activities
events, such as adding content, joining a community group, and submitting a micro-message
activity stream
a series of chronologically-arranged notification messages
agent
a provider (such as email, SMS, and activity streams) that transmit messages.
Aloha
a third-party editor that you can use with Ektron. See http://aloha-editor.org.
API
Application Programming Interface
approval chain
A series of users or user groups who must approve content before it can be published.
assets
an external file that is stored in Ektron.
avatar
a picture or image that is used in connection with your community membership profile.
blog
short for Web Log
CDN
content delivery network; multiple computers that store copies of data on the nodes of a network.
collection
A list of Ektron content links for display on a Web page.
community document
either HTML content or an asset created via the Community Documents server control.
community user
a user with limited privileges, such as writing to a community forum, but not having the same privileges as a forum moderator, or an administrator who has access to the Workarea. (A community user is the same as a membership user.)
content
CRM
Customer Relationship Management
DMS
Document Management System; Ektron's way of managing assets (Microsoft Office files and other types of files)
dropzone
an area on a Web page where you can drag and drop a widget.
EkML
Ektron Markup Language
emoticon
an icon that is used to express an emotion in text communication.
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
flagging
a means by which an end user provides feedback about content (because the content is offensive, or because the user likes the content). The feedback goes to an administrator or moderator for action.
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure; a combination of HTTP and SSL/TLS protocols providing encrypted communication.
IIS7
Internet Information Services (IIS) for Windows® Server, version 7
inbound connection
A special DxH connection type that updates Ektron content in response to content changes made in an external application.
ISBN
International Standard Book Number
ISSN
International Standard Serial Number
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; permits access to distributed information.
mapping
Mapping- a relationship that determines what data passes between two software instances in a DxH connection.
membership group
a group of similar membership users, such as all engineers that have the same access priviledges to a community site. (A community user is the same as a membership user.)
membership user
a user with limited privileges, such as writing to a community forum, but not having the same privileges as a forum moderator, or an administrator who has access to the Workarea. (A community user is the same as a membership user.)
metadata
data about data
NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol; used for transporting Usenet articles between news servers.
notification message
consists of text and a triggering activity. When the activity occurs, the message is sent to eligible recipients.
PA DSS
Payment Application Data Security Standard; for software vendors that develop payment applications.
PDA
Personal Data Assistant
permission
Permissions determine which actions users and user group members can perform on content, library items, and content folders. You can set permissions for a folder and content.
PHP
"PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Its syntax draws upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. The main goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated web pages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP. (Source: us2.php.net)
QR code
Quick Response Code; takes you to a Web site.
quicklink
a special kind of hyperlink that jumps to another content item on your Web site. (A regular hyperlink jumps to a Web page on the internet.)
recipient
a colleague, or a member of a community group to which a person belongs, that gets a notification message.
RegEx
regular expression; an alias that creates a pattern. For example, blogs.aspx?blogmonth=3&blogyear=2012&blogid=41 can be a RegEx blogs/2012/03/41. From that, a site visitor can infer blogs/2012/03/40 to see the previous post, or enter blogs/2012/03 to see all March 2012 posts
Role
A limited or specific administrator privilege that you can assign to users who do not require full administrator privileges.
RSS
Rich Site Summary; regularly changing content, such as news sites and blogs link and send content to subscribers.
SDK
Software Distribution Kit
SEO
Search Engine Optimization - improving the visibility of search results
server control
a server control uses API language to interact with the CMS and Framework UI to display the output. A server control can be dragged and dropped onto a Web form and then modified.
SHA
Secure Hash Algorithm
Smart Form
an Ektron-defined Web page that contains XML (hidden from the end user) to display content, and receive, verify, and save user input.
SMS
Short Message Service (SMS); used for texting.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transport Protocol; an internet standard for electronic mail.
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer (https)
tag
a keyword that you assign to a user, group, content, or library item to give it additional identification.
taxonomies
a content-level categorization system that uses one-to-many relationships to create a scalable organization of content. A taxonomy lets you create a navigation system that is independent of the folder structure.
taxonomy
a content-level categorization system that uses one-to-many relationships to create a scalable organization of content. A taxonomy lets you create a navigation system that is independent of the folder structure.
token
an Ektron-defined variable that surrounded by at signs (@). For example, @SubjectUser.FirstName@. This variable gets translated in message notifications.
URL
Universal Resource Locator
widget
Widgets are mini-applications that you place on a Web page using PageBuilder; a widget provides either specific functionality (calculators, search, social bars, etc.) or areas into which you can add content (content blocks, list summaries, collections, and so on).
wireframe
the architecture of a Web page containing columns, dropzones, and layout information.
XLIFF
XML Localization Interchange File Format
XSL
Extensible Stylesheet Language
XSLT
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations