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NEOS Technical Reference Architecture

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NEOS Technical Reference Architecture

NEOS Architecture Standard · Version 1.0

Technical Reference Architecture

The approved architecture for data, applications, integrations, security, and intelligent services.

1. Architecture Layers

  1. Experience layer: public website, MyNAPPSA, executive dashboards, committee workspaces, conference and Foundation experiences.
  2. Application layer: WordPress, NKN, GrowthZone-connected services, forms, editorial workflows, learning and event services.
  3. Integration layer: REST APIs, OAuth, scheduled synchronization, webhooks where supported, validation queues, and audit logging.
  4. Data layer: canonical records, metadata, taxonomies, relationships, analytics, backups, and retention controls.
  5. Intelligence layer: search, summarization, recommendations, classification, quality checks, and monitored AI agents.

2. Source-of-Truth Rules

Each critical data domain must identify one authoritative system. Membership and entitlement data should originate from GrowthZone unless formally superseded. WordPress should publish approved experiences and derived views without creating uncontrolled duplicate master records.

3. Integration Standards

  • Use authenticated, versioned APIs.
  • Validate inputs and outputs against documented schemas.
  • Use idempotency for repeatable writes.
  • Log synchronization time, status, record counts, and failures.
  • Protect secrets outside page content and source repositories.
  • Provide retry, quarantine, and reconciliation procedures.

4. Object and Metadata Standards

Objects require unique identifiers, canonical URLs, ownership, lifecycle status, audience, timestamps, review dates, source references, relationships, and version history where applicable.

5. Security Architecture

Use least privilege, role-based access, secure sessions, encryption in transit, protected credentials, administrative audit trails, dependency maintenance, and separate development, staging, and production controls where practical.

6. Reliability

Critical services require health checks, error reporting, backups, recovery targets, rollback procedures, and documented manual alternatives.

7. Performance

Experiences should minimize unnecessary scripts, duplicate queries, oversized media, blocking resources, and redundant integrations. Performance must be measured on mobile and real-world connections.

8. Change Control

Architecture changes require impact assessment, security review, test evidence, deployment plan, rollback plan, owner, and post-release verification.