Service

An independently deployed Elonn application boundary with its own routes, data ownership, and domain logic.

Owns:

• its own routes
• its own database or backing store
• its own domain logic

Allowed:

• service
• product service
• service boundary
• service contract

Forbidden:

• app (too generic without context)
• backend (too generic)
• server (too generic)
• subsystem (implies internal implementation rather than a product boundary)

Notes:

• Use the product name when the specific service is known: API, Time, Social, Find, Maps, World, Surface, or Docs.
• A service is a deployment and ownership boundary, not a runtime.
• When a sentence already names the product, prefer that product name over the bare word "service."

Related:

• api
• time
• world