Glossary

In plain English: This page explains the short labels used on this map and lists the sources those words point at. It is not a second product and not a florist glossary.

This site is a map of the Café Fausse student project. It is not the restaurant. You cannot book a table here.

How to read a status word

flowchart TD
  Claim["Someone writes a status word"]
  Q{"Checked this
session?"}
  Result["Write the
measured result"]
  Unknown["Write Unknown"]
  Claim --> Q
  Q -->|Yes| Result
  Q -->|No| Unknown

Yes means a command, an HTTP GET, a CI log, or a committed file — this session. A previous session is not a check. Closing a pull request is not a check. Publishing a hostname is not a check.

Everyday terms

Term	In plain English
Companion layer	This map: plain English + diagrams that cite official FR-1..FR-18 / NFR-1..NFR-9 IDs. Not a second spec. If this page and the SRS freeze disagree, the official PDF / `docs/srs.md` wins (SoT). Do not invent FR-19 or NFR-10.
This knowledge map	The GitHub Pages site you are on (`knowledge.cafe.artof.link`). Explains the project. Does not take reservations.
The restaurant / App	The Café Fausse website (`cafe.artof.link`). React + JSX, Flask, PostgreSQL. Weekend staging is not forever production.
MVP	The first restaurant cut: only the official assignment list (SRS freeze, FR-1..FR-18, NFR-1..NFR-9). Extra ideas go to Future.
Freeze	Do not invent or rename requirement IDs. The official PDF is the source of truth; `docs/srs.md` is the working copy.
`freeze.json`	Official restaurant copy (menu, hours, awards, reviews, site text) in `shared/freeze.json`. Not the ID freeze. Not a Postgres menu. Why / how / scope below.
FR / NFR	Functional / non-functional requirement IDs from the official SRS. Do not invent FR-19 or NFR-10.
Probe	A check this session: a command, an HTTP GET, a CI log, or a committed file that exists now.
Unknown	Honest status when no probe has been run this session. Prefer this over a guessed yes.
Live	Checked on a public host this session. This map can be live while the restaurant is only weekend staging.
Staging (#57)	Weekend Lightsail share of `cafe.artof.link`. Prefer it for recording. Not a permanent hosting claim.
Permanent hosting (#22)	Always-on restaurant hosting. Still Future. Staging does not close it.
Fail closed	Missing database, a full 30-table slot (FR-9), a timeout, or a missing freeze file → honest no, not a guessed yes.
Quantic hub	Quantic / MSAIE lists course delivery pages. Those pages stay complete. They are not dumped into the top nav.

Project terms

Café Fausse Knowledge — team that owns this map (knowledge.cafe.artof.link, GitHub Pages).
Café Fausse App — team that owns the restaurant (cafe.artof.link; in-repo MVP; weekend Lightsail staging #57; permanent hosting #22).
Implementation site — the restaurant. AWS is not in the restaurant MVP code PR. Weekend staging is not forever production.
/operator — read-only recording helper (customers + reservations). Not FR-19. Not an admin console.
Newsletter — FR-15 / FR-16 store and register an email. There is no outbound mailer in this MVP.
DATE_RE — ^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$. The live handoff file is research/daily-briefs/YYYY-MM-DD.md only.
Shared memory — committed git plus today’s daily brief. Uncommitted files do not count.
Ratchet — a failure adds a tighter guide or sensor. Deleting a guard to go green is a regression. Do not call this system antifragile.
Outer harness — the checks around the freeze: guides, CI sensors, one-issue-one-PR loop, daily briefs, permissions, and honesty. Not a 14-hat library.
MRC COMMENT — the role-approve signal on a pull request until a non-author can APPROVE. The author does not merge their own PR.
Delivery-only page — Brief, Friday plan, video script, must-film shots, talk, slides. Linked from the Quantic hub, not from the global top nav (#79).
SoT — source of truth. For requirements, that is the official PDF (working copy docs/srs.md / SRS freeze). The Companion layer cites those IDs; it is not SoT.
Journal — process index: principles, lessons, meeting MoM overview (#100).

freeze.json

In plain English: Official restaurant copy lives in one file so the frontend and the API do not tell two stories. This is not a database-hosted menu.

Purpose: one official source of truth for restaurant copy the SRS cares about — menu, hours, awards, reviews, site text — so FE and API do not drift into two stories.

How: shared/freeze.json. React pages (Home / Menu / Gallery / About) import that file at build. They do not call GET /api/menu for those surfaces. Flask still serves the same official copy via GET /api/menu and GET /api/site. CI freeze lock (test_freeze.py) fail-closes if the file is missing or drifts from the official SRS.

Scope: display and content only. Not bookings. Not customers. Not gallery binaries — those are GET /images/…, not an API of pictures. The menu is not in Postgres.

Why not DB: graded / official copy stays immutable in the freeze. Mutable data (reservations, newsletter signups) stays in Postgres.

The Freeze row above is the ID freeze (do not invent FR-19). freeze.json is the copy file that holds that official text. Do not “improve” prices, address, hours, owners, awards, or reviews in the MVP.

Sources and links

These are the sources this repo actually uses. Do not invent a second official SRS.

Source	What it is	Open
Official SRS PDF	Assignment source of truth (7 pages). Local copy `docs/official/MSEE_Web_Application_and_Interface_Design_Cafe_Fausse_SRS.pdf`.	Provenance
Working freeze	ID freeze of that PDF. Cite FR-1..FR-18 / NFR-1..NFR-9 from here.	SRS freeze, full copy srs-full
Menu / site freeze data	Prices, hours, owners — do not “improve” in the MVP. Official copy, not a DB menu.	`shared/freeze.json` — why / how / scope in the freeze.json section
Official image pack	Four webps only. Extras are student-recovered, not Quantic-official.	`docs/official/` zip + Stack notes
This GitHub repo	Issues, PRs, Actions. GitHub only.	artofdream/aea-interactive-design
Knowledge host	This map. GitHub Actions → GitHub Pages.	https://knowledge.cafe.artof.link/
Restaurant host	Weekend Lightsail staging (#57), not forever.	https://cafe.artof.link/
Health	App liveness JSON.	https://cafe.artof.link/api/health
Operator	Read-only recording helper. Not FR-19.	https://cafe.artof.link/operator
Coverage	Each freeze ID: where in-repo, evidence class.	Coverage
Honesty	Probe rules; live vs local vs Future.	Honesty
Stack	HLD as-is / to-be; GitHub-only CI.	Stack
Quantic hub	Course delivery index. Sister pages stay complete.	Quantic / MSAIE
Future	Permanent hosting #22; FS extras #34–#38.	Future
Daily brief	Live handoff. Date must match `DATE_RE`. Europe/Berlin.	`research/daily-briefs/YYYY-MM-DD.md`
Session SOP	Teams, ID freeze, fail closed, PR loop.	`AGENTS.md`
Slack	Teammate / owner feedback. Claude opens GitHub issues.	Slack workspace (no public URL claimed here)

This-session GETs (2026-09-06): Knowledge / 200; /glossary.html 200; restaurant / 200; /api/health 200 {"ok":true}; /operator 200. The new freeze.json section is on this branch until Pages deploys.

What this glossary is not

Not Lily’s Florist, Path B, 14 hats, 3DX Lab, or another project’s product dictionary. Keep terms local to Café Fausse and this GitHub harness.

If #89 also ships a thin glossary, this page is the follow-up that adds the sources index (#101). Rebase rather than duplicate after #89 lands.

An older stub still exists at Future / glossary so old links do not vanish. This page is the one in the top nav.