EPrints Glossary
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EPrints repository software uses a long list of terminology. Sometimes this terminology overloads existing terminology in similar realms. Other times different terms are used interchangeably to mean the same of similar things. This glossary is intended to help clarify the various terminology you may come across whilst using or configuring EPrints repository software.
A
Abstract page
Admin
Archive
B
Browse views
Buffer
C
Citation
D
Data object
Dataset
Document
E
Editor
EPrint
A first class Data Object in EPrints. These are often refered to as "items" in the interface. An EPrint usually holds metata data about a publication of some kind. An EPrint has a "type" for example "artical" or "monograph" or "video". The set of types of an EPrint can be found in namedsets/eprint
EPrint status
Event plugin
See Indexer task.
Event queue
Export plugin
F
File
G
H
I
Import plugin
Inbox
See #User workarea.
Indexer
Indexer task
Issues
Item
J
K
L
Live archive
M
Meta field
N
Named set
O
P
Plugin
These are Perl modules that "Plug in" to the EPrints software to provide a particular piece of functionality. They break down into several categories. The most prominent being:
Other plugin categories include [[Convert|COnvertEvent