# Concepts

This section describes the main concepts of Axoflow.

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[Processing elements](../docs/axoflow/concepts/processing-elements/index.md)

[Automatic data processing](../docs/axoflow/concepts/automatic-data-processing/index.md)

[Host attribution and inventory](../docs/axoflow/concepts/inventory/index.md)

[Policy based routing](../docs/axoflow/concepts/policy-based-routing/index.md)

[Classify and reduce security data](../docs/axoflow/concepts/classify-reduce-security-data/index.md)

[Normalization](../docs/axoflow/concepts/normalization/index.md)

[Reliable transport](../docs/axoflow/concepts/reliable-transport/index.md)