# features

## Core Concepts

- [Classes](/docs/features/classes) — How Black Ice structures your product terminology as a connected ontology.
- [Concepts & IDs](/docs/features/concepts-and-ids) — How concepts and auto-generated IDs work in Black Ice.
- [Semantic relationships](/docs/features/semantic-relationships) — How semantic relationships connect concepts in your ontology.
- [Knowledge graph](/docs/features/knowledge-graph) — Visualize your ontology with the interactive knowledge graph.
- [Custom fields](/docs/features/custom-fields) — Extend your ontology with custom metadata fields on concepts and terms.

## Terminology

- [Source & target terms](/docs/features/source-and-target-terms) — How to manage multilingual terms, culture guidelines, and approval workflows.
- [Batch availability updates](/docs/features/batch-availability-updates) — Update availability across many concepts at once.
- [Market availability](/docs/features/market-availability) — Track term-level readiness across locales with availability statuses.
- [Candidate review workflow](/docs/features/candidate-review-workflow) — Review extracted terms against five tests before they earn a place in the ontology.

## Markets

- [Locales & markets](/docs/features/locales-and-culture-dna) — Managing locales, source markets, and brand identity per region.
- [Market definitions](/docs/features/market-definitions) — Define voice, tone, grammar, and cultural conventions for each locale.
- [Brand identity per market](/docs/features/brand-identity-per-market) — Localize your brand name, tagline, and positioning per locale.
- [Reference markets](/docs/features/reference-markets) — Mark a market as a reference language you use internally but don't ship products in.

## Collaboration

- [Workspaces](/docs/features/workspaces) — How to collaborate with your team using workspaces, roles, and activity tracking.
- [Team management](/docs/features/team-management) — Invite team members and manage roles and permissions.
- [Approval workflows](/docs/features/approval-workflows) — Send terms for external review with shareable approval links.

## Import & Export

- [CSV & Excel import](/docs/features/csv-and-excel-import) — Import terminology from CSV or Excel files with column mapping and conflict resolution.
- [Export formats](/docs/features/export-formats) — Export your ontology as JSON, Markdown, CSV, PDF, AI Agent Bundle, or RDF/OWL (Turtle and JSON-LD) — and when to use each.
- [Restoring an ontology from a bundle](/docs/features/ontology-restore) — Rebuild a workspace from an exported ZIP bundle or from the GitHub repository that GitHub Sync writes to.

## Activity & Notifications

- [Activity log](/docs/features/activity-log) — Audit trail of every change made in your workspace.
- [Notifications & alerts](/docs/features/notifications) — Customize what you get notified about and when.

## Workspace & Account

- [Permissions & data visibility](/docs/features/permissions-and-data-visibility) — Control who can approve and what reviewers see.
- [Account & security](/docs/features/account-and-security) — Manage your sign-in, password, and account deletion.

## Translation Policy

- [Translation policy](/docs/features/translation-policy) — Decide what gets translated, what stays in English, and how to override per market.