ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.x and TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ 6.x Type Columns Legend

The following values are used in the "Type" columns.

Values used in Type columns Description
.<resource extension> The file extension used to describe its type. For example, .xml, .xsd, and .wsdl resources.
Adapter Specific Resource Special resources used only for configuration of Adapters.
Shared Configuration Resource configuration that has associated a transport state that you can lifecycle.
Shared Resource Re-usable configuration that does not have a transport state that you can lifecycle.
Process Starter Activity
  1. One of the three activity types supported by ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.x and ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x.
  2. This type of activity starts a new job from external messages or internal events.
Regular Activity
  1. One of the three activity types supported by ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.x and ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x.
  2. This type of activity processes its input in-memory.
Signal-in Activity
  1. One of the three activity types supported by ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.x and ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x.
  2. This type of activity suspends the job and waits for an external event. When BusinessWorks runtime receives an external event, it correlates the event base on a prescribed key. The ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks runtime joins the external event to the waiting job only when the prescribed key matches.
Built-in
  1. An intrinsic built-in feature of ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks process editor.
  2. A built-in feature can be from an eclipse or part of the editor feature (for example, ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x Process Design Editor).
Palette
  1. In ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.x, a palette is a TIBCO Designer™ concept for the grouping of resources or activities.
  2. For the purpose of this documentation, a palette is for describing a group of activities that are offered as part of core ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks.
Plug-in
  1. In ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.x, a ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in is an add-on extension that contains both design-time and runtime extensions of ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks activities.
  2. In ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 5.x, a ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in is offered as an add-on product to ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks.
  3. For the purpose of this documentation, a plug-in is for describing a ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks add-on product.
Binding
  1. In ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x, binding type is offered as a first class concept as part of activities.
  2. SOAP binding and REST binding are offered as a part of ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.x core features.