Separate definition from runtime
Use `.vio` to describe the complete system without binding its meaning to a single provider, framework, or managed surface.
FOR ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTS
Create a neutral deployment boundary for enterprise AI.
Viorant helps enterprise architects describe complete AI systems as portable definitions, so architecture decisions, artifact evidence, and supported target choices can be reviewed as one coherent system record.
AI SYSTEM RECORD
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ArtifactsSigned, versioned system parts
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.vioPortable system composition
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Supported targetExplicit transformation or deployment choice
WHAT THIS MAKES POSSIBLE
Make the AI system easier to understand.
Review system structure
Bring artifacts, composition, and declared deployment choices into one reviewable boundary for architecture and governance conversations.
Keep services optional
The standard remains neutral while Viorant services can support authoring, verification, transformation, or deployment workflows where appropriate.
USE CASES
Put the system record to work.
Three practical ways enterprise architects can use a declared AI system boundary to move a real decision forward.
Frame an architecture decision before provider selection
Situation. The organization agrees on the AI outcome but has not selected a provider, runtime, or hosting model.
Separate the system definition from the eventual execution surface so the architecture can be reviewed on its own terms.
- 01Name the artifacts and relationships that are material to the intended architecture.
- 02Record the complete proposed composition in `.vio` without treating a provider choice as implicit.
- 03Compare only explicitly supported deployment paths when the decision reaches that stage.
Review point. Which parts of the architecture remain true regardless of the chosen target?
Run a design review across architecture and governance
Situation. Architecture, security, and product teams need to review the same system but their documents describe it at different levels.
Use a shared portable composition as the review object and attach each function’s questions to it.
- 01Establish the declared system boundary and its significant artifacts.
- 02Use the `.vio` composition to discuss dependencies, evidence, and operational choices together.
- 03Capture any approved supported-target decision as an explicit outcome of the review.
Review point. Does the review cover the complete declared system rather than a diagram or component in isolation?
Prepare an architecture handoff for a delivery team
Situation. A design moves from central architecture into delivery, where intent is commonly recreated from diagrams and meetings.
Hand over the system definition with the artifacts that make the architecture meaningful.
- 01Keep architecture-relevant system parts as signed, versioned artifacts where appropriate.
- 02Provide the `.vio` definition with its declared relationships and deployment choices.
- 03Ask the delivery team to confirm or amend the definition as implementation choices become concrete.
Review point. Can the delivery team state what it received and where it made a deliberate change?
THE DEPLOYMENT PATH
From system parts to a supported target.
A `.vio` definition keeps the complete AI system composition legible through the next workflow decision.
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Identify the artifacts that make the AI system meaningful.
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Compose them into a `.vio` definition that captures the intended system boundary.
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Use Trust to verify stated evidence before a governance or release decision.
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Use Helix when preparing the definition for a supported deployment target.
THE VIORANT SYSTEM
Use the surfaces that fit your workflow.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
For Enterprise architects.
01Is `.vio` tied to one cloud or model provider?+
No. `.vio` is a neutral system definition. Supported deployment targets are explicit rather than assumed.
02What does Trust verify?+
Trust verifies artifact identity, integrity, provenance, signatures, and stated evidence. It does not make a general compliance or safety promise.
03Can architecture teams use Viorant without a managed service?+
Yes. The standard is neutral and Viorant services are optional.
AI DEPLOYMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
Start with a system record your team can review.
Explore the local-first Hub workspace or talk with Viorant about the deployment path you are considering.