platformidel

Platformidel is a hypothetical, modular software platform developed as a reference model in discussions of platform architecture and the platform economy. It describes a multi-tenant environment that hosts services, data resources, and applications while enabling a developer marketplace and policy-driven governance.

Key components include an identity and access management layer, a resource hosting and data layer, an API gateway and microservices orchestration, and a plugin or marketplace layer that supports extensions.

An architecture typically comprises data layer, service layer, and presentation layer, with cross-cutting concerns such as security, privacy, and auditing.

Platformidel is not a concrete, deployed product; rather, it serves as a stylized abstraction used in academic and industry discussions to examine interoperability, portability, and governance of platform ecosystems.

Real-world systems that resemble Platformidel in concept include cloud platforms, API management platforms, and plugin-based marketplaces.

Critiques associated with the model include complexity of governance, risk of vendor lock-in, and the challenge of maintaining data portability across multi-tenant deployments.

See also: digital platform, platform economy, API management, microservices, pluggable architecture.