| Organization (kommun) | A company's account in kommuns | Account, tenant |
| Inventory Owner | The organization type that owns the inventory | Owner, client |
| Expert Organization | The organization type that provides maintenance, service, inspection, auditing or consulting to others | Service provider, vendor, contractor |
| Consultant | A switch on an assignment: the party that checks and approves work orders; chosen when an employee, team or expert organization is assigned on the inventory | Inspector, approver |
| Expert company | A business partner of type Expert Organization | Vendor, subcontractor |
| Lobby | The screen listing your organizations after you sign in | — |
| Inventory | All locations, systems, equipment and sub-equipment | Asset register |
| Location | A building, site, branch or warehouse | Site, facility |
| System | A technical system at a location (HVAC, electrical…) | System |
| Equipment | An asset that is maintained | Asset, equipment |
| Sub-equipment | A part of equipment tracked separately | Component |
| Category | A classification (the MasterFormat-based library or your company categories) | Asset class |
| Assignee | A user, team, team member or company that can act | Identity, user |
| Permission (permission definition) | A list of permissions (e.g. Technician); gives nothing alone, used through assignments | Permission set, policy |
| Assignment | Linking an assignee to a node of the inventory with a permission definition (Assign) | Grant, access assignment |
| Computed permission | A person's real permission on an inventory, computed from the assignments to them, the teams they captain and their company | Effective permissions |
| Dynamic permission model | kommuns' model that computes permissions from assignments instead of roles | Assignment-based access control |
| Inventory manager | The assignee primarily responsible for an inventory | Asset owner, responsible person |
| Team | People who work together | Crew, team |
| Form | A checklist | Checklist, inspection form |
| Revision | A version of a form | Version |
| Work order | A job to be done | Work order |
| Recurring work order | A rule that creates work orders periodically | Preventive maintenance (PM) schedule |
| Feedback | A report of a problem | Work request, issue |
| Consultant review | The review step of completed work | Inspection, approval |
| On Hold | Stopped work | On hold |
| Forward | Giving a work order to another assignee | Dispatch |
| External permission | An expert company passing a customer's permission on to its employee | Delegated access |
| Incoming Work Orders | Work orders an expert company receives from its customers | Vendor work orders |
| Calendar view | Work orders placed on a month calendar by target date | Maintenance calendar |