D663 - Machine codenames as vocabulary

Status: decided Date: 2026-09-26

Orbistoun names machines by codename: orbis and prospero are the base machines, neo and trinity their mid-generation refreshes. Platform is derived from Generation and Revision, and an artifact for any previous-generation machine is orbis unless it is genuinely specific to the refresh.

Why: codenames are not trademarks, so they keep vendor marks out of orbistoun's own output while matching how the rest of the collection names the same machines. Deriving the platform from the two existing axes means a machine cannot claim two contradictory identities.

Rejected:

• Product names in output: puts a trademark on every report line.
• Platform as a third stored field: allows a machine to be a base model and a refresh at once.
• neo for any previous-generation artifact: names a refresh for a build that is not one.