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Design Principles

The principles that guide every product decision at Novatria.

One graph

Every governed object lives in one metadata graph. No second store.

Active over passive

Policies enforce. Lineage answers questions. Evidence is a side effect of work.

API-first

Product workflows are designed around documented APIs and evidence trails.

Engineer-friendly

If platform engineers won't adopt it, governance won't either.

Evidence-by-design

Audit-ready evidence is captured automatically — not assembled later.

Open by default

Open standards, open formats, no proprietary lock-in.

Design Principles · in practice
In depth

Design Principles at Novatria.

Principles are how we say no. When the principles connect, the work compounds. When they conflict, we revisit them publicly — they're tools, not commandments.

One graph — Every governed object lives in one metadata graph. No second store.
Active over passive — Policies enforce. Lineage answers questions. Evidence is a side effect of work.
API-first — Product workflows are designed around documented APIs and evidence trails.
Engineer-friendly — If platform engineers won't adopt it, governance won't either.

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