Glossary

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Glossary

Glossary

A

alert

A notification to an end-user, for example, scheduled alerts deliver portal headlines to a chosen device. See also real-time alert.

C

consumer

A service consumer is the initiator of a message exchange with a service provider.

common page

A logical name-value binding to identify a portal page in page layout templates, regardless of where that portal page exists in the page tree. Provides for flexibility and ease of template maintenance.

community site

A type of portal site created and used by business users in support of team communications.

D

deployment descriptor

An XML file that describes the configuration of a web application. It’s located in the WEB-INF directory of the application’s WAR file.

DMZ

An acronym for demilitarized zone, this term is used metaphorically for that part of a network between an inner and an outer fire wall. Machines placed in the DMZ may be available to authorized users outside the firewalls, whereas machines placed behind the DMZ are protected from outside access.

domain

In TIBCO Administrator, two kinds of domains are used. See also administration domain and application domain.

S

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

A basic web services standard for making web services available remotely. See also UDDI, WSIL, WSDL, WSRP