vocabulary:
  domain: AWS Backup
  description: >-
    Taxonomy and vocabulary for AWS Backup covering backup plans, vaults,
    recovery points, jobs, compliance, and data protection concepts.

  concepts:
    - term: Backup Plan
      definition: >-
        A policy document that defines when and how AWS resources are backed
        up. Contains one or more backup rules specifying the schedule,
        vault, lifecycle, and copy actions.

    - term: Backup Rule
      definition: >-
        A component of a backup plan that specifies the backup schedule
        (cron expression), target vault, start and completion windows,
        lifecycle policy, and optional cross-region copy actions.

    - term: Backup Vault
      definition: >-
        A logical container used to store and organize backup recovery points.
        Can be encrypted with AWS KMS and optionally locked with Vault Lock
        for WORM compliance.

    - term: Recovery Point
      definition: >-
        A snapshot or point-in-time backup of an AWS resource created by a
        backup job. Can be restored to recover the original resource.

    - term: Backup Job
      definition: >-
        An asynchronous operation that creates a recovery point from an AWS
        resource. Can be started manually or automatically by a backup plan.

    - term: Restore Job
      definition: >-
        An asynchronous operation that creates a new AWS resource from an
        existing recovery point.

    - term: Copy Job
      definition: >-
        An asynchronous operation that copies a recovery point from one
        backup vault to another, enabling cross-region or cross-account
        disaster recovery.

    - term: Backup Selection
      definition: >-
        Defines the set of AWS resources to include in a backup plan, either
        by specifying resource ARNs or by using tag-based selection rules.

    - term: Vault Lock
      definition: >-
        A feature that enforces a write-once-read-many (WORM) model on a
        backup vault, preventing deletion or modification of recovery points
        and their retention periods.

    - term: Legal Hold
      definition: >-
        A preservation action that prevents specific recovery points from
        being deleted, used during legal discovery or compliance investigations.

    - term: Framework
      definition: >-
        A compliance governance construct that defines controls and evaluates
        backup configurations against organizational policies.

    - term: Report Plan
      definition: >-
        Defines automated backup compliance and operational reports delivered
        to an Amazon S3 bucket on a scheduled basis.

    - term: Restore Testing Plan
      definition: >-
        Defines periodic automated restore tests to validate that backups can
        be successfully recovered, ensuring backup recoverability.

    - term: Lifecycle Policy
      definition: >-
        Defines how long recovery points are retained in warm storage before
        transitioning to cold storage, and when they are deleted.

    - term: Warm Storage
      definition: >-
        Standard backup storage tier that supports all recovery operations
        at normal speeds. Higher cost than cold storage.

    - term: Cold Storage
      definition: >-
        Low-cost archival storage tier for recovery points that are accessed
        infrequently. Minimum 90-day retention required.

    - term: Continuous Backup
      definition: >-
        Point-in-time recovery (PITR) capability supported for services like
        Amazon RDS and DynamoDB, allowing restore to any second within the
        retention period.

  supported-resources:
    - Amazon EBS
    - Amazon EC2
    - Amazon RDS
    - Amazon Aurora
    - Amazon DynamoDB
    - Amazon EFS
    - Amazon FSx
    - Amazon S3
    - AWS Storage Gateway
    - Amazon DocumentDB
    - Amazon Neptune
    - Amazon Timestream
    - AWS CloudFormation
    - VMware Cloud on AWS

  tags:
    - Backup
    - Data Protection
    - Disaster Recovery
    - Compliance
    - Governance
    - AWS
    - Amazon Web Services
    - Storage
    - Recovery
    - Business Continuity