Naming & Abbreviations¶
Curious where the name comes from and what we are building toward? See About NereidAI.
NereidAI is a suite of seven products. To keep pages and diagrams readable, this site refers to each product three ways:
| Full name (titles) | Short name (prose) | Abbreviation (diagrams / tables) |
|---|---|---|
| NereidSphere | Sphere | NS |
| NereidIdentity | Identity | NI |
| NereidLink | Link | NL |
| NereidForge | Forge | NF |
| NereidHorizon | Horizon | NH |
| NereidEdge | Edge | NE |
| NereidInference | Inference | NIN |
How they are used¶
- Page titles and navigation always use the full name — for example NereidForge.
- Body text uses the short name after the first mention: NereidForge (Forge) on first use, then simply Forge.
- Diagrams and dense tables may use the abbreviation — for example the node
NFin an architecture mermaid diagram means NereidForge. - NereidAI is the name of the platform / suite and the GitHub organization; it is never abbreviated.
Not part of this scheme¶
- The commercial industry solutions — NereidFactory, NereidSentinel, NereidMedical — are separate commercial offerings, not members of the seven-product open-source suite, and have no short forms.
Edge(the product NereidEdge) is distinct from the generic word "edge"; in prose the short name is capitalized as a product name.
Standalone by default
None of these short names imply a runtime dependency. Every product can be deployed and used on its own; the short names are only a writing convention. See Standalone by default.