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

Phrase

Q

R

Repository

Retired

S

Screen plugin

Subject

Summary page

T

U

User

User workarea

V

W

Workflow

X

Y

Z