@unified-product-graph/core 0.12.3 → 0.12.5

package/dist/index.cjs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ __export(index_exports, {
   CLASSIFICATION_EDGE_PROPERTY_SCHEMA: () => CLASSIFICATION_EDGE_PROPERTY_SCHEMA,
   CONTENT_DEPTH_WARNING_RULES: () => CONTENT_DEPTH_WARNING_RULES,
   DEFAULT_ENTITY_EMOJI: () => DEFAULT_ENTITY_EMOJI,
+  DEFERRED_PROPOSED_BY_CONTRACT: () => DEFERRED_PROPOSED_BY_CONTRACT,
   DISCOVERY_RESEARCH_VALIDATION_PLAYBOOK: () => DISCOVERY_RESEARCH_VALIDATION_PLAYBOOK,
   ENGINEERING_PLATFORM_PLAYBOOK: () => ENGINEERING_PLATFORM_PLAYBOOK,
   ENTITY_EMOJI: () => ENTITY_EMOJI,
@@ -1168,6 +1169,13 @@ var UPG_ENTITY_META = [
   { name: "workspace", type_id: "ent_328", maturity: "proposed", since: "0.2.0" },
   { name: "framework_exercise", type_id: "ent_350", maturity: "proposed", since: "0.8.4" }
 ];
+var DEFERRED_PROPOSED_BY_CONTRACT = {
+  user_story: "UPG-571: frozen proposed by the v0.7.0 re-canon contract (story_statement to user_story); user-story-split.test.ts asserts the invariant.",
+  experiment_run: "UPG-664: the optional multi-run / replication child; experiment_plan graduated to stable, the run stays proposed.",
+  ai_experiment: "UPG-665: AI prompt/model restructure (open ADR).",
+  ai_dataset: "UPG-665: AI prompt/model restructure (open ADR).",
+  ai_trace: "UPG-665: AI prompt/model restructure (open ADR)."
+};
 var UPG_ENTITY_META_BY_NAME = new Map(
   UPG_ENTITY_META.map((m) => [m.name, m])
 );
@@ -3338,7 +3346,8 @@ var UPG_CROSS_EDGE_TYPES = [
   "competitor_signal_surfaces_opportunity",
   "competitor_classified_as_classification_value",
   "node_classified_as_classification_value",
-  "journey_phase_realises_operating_stage"
+  "journey_phase_realises_operating_stage",
+  "screen_markets_product"
 ];
 var REGISTRY_PRODUCT_ID = "registry";
 
@@ -8642,6 +8651,288 @@ var UPG_SCALAR_TO_EDGE_MIGRATIONS = {
       drop_scalar: true,
       reason: "P14 shadow: the subscription_subscribes_to_pricing_tier edge already exists. Backfill the plan as a pricing_tier edge, then drop the name string."
     }
+  ],
+  "0.12.4": [
+    // ── Bucket B — actor-as-string (ADDITIVE: add the ownership edge, KEEP the display string) ──
+    // Per the scalar-vs-edge ADR display-cache rule (2026-06-16) and T3.1 (reuse the
+    // polymorphic node_owned_by_* family; do NOT mint typed actor edges). `drop_scalar`
+    // is FALSE for every entry: the string stays as a human-readable display-cache, and
+    // the edge makes "everything owned by X" queryable across instances. OPT-IN — consumers
+    // run promote_scalars_to_edges when they want the edges; nothing is forced on upgrade.
+    // person-vs-team is the field-level call (ratified 2026-06-16): org units + durable
+    // platform/components → team (9); work items, authored artifacts, and DRIs → person.
+    // Two single-string participant fields (threat_model.participants, ceremony.participants)
+    // are intentionally NOT here: a free-text name list cannot be promoted to one edge
+    // without guessing — they are re-doc'd as display-cache only.
+    // ── owned by a team (org units + durable platform/components) ──
+    {
+      from_type: "feature_area",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "team",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_team",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: 'P14 actor: a feature area is owned by a team; link node_owned_by_team so "everything this team owns" is queryable. Display string kept as a cache.'
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "bounded_context",
+      scalar_property: "team_owner",
+      target_type: "team",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_team",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the owning team is a first-class entity; link node_owned_by_team. Display string kept as a cache."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "service",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "team",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_team",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: Backstage-style service ownership rolls up by team; link node_owned_by_team. Display string kept as a cache."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "product_area",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "team",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_team",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: a product area is an org unit owned by a team; link node_owned_by_team. Display string kept as a cache."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "api_contract",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "team",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_team",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: an API contract is a service-interface component owned by the team that owns the service (Backstage); link node_owned_by_team. Display string kept as a cache."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "database_schema",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "team",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_team",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: a database schema is a data component owned by the team responsible for it; link node_owned_by_team. Display string kept as a cache."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "design_system",
+      scalar_property: "maintainer",
+      target_type: "team",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_team",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: a design system is a shared platform maintained by a team; link node_owned_by_team. Display string kept as a cache."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "service_level_agreement",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "team",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_team",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: an SLA is a service-provider-side commitment owned by a team; link node_owned_by_team. Display string kept as a cache."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "key_activity",
+      scalar_property: "operational_owner",
+      target_type: "team",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_team",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the operationally accountable owner of a recurring activity is a team; link node_owned_by_team. Display string kept as a cache."
+    },
+    // ── owned by a person (DRIs, work items, authored artifacts; the string is a name, handle, or email) ──
+    {
+      from_type: "strategic_theme",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the theme owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person so cross-theme ownership is queryable. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "initiative",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the initiative owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "strategic_pillar",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the pillar owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "metric",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: 'P14 actor: the metric owner is a first-class person ("every metric this person owns"); link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept.'
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "data_domain",
+      scalar_property: "steward",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the data steward is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "partnership",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the partnership owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "key_resource",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the resource owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "document",
+      scalar_property: "author",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: 'P14 actor: the author is a first-class person ("every document by this author"); link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept.'
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "outcome",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the outcome owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "feature",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the feature owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "epic",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the epic owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "release",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the release owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "task",
+      scalar_property: "assignee",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: 'P14 actor: the assignee is a first-class person ("every task assigned to this person"); link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept.'
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "bug",
+      scalar_property: "assignee",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the assignee is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "roadmap",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the roadmap owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "journey_step",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the journey-step owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "design_concept",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the design-concept owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "technical_debt_item",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the debt-item owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "feature_flag",
+      scalar_property: "owner",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the flag owner is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "deployment",
+      scalar_property: "deployer",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: 'P14 actor: the deployer is a first-class person ("every deployment by this person"); link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept.'
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "investigation",
+      scalar_property: "lead_investigator",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the lead investigator is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "department",
+      scalar_property: "leader",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: the department leader is a first-class person; link node_owned_by_person. Display string kept."
+    },
+    // ── owned by people (multi: string[] of names) ──
+    {
+      from_type: "decision",
+      scalar_property: "decision_makers",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      multi: true,
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: each decision-maker is a first-class person; one node_owned_by_person edge per name. Display list kept as a cache."
+    },
+    {
+      from_type: "review_gate",
+      scalar_property: "required_approvers",
+      target_type: "person",
+      edge_type: "node_owned_by_person",
+      multi: true,
+      drop_scalar: false,
+      reason: "P14 actor: each required approver is a first-class person; one node_owned_by_person edge per name. Display list kept as a cache."
+    }
   ]
 };
 function getScalarToEdgeMigrations(fromVersion, toVersion) {
@@ -9893,7 +10184,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     spec_url: { type: "string", description: "URL of the specification document" },
     protocol: { type: "string", enum: ["REST", "GraphQL", "gRPC", "AsyncAPI", "SOAP", "WebSocket", "MQTT", "SSE", "other"], description: "Communication protocol. `SSE` (server-sent events) added in 0.9.12." },
     version: { type: "string", description: "API version" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Maintaining person or team." }
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Maintaining person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_team` edge if ownership must be queryable." }
   },
   // ApiEcosystemProperties: API ecosystem.
   api_ecosystem: {
@@ -9974,7 +10265,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   },
   // BoundedContextProperties: DDD bounded context.
   bounded_context: {
-    team_owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning team" },
+    team_owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_team` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     tech_stack: { type: "string[]", description: "Technologies used within this context" },
     ubiquitous_language: { type: "string", description: "Key terms and their definitions" }
   },
@@ -10063,7 +10354,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     steps_to_reproduce: { type: "string", description: "Step-by-step reproduction" },
     environment: { type: "string", description: 'Observed environment (e.g. "prod", "staging", "iOS 17.4")' },
     priority: { type: "string", enum: ["urgent", "high", "medium", "low", "none"], description: "Urgency relative to other work. Independent of `bug_severity` (a critical bug can have low priority if rare)." },
-    assignee: { type: "string", description: "Assigned person" },
+    assignee: { type: "string", description: "Assigned person. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     due_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date due. Often tied to a release gate or SLA." },
     labels: { type: "string[]", description: "Free-form classification tags. Applied uniformly across work item types." }
   },
@@ -10103,7 +10394,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     ceremony_type: { type: "string", enum: ["standup", "planning", "review", "retro", "sync", "demo", "other"], description: "Kind of recurring meeting" },
     cadence: { type: "string", enum: ["continuous", "hourly", "daily", "weekly", "monthly", "quarterly", "yearly", "on_demand", "other"], description: "How often the ceremony occurs. Uses the shared `Cadence` scale." },
     duration_minutes: { type: "number", description: "Typical duration of the meeting in minutes" },
-    participants: { type: "string", description: "People or roles who attend" }
+    participants: { type: "string", description: "People or roles who attend. Promote individuals to `node_owned_by_person` edges if participation must be queryable." }
   },
   // CertificationProperties: Certification.
   certification: {
@@ -10433,7 +10724,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   },
   // DataDomainProperties: DataDomain. A coarse-grained grouping of related data assets (sources,
   data_domain: {
-    steward: { type: "string", description: "Accountable person or team" },
+    steward: { type: "string", description: "Accountable person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     domain_type: { type: "string", enum: ["master", "operational", "analytical", "reference"], description: "Domain contents classification. `master` = canonical entity data (customers, products). `operational` = live transactional data. `analytical` = warehouse / BI data. `reference` = slow-changing lookup data." },
     sensitivity: { type: "string", enum: ["public", "internal", "confidential", "restricted"], description: "Sensitivity band applied across the domain" }
   },
@@ -10499,7 +10790,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     db_type: { type: "string", enum: ["postgres", "mysql", "mongodb", "redis", "other"], description: "Engine" },
     schema_version: { type: "string", description: "Current schema version" },
     migration_status: { type: "string", enum: ["current", "pending", "failed"], description: "Pending-migration status" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team responsible for design and migrations." },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team responsible for design and migrations. Promote to a `node_owned_by_team` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     table_count: { type: "number", description: "Tables or collections in this schema. Useful for migration scope estimation." }
   },
   // DealProperties: Deal.
@@ -10517,7 +10808,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date the decision was made or last meaningfully updated." },
     decision_outcome: { type: "string", description: "Outcome text. What was decided. Separate from `rationale` (which explains why)." },
     consequences: { type: "string", description: `Known positive and negative consequences. Mirrors MADR's "Consequences" section.` },
-    decision_makers: { type: "string[]", description: `People who made the decision. Mirrors MADR's "Deciders" field.` },
+    decision_makers: { type: "string[]", description: 'People who made the decision. Mirrors MADR\'s "Deciders" field. Promote to `node_owned_by_person` edges (one per name) if ownership must be queryable.' },
     decision_drivers: { type: "string[]", description: `Forces, constraints, and goals that shaped the decision. Mirrors MADR's "Decision Drivers" section. @example ["must work offline", "team has no Go expertise", "cost < $500/mo"]` }
   },
   // DeliverableProperties: Deliverable.
@@ -10538,7 +10829,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     headcount: { type: "number", description: "Total number of people in the department" },
     budget: { type: "number", description: "Annual budget allocated to the department" },
     department_mission: { type: "string", description: "Charter / purpose statement for the department" },
-    leader: { type: "string", description: "Department leader (person or role reference)" },
+    leader: { type: "string", description: "Department leader (person or role reference). Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     fiscal_year: { type: "string", description: "Fiscal year the headcount / budget numbers apply to" }
   },
   // DependencyProperties: Dependency entity.
@@ -10556,7 +10847,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     deploy_status: { type: "string", enum: ["success", "failure", "rolling"], description: "Current status" },
     sha: { type: "string", description: "Git SHA of the deployed commit" },
     duration_seconds: { type: "number", description: "Wall-clock duration in seconds. Tracks deployment speed trends." },
-    deployer: { type: "string", description: "Triggering person or system." }
+    deployer: { type: "string", description: "Triggering person or system. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." }
   },
   // DesignComponentProperties: Design system component.
   design_component: {
@@ -10573,7 +10864,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     rationale: { type: "string", description: "Selection or rejection rationale" },
     concept_status: { type: "string", enum: ["exploring", "validated", "selected", "rejected"], description: "Current selection status" },
     maturity: { type: "string", enum: ["sketch", "refined", "final"], description: "Development stage, from rough idea to presentation-ready" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Shepherding designer or researcher" }
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Shepherding designer or researcher. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." }
   },
   // DesignGuidelineProperties: Design guideline.
   design_guideline: {
@@ -10624,7 +10915,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   design_system: {
     version: { type: "string", description: "Current version" },
     repo_path: { type: "string", description: "Code repository or package path" },
-    maintainer: { type: "string", description: "Maintaining person or team" },
+    maintainer: { type: "string", description: "Maintaining person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_team` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     license: { type: "string", description: "Open-source license, if public" },
     homepage_url: { type: "string", description: "Documentation homepage. Public-facing entry point." }
   },
@@ -10687,7 +10978,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     source_url: { type: "string", description: "Canonical retrievable URL" },
     platform: { type: "string", enum: ["markdown", "notion", "figma", "google_docs", "confluence", "github", "linear", "other"], description: "Hosting platform" },
     document_type: { type: "string", enum: ["vision", "plan", "decision", "research", "spec", "audit", "session", "feedback", "case-study", "narrative", "bug-report", "archive-collection", "rfc", "runbook", "guide", "onboarding", "brief", "report", "reference"], description: "Purpose classification" },
-    author: { type: "string", description: "Author (free-form: name, email, or handle)" },
+    author: { type: "string", description: "Author (free-form: name, email, or handle). Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     last_updated: { type: "string", description: "ISO 8601 last-meaningful-update" },
     word_count: { type: "number", description: "Approximate word count. Useful for planning, indexing, summarisation." },
     content_summary: { type: "string", description: "1\u20133 sentence summary. Drives previews, search snippets, embedding context." },
@@ -10725,7 +11016,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   epic: {
     estimate: { type: "string", description: 'Rough size estimate (e.g. "3 sprints", "L", "13 points")' },
     priority: { type: "string", enum: ["urgent", "high", "medium", "low", "none"], description: "Task-level priority" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Responsible person or team" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Responsible person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     start_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date work begins" },
     target_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date work completes" }
   },
@@ -10905,7 +11196,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   // FeatureProperties: A discrete, user-facing capability of the product.
   feature: {
     priority: { type: "string", enum: ["urgent", "high", "medium", "low", "none"], description: "Task-level priority" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Responsible person or team" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Responsible person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     start_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date work begins" },
     target_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date work completes" },
     health: { type: "string", enum: ["on_track", "at_risk", "off_track"], description: "Delivery health" }
@@ -10915,7 +11206,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     scope_summary: { type: "string", description: "One-line scope description. Disambiguates from sibling areas at a glance." },
     owning_team: { type: "string", description: "Team identifier or slug. Free-form display. Canonical relationship is the `team_owns_feature_area` edge." },
     feature_count: { type: "number", description: "Approximate feature count under this area. Snapshot; `feature_area_contains_feature` edges are the source of truth.", modifier: "derived" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Area owner (handle or email)" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Area owner (handle or email). Promote to a `node_owned_by_team` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     priority: { type: "string", enum: ["urgent", "high", "medium", "low", "none"], description: "Importance to the product overall" },
     maturity: { type: "string", enum: ["nascent", "growing", "mature", "legacy"], description: "Maturity. `nascent` = newly-formed grouping. `mature` = established surface. `legacy` = being phased out for a successor." },
     area_status: { type: "string", enum: ["active", "planned", "deprecated"], description: "Status in the product structure" }
@@ -10926,7 +11217,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     flag_status: { type: "string", enum: ["on", "off", "rollout"], description: "Activation state. `on` = enabled for all. `off` = disabled for all. `rollout` = partial via targeting_rules." },
     rollout_pct: { type: "number", description: "Percentage enabled (0\u2013100). Meaningful when `flag_status === 'rollout'`." },
     targeting_rules: { type: "string", description: "Human-readable targeting rules. Full rule evaluation happens in the flag service." },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team responsible for the flag's lifecycle." },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team responsible for the flag's lifecycle. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     flag_type: { type: "string", enum: ["temporary", "permanent", "experiment"], description: "Lifecycle classification. `temporary` = should be removed after rollout (kill switch, gradual rollout). `permanent` = long-lived feature gate (entitlement flag). `experiment` = A/B test with a defined end condition." },
     expiry_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date after which this flag should be cleaned up. A temporary flag without an `expiry_date` is a code smell." },
     created_date: { type: "string", description: "Creation date. Useful for flag age and stale-flag detection." }
@@ -11165,7 +11456,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     start_date: { type: "string", description: 'ISO start date. @example "2026-04-01"' },
     end_date: { type: "string", description: 'ISO end date. @example "2026-09-30"' },
     budget: { type: "number", description: "Budget allocated (base currency units)" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team" }
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." }
   },
   // InsightProperties: Unified insight, synthesised from evidence and observations.
   insight: {
@@ -11234,7 +11525,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     findings: { type: "string", description: "Findings discovered so far" },
     started_at: { type: "string", description: "ISO timestamp the investigation began" },
     resolved_at: { type: "string", description: "ISO timestamp the investigation was concluded. Pairs with `status === 'resolved' | 'abandoned'`." },
-    lead_investigator: { type: "string", description: "Lead investigator (email or handle). Distinct from the team owning the affected service." },
+    lead_investigator: { type: "string", description: "Lead investigator (email or handle). Distinct from the team owning the affected service. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     session_id: { type: "string", description: "Originating session" },
     category: { type: "string", enum: ["performance", "security", "data_quality", "reliability", "cost", "compliance", "other"], description: "Kind of issue under investigation. Distinct from `RootCauseProperties.cause_category`, which captures *why something went wrong*." }
   },
@@ -11364,7 +11655,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
       required: ["value", "label"]
     },
     thought: { type: "string", description: "What the user is thinking" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Responsible owner" }
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Responsible owner. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." }
   },
   // KeyActivityProperties: KeyActivity.
   key_activity: {
@@ -11373,7 +11664,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     frequency_count: { type: "number", description: "Exact count of runs in the period. Pairs with `frequency_period`." },
     frequency_period: { type: "string", description: "Recurrence period (ISO-8601 `Duration`, e.g. `'P7D'`)" },
     frequency_rating: { type: "string", enum: ["constant", "regular", "occasional", "rare", "other"], description: "Qualitative tier. Use when an exact rate is unknown." },
-    operational_owner: { type: "string", description: "Operationally accountable team or individual" },
+    operational_owner: { type: "string", description: "Operationally accountable team or individual. Promote to a `node_owned_by_team` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     capacity_constraint: { type: "string", description: "Bottleneck or scaling constraint" },
     automation_level: { type: "string", enum: ["manual", "assisted", "automated"], description: "How much runs without human intervention" }
   },
@@ -11381,7 +11672,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   key_resource: {
     resource_type: { type: "string", enum: ["physical", "intellectual", "human", "financial"], description: "Category" },
     criticality: { type: "string", enum: ["urgent", "high", "medium", "low", "none"], description: "Criticality to the business model" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Accountable person or team" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Accountable person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     scarcity_risk: {
       type: "assessment",
       scale_id: "severity_5",
@@ -11570,7 +11861,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     range_min: { type: "number", description: "Minimum expected or baseline value" },
     range_max: { type: "number", description: "Maximum expected or ceiling value" },
     cadence: { type: "string", enum: ["continuous", "hourly", "daily", "weekly", "monthly", "quarterly", "yearly", "on_demand", "other"], description: "Measurement cadence. Canonical `Cadence` since v0.4.0. `'realtime'` migrates to `'continuous'`; all other values 1:1." },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Person or team responsible for tracking this metric" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Person or team responsible for tracking this metric. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     metric_health: { type: "string", enum: ["healthy", "at_risk", "unhealthy", "unknown"], description: "Universal health rollup. Orthogonal to lifecycle and `guardrail_status`. Applies to every metric regardless of `designation`. `healthy` = trending well against target / inside safe range. `at_risk` = drifting, approaching breach or target shortfall. `unhealthy` = missed target or breached; action needed. `unknown` = no current reading or not yet measured. For guardrails specifically, `guardrail_status` remains the breach-specific signal (`safe`/`warning`/`breached`)." },
     guardrail_threshold_min: { type: "number", description: "Lower bound for guardrail safety (below this = breach)" },
     guardrail_threshold_max: { type: "number", description: "Upper bound for guardrail safety (above this = breach)" },
@@ -11757,7 +12048,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   // OutcomeProperties: A measurable change in user or business state the product drives.
   outcome: {
     timeline: { type: "string", description: 'Target timeframe (e.g. "Q2 2026", "12 months")' },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Accountable person or team" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Accountable person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     success_criteria: { type: "string", description: 'What "achieved" looks like, concretely. Pairs with `measurement_method`. @example "30-day retention above 40% for new signups"' },
     measurement_method: { type: "string", enum: ["quantitative", "qualitative", "mixed"], description: "Assessment approach. `quantitative` = metrics drive the call. `qualitative` = observation / interviews. `mixed` = both, weighted case-by-case." },
     current_state: { type: "string", description: "Baseline or latest read" },
@@ -11816,7 +12107,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
       },
       required: ["value", "label"]
     },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Internal owner" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Internal owner. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     start_date: { type: "string", description: "Date the partnership became effective (ISO 8601)" }
   },
   // PaywallProperties: Paywall.
@@ -11944,7 +12235,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   product_area: {
     strategic_priority: { type: "string", enum: ["urgent", "high", "medium", "low", "none"], description: "Strategic priority assigned to this area" },
     description: { type: "string", description: "Narrative description of what this area covers" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Person or team that owns this area" }
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Person or team that owns this area. Promote to a `node_owned_by_team` edge if ownership must be queryable." }
   },
   // ProgramProperties: Program.
   program: {
@@ -12055,7 +12346,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     release_date: { type: "string", description: "Scheduled or actual release date (ISO)" },
     version: { type: "string", description: 'Semver or named version (e.g. "v2.1.0", "Beta 3")' },
     start_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date work begins" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Responsible person or team" }
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Responsible person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." }
   },
   // ReleaseStrategyProperties: Release strategy.
   release_strategy: {
@@ -12116,7 +12407,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   // ReviewGateProperties: Review gate.
   review_gate: {
     gate_type: { type: "string", enum: ["human_review", "automated_check", "approval"], description: "Kind of review required at this gate" },
-    required_approvers: { type: "string[]", description: "People or roles that must approve" },
+    required_approvers: { type: "string[]", description: "People or roles that must approve. Promote to `node_owned_by_person` edges (one per name) if ownership must be queryable." },
     gate_status: { type: "string", enum: ["pending", "approved", "rejected", "bypassed"], description: "Current approval status of the gate" }
   },
   // RiskProperties: Risk.
@@ -12156,7 +12447,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   roadmap: {
     roadmap_type: { type: "string", enum: ["now_next_later", "quarterly", "release_based", "theme_based"], description: "Structure" },
     timeframe: { type: "string", description: "Covered timeframe" },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team" }
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." }
   },
   // RoadmapItemProperties: Roadmap item.
   roadmap_item: {
@@ -12296,7 +12587,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   service: {
     service_type: { type: "string", enum: ["web", "api", "worker", "db", "queue", "library", "mobile", "docs", "lambda", "cli"], description: "Functional classification. Expanded from Backstage's component type vocabulary. `cli` added in 0.9.12." },
     tech_stack: { type: "string[]", description: 'Technologies used (e.g. ["TypeScript", "Postgres", "Redis"])' },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team. Backstage marks this required; strongly recommended." },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team. Backstage marks this required; strongly recommended. Promote to a `node_owned_by_team` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     lifecycle: { type: "string", enum: ["experimental", "production", "deprecated"], description: 'Service maturity. Answers "how mature is it?". `experimental` = early-stage. `production` = battle-tested. `deprecated` = being phased out.' },
     tags: { type: "string[]", description: 'Free-form filter tags (e.g. ["payments", "critical-path", "team-alpha"]).' },
     links: { type: "object[]", description: "Named URLs for documentation, dashboards, runbooks." }
@@ -12317,7 +12608,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     agreement_term: { type: "string", description: 'Effective term of the agreement (e.g. "12 months", "auto-renewing annual")' },
     effective_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date effective" },
     expiry_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date expires. Pairs with `agreement_term` for renewal logic." },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Party accountable on the service provider side" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Party accountable on the service provider side. Promote to a `node_owned_by_team` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     consequence_of_breach: { type: "string", description: "What happens if the SLA is breached (credits, penalties, escalation path)" }
   },
   // ServiceLevelIndicatorProperties: Service Level Indicator.
@@ -12464,7 +12755,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   },
   // StrategicPillarProperties: StrategicPillar entity. Durable multi-year direction the product commits to.
   strategic_pillar: {
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     description: { type: "string", description: "Narrative of the pillar's intent" },
     scope: { type: "string", description: "What this pillar covers" },
     time_horizon: { type: "string", description: 'Planning horizon. Typically multi-year. @example "3 years", "2026-2028"' },
@@ -12472,7 +12763,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   },
   // StrategicThemeProperties: StrategicTheme entity.
   strategic_theme: {
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team" },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     time_horizon: { type: "string", description: 'Planning horizon. @example "Q1 2026", "FY26"' },
     description: { type: "string", description: "Short narrative of what the theme is about" },
     scope: { type: "string", description: "What the theme explicitly includes or excludes" }
@@ -12565,7 +12856,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
   },
   // TaskProperties: Task: a discrete unit of work, smaller than a story.
   task: {
-    assignee: { type: "string", description: "Assigned person" },
+    assignee: { type: "string", description: "Assigned person. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     effort: { type: "string", description: 'Effort estimate (e.g. "2h", "1d", "3 points"). Use a consistent unit within your team.' },
     priority: { type: "string", enum: ["urgent", "high", "medium", "low", "none"], description: "Relative importance against other tasks" },
     due_date: { type: "string", description: "ISO date due. Typically bounded by the containing story's due date." },
@@ -12611,7 +12902,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
       },
       required: ["value", "label"]
     },
-    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team responsible for paydown." },
+    owner: { type: "string", description: "Owning person or team responsible for paydown. Promote to a `node_owned_by_person` edge if ownership must be queryable." },
     affected_area: { type: "string", description: 'Codebase location, service, or module. @example "apps/graph/src/canvas/", "UserService", "auth module"' },
     interest: { type: "string", description: 'Ongoing cost of leaving it unresolved (the "interest" in the financial metaphor). @example "~2h/sprint of workarounds", "blocks type-safe refactor of checkout"' },
     intentionality: { type: "string", enum: ["deliberate", "inadvertent"], description: "Origin of the debt. `deliberate` = conscious decision to ship something imperfect (prudent or reckless). `inadvertent` = discovered after the fact. Based on Fowler's Technical Debt Quadrant." }
@@ -12719,7 +13010,7 @@ var UPG_PROPERTY_SCHEMA = {
     methodology: { type: "string", enum: ["stride", "dread", "pasta", "attack_tree", "other"], description: 'Methodology. `stride` = Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information Disclosure, DoS, Elevation of Privilege (OWASP standard). `dread` = Damage, Reproducibility, Exploitability, Affected users, Discoverability (numeric scoring). `pasta` = Process for Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis (7-stage). `attack_tree` = hierarchical tree of attack paths. @example "stride" is the most widely used methodology for web applications' },
     scope: { type: "string", description: 'What system, feature, or data flow is being analysed. @example "user authentication", "payment processing", "admin API"' },
     last_reviewed: { type: "string", description: 'ISO date last reviewed. Models become stale as systems evolve. @example "2026-03-01"' },
-    participants: { type: "string", description: 'Participants in the exercise. @example "Alice Chen (security lead), Bob Park (backend engineer), Carol Liu (architect)"' },
+    participants: { type: "string", description: 'Participants in the exercise. @example "Alice Chen (security lead), Bob Park (backend engineer), Carol Liu (architect)". Promote individuals to `node_owned_by_person` edges if participation must be queryable.' },
     threat_count: { type: "number", description: "Threats identified. Key metric for scope and completeness. @example 12" }
   },
   // TouchpointProperties: Customer touchpoint.
@@ -29146,7 +29437,7 @@ function isCanonical(text) {
 }
 
 // src/index.ts
-var UPG_VERSION = "0.12.3";
+var UPG_VERSION = "0.12.5";
 var UPG_FORMAT_VERSION = "0.4.0";
 var MARKDOWN_FORMAT_VERSION = "0.1";
 var UPG_TYPES = getTypes();
@@ -29218,6 +29509,7 @@ var UPG_META_COUNT = UPG_ENTITY_META.length;
   CLASSIFICATION_EDGE_PROPERTY_SCHEMA,
   CONTENT_DEPTH_WARNING_RULES,
   DEFAULT_ENTITY_EMOJI,
+  DEFERRED_PROPOSED_BY_CONTRACT,
   DISCOVERY_RESEARCH_VALIDATION_PLAYBOOK,
   ENGINEERING_PLATFORM_PLAYBOOK,
   ENTITY_EMOJI,