vocabulary:
  name: Filevine Vocabulary
  description: Domain vocabulary mapping for the Filevine legal operating platform.
  provider: Filevine
  providerId: filevine
  version: '2026.05'
  tags:
    - Legal
    - Case Management
    - Intake
    - Documents
    - Time
    - Billing
    - Webhooks
domains:
  - name: Matter
    description: A legal matter, also called a project or case in Filevine. The root organizational unit.
    aliases: [Project, Case, File]
    related: [Phase, Section, ProjectType]
  - name: Project Type
    description: A template that defines the sections, custom fields, and workflow available on a matter.
    aliases: [Practice Area Template]
  - name: Phase
    description: The current lifecycle stage of a project (e.g. Intake, Discovery, Litigation, Settlement, Closed).
  - name: Section
    description: A named region of a project that contains a group of related fields (e.g. Plaintiff, Defendant, Damages).
  - name: Contact
    description: A person or organization referenced on a matter — client, opposing party, witness, expert, adjuster.
    related: [Client, Opposing Party, Witness, Expert]
  - name: Document
    description: A file attached to a project. Supports folders, tags, versions, and client-portal sharing.
    related: [Folder, Vinesign, Outlaw]
  - name: Note
    description: A typed activity item on a project (note, task, portal message, phone call, text).
    aliases: [Activity]
  - name: Deadline
    description: A date-driven legal milestone with reminders (statute of limitations, response deadline, court date).
  - name: Task
    description: An assignable to-do item with status, priority, due date, and an owner.
  - name: Time Entry
    description: A billable or non-billable time record posted to a matter, captured via timer or manual entry.
  - name: Lead
    description: A prospect tracked through Lead Docket / Intake before conversion to a project.
  - name: Webhook Subscription
    description: An organization-scoped registration that delivers events to an external endpoint with a signing key.
  - name: LOIS
    description: Filevine's Legal Operating Intelligence System — an AI assistant layer that includes Ask LOIS, LOIS for Word, AI Drafting, Depo CoPilot, Depo Summaries, MedChron, and Phase Validation.
relationships:
  - subject: Document
    predicate: attachedTo
    object: Matter
  - subject: Note
    predicate: postedTo
    object: Matter
  - subject: Deadline
    predicate: tracksOn
    object: Matter
  - subject: Task
    predicate: assignedOn
    object: Matter
  - subject: Time Entry
    predicate: postedTo
    object: Matter
  - subject: Contact
    predicate: referencedOn
    object: Matter
  - subject: Webhook Subscription
    predicate: delivers
    object: Event