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Domain Concepts

This document defines the core terminology and business concepts used throughout the Sartiq platform. Understanding these concepts is essential for effective communication across teams.

Overview

Sartiq's domain model revolves around transforming products into visual content through configurable shootings. The platform produces on-model photography, lifestyle visuals, and video content — all through automated, AI-powered workflows.

Organizations own resources (products, shootings, subjects, styles). Users belong to organizations and perform actions on those resources.

erDiagram
    User {
        string name
        string email
    }
    User }o--o{ Organization : belongs_to
    User }o--o{ Subject : can_use

    Organization {
        string name
    }
    Organization ||--o{ Product : owns
    Organization ||--o{ Subject : owns
    Organization ||--o{ Shooting : owns
    Organization ||--o{ ShootingGuidelines : owns

    Product {
        string name
        string sku
        string cover_image
    }

    Subject {
        string name
        string cover_image
    }

    ShootingGuidelines {
        string name
        string file_format
    }
    ShootingGuidelines }o--|| ResolutionPreset : resolution
    ShootingGuidelines }o--o{ Subject : subjects
    ShootingGuidelines ||--o{ PosePreset : poses
    ShootingGuidelines ||--o| SetDesign : set_design

    ResolutionPreset {
        int width
        int height
    }
    PosePreset {
        string name
        string prompt
    }
    SetDesign {
        int id
    }

    Shooting {
        string name
        string shot_status
        date due_date
    }
    Shooting ||--o{ ShootingLook : contains

    ShootingLook }o--|| Product : features
    ShootingLook }o--|| Subject : features
    ShootingLook }o--o{ ShootingGuidelines : uses
    ShootingLook ||--o{ Shot : produces

    Shot {
        string status
        string shot_type
    }

Concepts

  • Products

    Physical items to showcase in generated imagery

  • Subjects

    Identities (AI or real) appearing in generated content

  • Shootings

    Complete photo shoot sessions containing multiple looks

  • Shooting Looks

    Specific configurations combining subject, product, guidelines, and style

  • Shots

    Single deliverable images for specific shot types

  • Shot Types

    Definitions of framing and view angle

  • Styles

    Visual aesthetics and creative direction

  • Guidelines (ShootingGuidelines)

    Reusable shooting parameters: resolution, format, subjects, poses, and set design

  • Generations & Predictions

    AI tasks and their outputs

Entity Relationships Summary

Hierarchy

Organization
├── Users (many-to-many via user_organization)
├── Products
├── Subjects
├── Styles
├── Guidelines (ShootingGuidelines)
│   ├── ResolutionPreset
│   ├── Subjects (N-N)
│   ├── PosePreset(s)
│   └── SetDesign (optional)
│       ├── BackgroundPreset
│       │   └── BackgroundPresetFraming(s)
│       ├── SetBaseImage(s)
│       └── SetReferenceImage(s)
├── Shot Types (custom)
└── Shootings
    └── Shooting Look
        ├── Subject (optional)
        ├── Product (main, optional)
        ├── ShootingGuidelines
        ├── Style (optional)
        └── Shots
            └── Revisions
                └── Images

Key Relationships

Entity A Relationship Entity B
User belongs to many Organizations
User can use Subjects (if public)
Organization owns many Products, Subjects, Shootings, Styles, ShootingGuidelines
Shooting contains many Shooting Looks
Shooting Look references Subject, Product, ShootingGuidelines, Style
Shooting Look produces many Shots
Shot has one Shot Type
Shot has many Revisions
Revision contains many Images
Generation produces many Predictions

Glossary

Term Definition
Organization Customer entity using the platform, owns resources
User Person with platform access, belongs to one or more organizations
Product Physical item to be showcased in generated imagery
Subject Identity (AI or real) appearing in generated content
Shooting Container for a set of related shooting looks
Shooting Look Configuration combining subject, product, guidelines, and style
ShootingGuidelines Reusable shooting parameters: resolution, format, subjects, poses, and optional set design
ResolutionPreset Per-user or per-organization output dimension preset applied via ShootingGuidelines
PosePreset Named pose with a prompt, scoped to a single shot type, with a pose reference image
SetDesign Optional resource controlling the shooting environment (lighting, background, base images)
BackgroundPreset Background image set within a SetDesign, with per-framing variants
SetBaseImage Pre-generated subject image with correct lighting/background from a SetDesign, used as VTO source
SetReferenceImage Source image that controlled SetDesign generation in external tools (tracking only)
Shot Single deliverable image for a specific shot type
Shot Type Definition of framing and view angle for an image
Revision Version of a shot with associated images
Style Visual aesthetic applied to generations
Generation AI task that produces content
Prediction Single output (image/video) from a generation
MediaResource Central content-addressable file tracking entity for all platform media. See MediaResource Lifecycle
GPS Generative Production System — Sartiq's core platform concept
SKU Stock Keeping Unit — unique product identifier
Seed Random number controlling AI generation reproducibility