Glossary
Terms used in Sotto
Short definitions for the product, Canton, and Daml terms that matter when reviewing the system.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Party | A Canton ledger identity that can authorize actions and be a stakeholder of private contracts. |
| Daml package | The uploaded application model containing templates and choices. In Sotto, this is sotto-payroll-bo 0.2.2. |
| Contract | A private ledger object created from a Daml template, such as EmployeeProfile or SalaryReceipt. |
| Stakeholder | A party allowed by Daml to see a contract. Signatories and observers are stakeholders. |
| PayrollState | The joint operator-and-employer contract that serializes settlement and records completed periods. |
| Review fingerprint | A canonical hash of period, active profiles, amounts, and grants. Settlement rejects stale reviews. |
| DevNet test funds | Test-labeled USDC used to prove the settlement flow. It has no monetary value. |
| Forward-only audit access | An auditor sees records created while a grant is active. Revocation stops future disclosure without rewriting past records. |