vocabulary:
  name: Torii Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Domain vocabulary and taxonomy for the Torii SaaS Management Platform.
    Covers SaaS governance concepts, application lifecycle, user management,
    contract management, compliance, and platform capabilities.
  provider: Torii
  url: https://www.toriihq.com
  version: "1.0"
  created: "2026-05-03"
  modified: "2026-05-03"

terms:
  - term: SaaS Management Platform (SMP)
    definition: >-
      A centralized platform for discovering, managing, and optimizing an
      organization's SaaS application portfolio. Torii is an SMP that provides
      visibility into app usage, costs, licenses, and user access.
    tags:
      - Core
      - Platform
    relatedTerms:
      - Shadow IT
      - App Discovery
      - License Management

  - term: App Discovery
    definition: >-
      The automated process of identifying all SaaS applications in use
      across an organization, including apps that IT has not formally approved.
      Torii discovers apps through identity provider integrations, browser
      extensions, and SSO login data.
    tags:
      - Core
      - Shadow IT
    relatedTerms:
      - Shadow IT
      - SaaS Management Platform

  - term: Shadow IT
    definition: >-
      SaaS applications adopted by employees without formal IT approval or
      knowledge. Shadow IT creates security, compliance, and cost risks.
      Torii helps organizations discover and manage shadow IT.
    tags:
      - Security
      - Compliance
      - Shadow IT
    relatedTerms:
      - App Discovery
      - App State

  - term: App State
    definition: >-
      The lifecycle status of a SaaS application in an organization. Torii
      tracks three states: discovered (found but not reviewed), managed
      (formally approved and tracked), and closed (decommissioned).
    tags:
      - Core
      - Apps
    example: "discovered, managed, or closed"
    relatedTerms:
      - App Discovery

  - term: License Management
    definition: >-
      Tracking the total number of SaaS licenses purchased vs. actively
      used to identify waste and optimization opportunities. Torii surfaces
      license utilization data to reduce unnecessary spend.
    tags:
      - Cost Optimization
      - Licenses
    relatedTerms:
      - Contract
      - Annual Cost

  - term: Contract
    definition: >-
      A formal agreement for a SaaS subscription including start date, end
      date, renewal date, annual cost, and number of licenses. Torii tracks
      contracts to prevent surprise auto-renewals and manage vendor relationships.
    tags:
      - Core
      - Contracts
    relatedTerms:
      - Renewal Date
      - License Management

  - term: Renewal Date
    definition: >-
      The date on which a SaaS contract automatically renews or requires
      renegotiation. Torii provides alerts before renewal dates to enable
      timely decisions about contract continuation, negotiation, or cancellation.
    tags:
      - Contracts
    relatedTerms:
      - Contract

  - term: Annual Cost
    definition: >-
      The total yearly spend on a SaaS application, used in Torii to calculate
      ROI, identify overspend, and surface cost optimization opportunities.
    tags:
      - Cost Optimization
      - Contracts
    relatedTerms:
      - Contract
      - License Management

  - term: Audit Log
    definition: >-
      A chronological record of administrative actions performed within the
      Torii platform, capturing who did what and when. Used for compliance,
      security reviews, and change tracking.
    tags:
      - Compliance
      - Audit
    relatedTerms:
      - Compliance

  - term: Custom Field
    definition: >-
      An organization-defined metadata field added to apps, users, or
      contracts in Torii. Custom fields allow organizations to capture
      business-specific data like risk rating, business unit, or data
      classification.
    tags:
      - Customization
    relatedTerms:
      - App
      - User
      - Contract

  - term: Custom Integration
    definition: >-
      A mechanism to push user and license data from applications not
      natively integrated with Torii via the /services/sync/custom API
      endpoint. Enables SaaS visibility for proprietary or internal tools.
    tags:
      - Integration
    relatedTerms:
      - App Discovery
      - License Management

  - term: SCIM
    definition: >-
      System for Cross-domain Identity Management — an open standard
      protocol (version 2.0) used by Torii for automated user provisioning
      and deprovisioning. Enables identity providers to manage Torii users
      programmatically.
    tags:
      - Identity
      - Provisioning
      - SCIM
    relatedTerms:
      - User Provisioning
      - Identity Provider

  - term: User Provisioning
    definition: >-
      The automated process of creating and managing user accounts across
      SaaS applications. Torii supports SCIM 2.0 for provisioning users
      and integrates with identity providers for automated onboarding and
      offboarding.
    tags:
      - Identity
      - Automation
    relatedTerms:
      - SCIM
      - Offboarding

  - term: Offboarding
    definition: >-
      The process of removing an employee's access to all SaaS applications
      when they leave the organization. Torii automates offboarding workflows
      to prevent security gaps from lingering account access.
    tags:
      - Security
      - Automation
    relatedTerms:
      - User Provisioning
      - Workflow

  - term: Workflow
    definition: >-
      An automated process configured in Torii that triggers actions based
      on events or conditions (e.g., automatically revoke access when a user
      is deactivated in the IdP). Torii provides 20+ built-in workflow actions.
    tags:
      - Automation
    relatedTerms:
      - Offboarding
      - Workflow Action Execution

  - term: Workflow Action Execution
    definition: >-
      A record of a specific workflow action that was triggered and executed
      in Torii, capturing status, timing, and outcome. Accessible via the
      /workflows/actionExecutions API endpoint.
    tags:
      - Automation
      - Observability
    relatedTerms:
      - Workflow

  - term: File Parsing
    definition: >-
      The process of uploading a CSV, Excel, or other file to Torii and
      mapping its columns to Torii fields for bulk data import. Supports
      importing app lists, user data, or contract information.
    tags:
      - Data Import
    relatedTerms:
      - Custom Integration

  - term: Cursor Pagination
    definition: >-
      The pagination method used by the Torii API, where a cursor string
      from one response is passed as a parameter in the next request to
      retrieve the following page of results.
    tags:
      - API
    relatedTerms:
      - API

  - term: Identity Provider (IdP)
    definition: >-
      A service that manages user identity and authentication (e.g., Okta,
      Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace). Torii integrates with IdPs to
      discover app usage, automate provisioning, and enforce access policies.
    tags:
      - Identity
      - Integration
    relatedTerms:
      - SCIM
      - User Provisioning

tags:
  - API
  - Apps
  - Audit
  - Automation
  - Compliance
  - Contracts
  - Core
  - Cost Optimization
  - Customization
  - Data Import
  - Identity
  - Integration
  - Licenses
  - Observability
  - Platform
  - Provisioning
  - SCIM
  - Security
  - Shadow IT
  - Users