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Satellite/Geospatial Data Lake glossary
Terms used in Satellite/Geospatial Data Lake and its documentation.
Applies to Satellite/Geospatial Data Lake as it works today. Moraph updates the platform continuously, and this page is reviewed when it changes.
Terms used in Satellite/Geospatial Data Lake and its documentation.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Holdings | The imagery and derived products stored in the lake. |
| Tier | One of the hot, warm or archive storage levels, chosen by how often data is used. |
| Footprint | The ground area an image covers, used to search the catalog. |
| Ingest pipeline | The managed process that receives, checks and catalogs deliveries from one approved source. |
| Candidate detection | A possible change or object found by a model, waiting for an analyst to confirm or reject it. |
| Lineage | The record of which model version and input data produced an output. |
| Quota | A program's agreed share of the shared compute pool. |
| Configuration baseline | The approved configuration Moraph maintains, checks for drift and changes only with ISSM approval. |
| ISSM | Information System Security Manager, who approves configuration changes, patches and access rules. |
| Mission data owner | The person who decides what is collected into the lake, who may access it and how long it is kept. |
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