Orchestrator

Execution since 1.0 aow:Orchestrator

A coordinating Actor that turns Intents into Plans, assigns Tasks to Actors, and manages sequencing and exceptions.

Decomposes Intents into Tasks and coordinates their execution.

A kind of Actor.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`planning_model`	string	How the Orchestrator plans, for example "rule-based", "LLM-planned", "hybrid".
`exception_protocol`	text	Default handling for failures across the Plans it runs.
`resource_constraints`	text	Limits on concurrency, cost, or time it must respect.
`name`	string	Display name. (from Actor)

Every entity also has an id and a type, and may carry label, description, and the provenance facet: version, created_at, created_by, revision_of.

Relationships

Relationship	Points to	How many	Meaning
`constrained_by` (as Actor)	Policy	many	Policies that apply.
`fills_role` (as Actor)	Role	many	Roles the Actor is authorized to fill.
`has_skill` (as Actor)	Skill	many	Skills the Actor can invoke.
`writes_to` (as Actor)	Memory	many	Memory the Actor records its experience in.

Pointed to by

From	Relationship	Read backward as
Plan	`planned_by`	plans
Task	`assigned_to`	assigned
Action	`performed_by`	performs
Observation	`about`	observed by
Feedback	`provided_by`	provided
Feedback	`updates`	updated by
Guardian	`oversees`	overseen by

Notes

An Orchestrator may be an Agent, a workflow engine, or a person.

Alignments

Standard or protocol	Term	Correspondence
SOA-to-Agentic mapping	`Agentic Orchestrator`	exactMatch

Example

Source: examples/claims-processing.jsonld. The example passes all validation checks.

{
  "id": "orch-claims",
  "type": "Orchestrator",
  "name": "Claims orchestrator",
  "planning_model": "hybrid: rule-based task graph with model-assisted exception handling",
  "exception_protocol": "On any failed or blocked Task, stop the Plan and assign the decision Task to the Claims adjuster role."
}

Term reference · JSON Schema · SHACL shape aowsh:OrchestratorShape