generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.validere.com/supporting-information/glossary/data_model (+ OpenAPI tags)
entities:
- name: Facility
  description: Discrete physical location (refinery, plant, storage) grouping interconnected processes
    and emissions sources
- name: Equipment
  description: Base object for emissions quantification (tanks, pipelines, processing units, combustion
    processes); must exist within a Facility
- name: Flow
  description: Models interconnectivity and commodity streams between Equipment, Facilities, or other
    Flows
- name: AssetGroup
  description: Higher-level grouping of Equipment/Facilities/Flows, itself treated as an asset for estimation
    methods and reporting
- name: Device
  description: Real-world measurement collector (meter, gauge) tracking measurement type, location, and
    values
- name: MeasurementSeries
  description: Series a measurement is submitted through
- name: Measurement
  description: Value submitted via a measurement series; has type, unit, source, and subject
- name: EstimationMethod
  description: Air-emissions estimation method associated with equipment to calculate emission exchanges
- name: Record
  description: Operational/emissions record managed by the App API
- name: Event
  description: Operational event associated with equipment/facilities
- name: FormSubmission
  description: Field-captured form data against a form schema
- name: Workflow
  description: Configured workflow with categories, templates, and tasks
relationships:
- from: Facility
  to: Equipment
  kind: has_many
  evidence: 'docs: "equipment must exist within the context of a higher level facility"'
- from: Equipment
  to: Facility
  kind: belongs_to
- from: Equipment
  to: EstimationMethod
  kind: has_many
  evidence: 'docs: emission magnitude calculated by associating an estimation method with equipment'
- from: Flow
  to: Equipment
  kind: connects
  evidence: 'docs: flows model interconnectivity between Equipment, Facilities, or other Flows'
- from: Flow
  to: Facility
  kind: connects
- from: AssetGroup
  to: Equipment
  kind: has_many
- from: AssetGroup
  to: Facility
  kind: has_many
- from: AssetGroup
  to: Flow
  kind: has_many
- from: MeasurementSeries
  to: Measurement
  kind: has_many
  evidence: GET /app/v1/measurements/{measurement_series_id} lists measurements of a series
- from: Device
  to: Measurement
  kind: has_many
  via: device_id
  evidence: 'docs: device_id references the source of aggregated measurements'
- from: Event
  to: Equipment
  kind: has_many
  via: equipment_id
  evidence: PUT/DELETE /app/v1/events/{id}/equipment/{equipment_id}
- from: Event
  to: Facility
  kind: has_many
  via: facility_id
  evidence: PUT/DELETE /app/v1/events/{id}/facilities/{facility_id}