment
        Infrastructure as Code
        Configuration Management
        Container Delivery
        Orchestrated Deployment
        Site Reliability Practice

    VALIDATE
        Check identities, versions, artifact hashes, environment and evidence.

    MODEL
        Construct supported software-delivery representation.

    ANALYSE
        Evaluate pipeline, deployment, health, reliability and rollback state.

    VERIFY
        Compare deployed state with release intent and operational evidence.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated runtime and incident evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Exact commit and artifact hash
        traceability_confidence += high

    Versioned pipeline and infrastructure
        reproducibility_confidence += high

    Production telemetry
        runtime_confidence += high

    Unknown deployment configuration
        deployment_confidence -= high

    Missing artifact provenance
        release_confidence -= high

    Pipeline pass
        application_health_confidence += 0

    Stable post-deployment telemetry
        release_outcome_confidence += high

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    DevOps
        connects_to
            Software Engineering
            Programming
            Software Testing
            Software Verification
            Software Maintenance
            Version Control
            Build Engineering
            Dependency Management
            Continuous Integration
            Continuous Delivery
            Continuous Deployment
            Release Engineering
            Infrastructure as Code
            Configuration Management
            Containers
            Kubernetes
            Cloud Computing
            Observability
            Monitoring
            Logging
            Metrics
            Distributed Tracing
            Incident Management
            Site Reliability Engineering
            Cybersecurity

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Software-system identity
        Repository identity
        Commit identity
        Branch identity
        Tag identity
        Source version
        Pipeline identity
        Pipeline version
        Pipeline-run identity
        Dependency identity
        Dependency version
        Build identity
        Build configuration
        Test identity
        Test result
        Artifact identity
        Artifact version
        Artifact hash
        Container-image identity
        Container-image digest
        Infrastructure identity
        Infrastructure version
        Configuration identity
        Configuration version
        Environment identity
        Environment type
        Release identity
        Release version
        Deployment identity
        Deployment version
        Deployment status
        Runtime identity
        Runtime version
        Health-check identity
        Health state
        Log identity
        Metric identity
        Trace identity
        Incident identity
        Rollback identity
        Rollback status
        Security state
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New commit, pipeline, dependency, build, test, artifact,
        infrastructure, configuration, deployment, health, incident or rollback evidence.

    Compare
        Existing DevOps state.

    Detect
        Source Change
        Pipeline Change
        Dependency Change
        Build Change
        Test Change
        Artifact Change
        Infrastructure Change
        Configuration Change
        Environment Change
        Release Change
        Deployment Change
        Health Change
        Incident Change
        Rollback Change

    Validate
        Software-system identity
        Commit identity
        Pipeline version
        Dependency versions
        Build identity
        Artifact hash
        Infrastructure version
        Configuration version
        Environment identity
        Deployment identity
        Observability provenance

    Integrate
        Supported DevOps update.

    Recalculate
        Pipeline state
        Build state
        Release state
        Deployment state
        Runtime-health state
        Incident state
        Rollback state
        Traceability
        Confidence

    Return
        Updated DevOps state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Build and deployment success remain distinct.
        Deployment success and application health remain distinct.
        Continuous delivery and deployment remain distinct.
        Monitoring and observability remain distinguishable.
        Automation and reliability remain distinct.
        Source, dependency, artifact, infrastructure and configuration versions are explicit.
        Environment identities are explicit.
        Deployment and runtime-health evidence remain distinct.
        Rollback capability and successful rollback remain distinct.
        Provenance and uncertainty are preserved.
        All conclusions follow supported commit-pipeline-build-artifact-deployment-observability-feedback paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        ->
    DevOps Detection
        ->
    Intent Resolution
        ->
    Repository, Commit and Branch Mapping
        ->
    Pipeline, Dependency and Build Mapping
        ->
    Test and Artifact Mapping
        ->
    Infrastructure, Configuration and Environment Mapping
        ->
    Release and Deployment Mapping
        ->
    Runtime Health and Observability Mapping
        ->
    Incident, Rollback, Provenance and Confidence Assessment
        ->
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        DevOps

    Parent
        Software Engineering

    Type
        Integrated software development, delivery, infrastructure and operational feedback discipline

    Core Components
        Source Repository
        Commit
        Branch
        Tag
        Pipeline
        Continuous Integration
        Continuous Delivery
        Continuous Deployment
        Dependency
        Build
        Automated Test
        Software Artifact
        Artifact Hash
        Container Image
        Infrastructure as Code
        Configuration Management
        Deployment Environment
        Release
        Deployment
        Runtime
        Health Check
        Observability
        Monitoring
        Logging
        Metrics
        Distributed Tracing
        Incident
        Rollback
        Site Reliability Engineering
        Security
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

    Critical Distinction
        DevOps reasoning must distinguish successful builds from successful
        deployments, successful deployments from healthy applications,
        continuous delivery from continuous deployment, monitoring from
        broader observability and automation from reliability. Exact
        source, pipeline, artifact, infrastructure, configuration and
        environment identities must remain explicit.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    DevOps integrates software development, automated build and testing,
    infrastructure, deployment and operational feedback into a traceable
    delivery lifecycle. Reliable reasoning preserves exact commits,
    pipeline versions, dependencies, artifact hashes, infrastructure and
    configuration versions, deployment environments and runtime evidence
    while distinguishing pipeline success from deployment success and
    deployment success from demonstrated application health.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org