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Architecture-Configuration-Model-and-Tagcodering.md

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+# EVOLV Configuration Model and Tagcodering
+
+The intended long-term configuration authority for EVOLV is the database-backed `tagcodering` model.
+
+## Role Of Tagcodering
+
+`tagcodering` is intended to hold:
+
+- machine information
+- asset metadata
+- runtime configuration
+- the basis for configuration exchange across edge, site, and central layers
+
+## Configuration Direction
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+    CFG["Tagcodering"] --> API["Config / Integration API"]
+    API --> SITE["Site Layer"]
+    SITE --> EDGE["Edge Layer"]
+    EDGE --> NODES["EVOLV Node-RED Nodes"]
+```
+
+## Architectural Principle
+
+Node-RED flows should consume configuration, not silently become the only source of truth for configuration.
+
+That means EVOLV should move toward:
+
+- database-backed machine and asset metadata
+- versioned configuration flows
+- controlled rollout from central to site to edge
+- less duplication between flows and platform data
+
+## Current Status
+
+`tagcodering` already exists partially but still needs more work to behave as the full configuration backbone.
+
+That gap should be treated as platform work, not as a secondary cleanup task.

Architecture-Platform-Overview.md

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+# EVOLV Platform Overview
+
+EVOLV is a layered automation platform:
+
+- edge for plant-side execution
+- site for local aggregation and operational resilience
+- central for APIs, analytics, advisory intelligence, and governance
+
+## Topology
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+    subgraph OT["OT / Field"]
+        PLC["PLC / IO"]
+        DEV["Sensors / Machines"]
+    end
+
+    subgraph EDGE["Edge Layer"]
+        ENR["Edge Node-RED"]
+        EDB["Local InfluxDB"]
+        EUI["Local Monitoring / Local Dashboards"]
+        EBR["Optional Local Broker"]
+    end
+
+    subgraph SITE["Site Layer"]
+        SNR["Site Node-RED / CoreSync"]
+        SDB["Site InfluxDB"]
+        SUI["Site Dashboards / SCADA Support"]
+        SBR["Site Broker"]
+    end
+
+    subgraph CENTRAL["Central Layer"]
+        API["API / Integration Gateway"]
+        INTEL["Overview Intelligence / Advisory Logic"]
+        CDB["Central InfluxDB"]
+        CGR["Central Grafana"]
+        CFG["Tagcodering"]
+        GIT["Gitea + CI/CD"]
+        IAM["IAM"]
+    end
+
+    DEV --> PLC
+    PLC --> ENR
+    ENR --> EDB
+    ENR --> EUI
+    ENR --> EBR
+    ENR <--> SNR
+    EDB <--> SDB
+    SNR --> SDB
+    SNR --> SUI
+    SNR --> SBR
+    SNR <--> API
+    API --> INTEL
+    API <--> CFG
+    SDB <--> CDB
+    CDB --> CGR
+    IAM --> API
+    GIT --> ENR
+    GIT --> SNR
+```
+
+## Key Decisions
+
+- Local InfluxDB is required for operational resilience.
+- Central is the advisory and API-entry layer, not the direct field caller.
+- `tagcodering` is the intended database-backed configuration authority.
+- EVOLV should be designed as a platform, not only as a collection of Node-RED nodes.
+
+## Why This Structure
+
+- Edge remains useful and safe during central outages.
+- Site absorbs plant-specific complexity and protects field systems.
+- Central provides fleet-level visibility, governance, and integration.

Architecture-Security-and-Access-Boundaries.md

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+# EVOLV Security and Access Boundaries
+
+EVOLV should expose central services, not field-edge systems, to external consumers.
+
+## Access Boundary
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+    EXT["External APIs / Enterprise Requests"] --> API["Central API Gateway"]
+    API --> AUTH["AuthN/AuthZ / Policy Checks"]
+    AUTH --> INTEL["Central Advisory / Decision Support"]
+    INTEL --> SITE["Site Integration Layer"]
+    SITE --> EDGE["Edge Runtime"]
+    EDGE --> PLC["PLC / Field Assets"]
+
+    EXT -. no direct access .-> EDGE
+    EXT -. no direct access .-> PLC
+```
+
+## Principles
+
+- External integrations terminate centrally.
+- Central authenticates, authorizes, and mediates requests.
+- Site and edge layers receive bounded requests, advice, or setpoints.
+- Edge remains protected behind intermediate layers.
+
+## Why This Matters
+
+- lower exposure of OT assets
+- better separation between enterprise and plant networks
+- easier enforcement of policy, logging, and audit controls
+- safer long-term path for overview intelligence and API ecosystems
+
+## Operational Constraint
+
+Central guidance should remain advisory-first. Local site and edge layers must still behave safely when central is degraded or unavailable.

Architecture-Telemetry-and-Smart-Storage.md

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+# EVOLV Telemetry and Smart Storage
+
+EVOLV uses InfluxDB on multiple levels:
+
+- local for resilience and digital-twin use
+- site for plant diagnostics and continuity
+- central for fleet analytics and advisory intelligence
+
+## Multi-Level Telemetry Flow
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+    RAW["Raw Signal"] --> EVAL["Edge Signal Evaluation"]
+    EVAL --> KEEP["Keep critical change points"]
+    EVAL --> REDUCE["Reduce reconstructable flat spans"]
+    KEEP --> L0["Local InfluxDB"]
+    REDUCE --> L0
+    L0 --> L1["Site InfluxDB"]
+    L1 --> L2["Central InfluxDB"]
+    L2 --> DASH["Dashboards / Analytics / Intelligence"]
+```
+
+## Design Intent
+
+The target is not only naive event storage with a fixed deadband such as 1%.
+
+The intended model is signal-aware:
+
+- evaluate slope and change behavior
+- keep points that carry meaningful process information
+- avoid storing large runs of low-information points
+- preserve enough context that downstream reconstruction remains auditable
+
+## Benefits
+
+- lower storage volume without throwing away useful process behavior
+- better local resilience because important state transitions are preserved
+- stronger support for digital-twin and analytics use cases
+- more useful site and fleet history
+
+## Risks To Manage
+
+- reconstruction rules must be explicit
+- acceptable reconstruction error must be defined per signal class
+- compliance-critical signals may need stricter raw retention
+- the authoritative layer for each time horizon must be clear
+
+## Direction
+
+Smart storage should be treated as a first-class EVOLV architecture feature, not as an afterthought on top of InfluxDB.

Home.md

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 | **Thermodynamics** | CoolProp |
 | **Target** | Waterschap Brabantse Delta (NL) |
 
-## Architecture
+## Architecture
-
+
-EVOLV provides **12 custom Node-RED nodes** plus a shared utility library (`generalFunctions`). Each node follows a **3-tier architecture**:
+EVOLV provides **12 custom Node-RED nodes** plus a shared utility library (`generalFunctions`). Each node follows a **3-tier architecture**:
 
 1. **Entry file** - Node-RED registration, HTTP endpoints for editor menus
 2. **nodeClass** - Node-RED adapter layer (handles `RED.*` API calls)
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 | Pressure | Pa |
 | Flow | m3/s |
-| Power | W |
+| Power | W |
-| Temperature | K |
+| Temperature | K |
+
+## Platform Architecture
+
+EVOLV is not only a Node-RED package. It is a layered platform with:
+
+- edge execution close to PLCs and field assets
+- site aggregation for resilience and plant-local operations
+- central services for APIs, intelligence, analytics, governance, and lifecycle management
+
+Architecture pages:
+
+- [Platform Overview](Architecture-Platform-Overview)
+- [Telemetry and Smart Storage](Architecture-Telemetry-and-Smart-Storage)
+- [Security and Access Boundaries](Architecture-Security-and-Access-Boundaries)
+- [Configuration Model and Tagcodering](Architecture-Configuration-Model-and-Tagcodering)
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+    subgraph EDGE["Edge"]
+        PLC["PLC / IO"]
+        ENR["Node-RED"]
+        EDB["Local InfluxDB"]
+    end
+
+    subgraph SITE["Site"]
+        SNR["CoreSync / Site Node-RED"]
+        SDB["Site InfluxDB"]
+    end
+
+    subgraph CENTRAL["Central"]
+        API["API Gateway"]
+        CFG["Tagcodering"]
+        CDB["Central InfluxDB"]
+        CGR["Grafana"]
+        INTEL["Overview Intelligence"]
+    end
+
+    PLC --> ENR
+    ENR --> EDB
+    ENR <--> SNR
+    EDB <--> SDB
+    SNR <--> API
+    API <--> CFG
+    API --> INTEL
+    SDB <--> CDB
+    CDB --> CGR
+```
 
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