Result

Execution since 1.0 aow:Result

The immediate, atomic effect or output of an Action.

Records what an Action changed or produced, so it can be verified and aggregated into Outcomes.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`status`	one of `success`, `partial`, `failure`	Whether the Action achieved what it set out to.
`summary`	text	What the Result is, in words.
`artifacts`	uri-list	Documents, records, or state changes the Result produced.

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	Required	Meaning
`approved_by`	Human Actor	many		People who confirmed the Action, Plan, or Result before it took effect. Required whenever the effective Assurance Level or a Policy calls for human confirmation.
`generated_by`	Action	one	yes	The Action that produced this Result, Signal, or Observation.
`affects`	Work Item	many		Work Items whose state the Result changed.
`has_confidence`	Confidence	one		The Confidence attached to this Result, Observation, Action, or Plan.
`contributes_to`	Outcome	many		Outcomes this Result counts toward.

Pointed to by

From	Relationship	Read backward as
Feedback	`feedback_on`	received feedback

Notes

A Result is local and immediate. An Outcome is aggregated and business-level.

Alignments

Standard or protocol	Term	Correspondence
W3C PROV-O	`prov:Entity`	subClassOf

Example

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

{
  "id": "res-coverage-84933",
  "type": "Result",
  "status": "success",
  "summary": "Coverage active under policy form LTD-2024 on the date of disability.",
  "generated_by": "act-coverage-84933"
}

Term reference · JSON Schema · SHACL shape aowsh:ResultShape