====== Workspace ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Workspace provides an identified working area in which a person, automated process, or [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:w:workflow|Workflow]] accesses and processes selected revisions of managed content.

A Workspace can contain:

  * Checked-out repository content
  * Selected [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:revision|Revisions]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:image_layer|Image Layers]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:infrastructure_baseline|Infrastructure Baselines]]
  * Application source
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:declarative_configuration|Declarative Configuration]]
  * Build inputs
  * Generated [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:artifact|Artifacts]]
  * Intermediate results
  * Execution logs
  * Validation results

A Workspace can exist on a developer system, within an automated execution environment, or as part of a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:ci_cd_pipeline|CI/CD Pipeline]].

Within Crucible documentation, a Workspace provides the bounded working context in which Crucible consumes selected repositories, performs [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:b:baseline_composition|Baseline Composition]], processes deployment-related steps, and produces identifiable results.

===== Definition =====

//identified working area containing selected managed content and execution inputs used by a person or automated process to perform one or more operations//

===== Source =====

DIDO-controlled term adapted from established version-control, software-build, development-environment, and CI/CD practices.

===== Note =====

A Workspace is a working context rather than the authoritative source of the managed content it contains.

Content in a Workspace can derive from one or more repositories and identified [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:revision|Revisions]].

A Workspace differs from a repository. A repository records and manages revisions of content, while a Workspace contains selected content used for an identified execution or activity.

A Workspace differs from an [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:e:execution_environment|Execution Environment]]. The Workspace contains the selected working content and inputs; the Execution Environment supplies the resources and conditions under which operations execute.

A Workspace can be temporary or persistent.

===== Example =====

A CI/CD Pipeline creates a Workspace, checks out identified revisions of an Image Layer repository and an Infrastructure Baseline repository, adds optional application source, and invokes Crucible to perform Baseline Composition and deployment-related operations.

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