Realm Definition Terminology

Administrators configure a realm by defining its transports, applications, application instances, and formats.

Transport Definition
Configures a transport, including its name, transport protocol, and parameter values.
Application Definition
Determines an application’s endpoints, the configuration of the application’s process instances, and the subset of message formats available to the application.
Application Instance Definition
Implements endpoints by associating them with transports.
Format Definition
Determines the field names and field value types that can appear in messages that use a managed format.

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