Glossary
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admin mode: The OpenSpirit Desktop tools run with elevated privileges when the desktop is in admin mode. TheOpenSpirit Desktop is placed in admin mode by running it from the OpenSpirit administrator account, or by using theadmin mode toggle button in the Administrator tool bar.
attribute: A property of a data type. Attributes are referred to as 'columns' in relational database terminology.
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computing platform: A computer operating system such as Microsoft Windows 7, Red Hat Enterprise 5, Solaris 10, etc.
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data connector: Software component used to connect the OpenSpirit framework to a source of data. A data source could be represented by a relational database, by a collection of file based data, by a web service, or some combination of these data storage and data access technologies.
data key: An object that identifies a specific data item in a specific data store. Data keys can be represented as XML.
data selection events: A broadcast event that sends the identity of one or more data items to all applications being run by an OpenSpirit user that are listening for data selection events.
Data Selector: OpenSpirit Desktop tool used to browse data residing in OpenSpirit enabled data stores.
data type: A type of data, such as well, seismic survey, well log, lease, etc.. Data types are also commonly referred to as 'entities', 'tables', or 'business objects'.
data type view: A term used to refer to the tabs in the OpenSpirit Data Selector that display rows of data of a given data type (e.g. wells, seismic volumes. etc.).
drag and drop: The action of selecting one or more items and using the computer mouse to drag them onto another window or application.
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EPSG: The now-defunct European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG). The EPSG was absorbed into the Surveying & Positioning Committee of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP) in 2005.
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geoscience data repositories: A repository of geoscience data, often referred to by OpenSpirit as a data source. A data repository or data source can be represented by a relational database, by a collection of file based data, by a web service, or some combination of these data storage and data access technologies. Examples are Halliburton's OpenWorks database, IHS' Kingdom and Petra databases.
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home directory: Computer file system home directory. The location of your home directories vary by computer operating system and by company.
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Model View: A custom view of a native data model or the OpenSpirit data model. A Model View can present a subset of the data model's data types and attributes. A Model View can also change the names of data types and attributes and can join related data types to create a new data type.
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native data model: The logical data model defined by OpenSpirit enabled data sources. For example, the "OpenWorks 2003" logical data model is a native data model. The "PPDM 3.7" database schema is a native data model.
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OpenSpirit data model: A data model created by OpenSpirit Corporation. The OpenSpirit data model is a canonical data model that is representative of the data models commonly used in the E&P disciplines addressed by OpenSpirit.
operating system process id: The Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Solaris computer operating systems all assign a unique integer id number to all processes that are running on the computer. The id numbers are unique among the processes currently running on the computer. The operating system process id is commonly referred to using the acronym PID which stands for process id.
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process starter: A background process created by the OpenSpirit framework that is used to create data connector processes. A process starter process could be considered to be a service process or a daemon process.