Glossary

archive

in the Publishing Framework, a package that is compressed and saved to a directory. The archive contains the contents of a package, plus metadata that is necessary for extracting the contents.

authorization

the process of determining which users have which permissions for which resources. The outcome of the authorization process is an authorization decision that either permits or denies a specific action on a specific resource, based on the requesting user's identity and group memberships.

available page

a shared page that users of the SAS Information Delivery Portal can find using the search tool and can choose to add to their personal portals.

background

a mode of computer processing that does not require user interaction and which allows users to perform multiple tasks on the computer concurrently. In the SAS Information Delivery Portal, some stored processes run in the background so that you can perform other portal tasks during processing.

banner

a colored, rectangular area that appears at the top of some Web pages. Banners typically contain titles and navigation links.

base path

the location, relative to a WebDAV server's URL, in which packages are published and files are stored.

binary archive

a file that contains one or more files in a compressed format. The compressed files must be extracted and decompressed before they can be used.

bookmark

(1) a placeholder that stores either the address and name of a document or the address of a location within a document so that you can quickly and easily return to that document or location later. In the SAS Information Delivery Portal, bookmarks refer to specific content items within the portal. (2) in the Visual Data Explorer, a stored view for an information map. Bookmarks enable you to save and restore changes to the default view for an information map.

channel

a virtual communication path for distributing information. In SAS, a channel is identified with a particular topic (just as a television channel is identified with a particular radio frequency). Using the features of the Publishing Framework, authorized users or applications can publish digital content to the channel, and authorized users and applications can subscribe to the channel in order to receive the content. See also publish and subscribe.

content administrator

See group content administrator.

custom portlet

a portlet in the SAS Information Delivery Portal that does not fit in any of the portal's standard portlet categories (collection, navigation, bookmarks, and alert). Some custom portlets simply display data, text, or graphics, and other custom portlets have interactive features.

data exploration

a document that contains bookmarks. Data explorations enable you to group bookmarks that are created from the same data source.

data viewer

a component of an information map view that displays data as a table or a graph.

default page

a shared page that is automatically added to the portals of all users who belong to the group with which the page was shared. You can remove a default page from your personal portal.

delivery transport

in the Publishing Framework, the method of delivering a package to the consumer. Supported transports include e-mail and WebDAV. Although not a true transport, a channel also functions as a delivery mechanism.

deploy

to implement software in a distributed environment. Deployment typically involves installing, configuring, and testing software over a computing network.

Extensible Markup Language

a markup language that structures information by tagging it for content, meaning, or use. Structured information contains both content (for example, words or numbers) and an indication of what role the content plays. For example, content in a section heading has a different meaning from content in a database table. Short form: XML.

group content

content that a group of portal users can access. SAS Information Delivery Portal users who are designated as group content administrators can convert their personal content to group content. Group content can be edited and deleted only by the group content administrator who created it.

group content administrator

a portal user who is authorized to share pages, portlets, and other portal content items with all portal users or with other users in a group. After an item is shared, only the group content administrator can edit or delete the item.

group page

a page that has been shared with a particular group of portal users. The label Shared, followed by the name of the group, appears in the upper-right corner of group pages.

highlighting rule

a customized setting that formats the appearance of particular data values in a table or a graph.

HTML fragment

an HTML file that does not include opening and closing HTML tags, HEAD tags, or BODY tags and which can be displayed successfully in the cell of an HTML table.

HTTP

See HyperText Transfer Protocol.

HyperText Transfer Protocol

a protocol for transferring data to the Internet. HTTP provides a way for servers and Web clients to communicate. It is based on the TCP/IP protocol. Short form: HTTP.

information map

a collection of data items and filters that provides a user-friendly view of a data source. When you use an information map to query data for business needs, you do not have to understand the structure of the underlying data source or know how to program in a query language.

inline frame

a browser feature that enables an HTML page to be displayed within its own rectangle anywhere on another HTML page. Inline frames are created by using the HTML IFRAME tag. When necessary, inline frames contain horizontal and vertical scrollbars to enable users to view all of the page's contents within the frame.

keyword

a word that is used to describe a content item in the SAS Information Delivery Portal. Users can enter the keyword in the portal's search tool in order to find the item.

link

(1) a portal content item that can be accessed using a URL; (2) a character string in a portal that you can click to initiate an action.

locale

a value that reflects the language, local conventions, and culture for a geographic region. Local conventions can include specific formatting rules for dates, times, and numbers, and a currency symbol for the country or region. Some examples of locale values are French_Canada, Portuguese_Brazil, and Chinese_Singapore.

navigation bar

a row of tabs or buttons on a Web page that contains links to other content. In the SAS Information Delivery Portal, the navigation bar contains links to the pages in your personal portal. The navigation bar in the SAS Information Delivery Portal can appear across the top or on the left side of the browser window.

package

a container for data that has been generated or collected for delivery to consumers by the SAS Publishing Framework. Packages can contain SAS files (SAS catalogs; SAS data sets; various types of SAS databases, including cubes; and SAS SQL views), binary files (such as Excel, GIF, JPG, PDF, PowerPoint and Word files), HTML files (including ODS output), reference strings (such as URLs), text files (such as SAS programs), and viewer files (HTML templates that format SAS file items for viewing). Packages also contain metadata such as a description, an abstract, and user-specified name/value pairs.

page

an HTML file on the World Wide Web. A page is usually one of many pages that comprise a Web site.

parameter

a data item that is passed to a routine.

persistent page

a shared page that is automatically added to the portals of all users who belong to the group with which the page was shared. Users cannot remove a persistent page from their personal portals.

personal content

content that a portal user creates for his or her own use. As a portal user, you can create your own pages, your own portlets, and your own links. After you create these items, you can access them from the portal, edit them, remove them from your personal portal, use the Search tool to find them, or delete them permanently. Other portal users (other than a portal administrator) cannot access your personal content.

personal portal

a portal that has been personalized for or by a specific user.

personalization

the process of customizing a Web application or page to meet the needs and preferences of an individual user.

portal

a Web application that enables users to access Web sites, data, documents, applications, and other digital content from a single, easily accessible user interface. A portal's personalization features enable each user to configure and organize the interface to meet individual or role-based needs. See also portlet.

portlet

a Web component that is managed by a Web application and that is aggregated with other portlets to form a page within the application. Portlets can process requests from the user and generate dynamic content.

predefined page

a portal page that has already been created. Predefined pages might include public pages, which are available to all users; pages that have been shared with a group of users; and pages that you created.

predefined portlet

a portlet that has already been created. Predefined portlets might include public portlets, which are available to all users; portlets that have been shared with a group of users; and portlets that you created.

public content

content that all SAS Information Delivery Portal users can access. Users who are designated as group content administrators can use the portal's share tool to convert their personal content to public content. Public content can be edited and deleted only by the group content administrator who created it.

public page

a page that all SAS Information Delivery portal users are authorized to access.

publication channel

an information repository that has been established using the SAS Publishing Framework and that can be used to publish information to users and applications. See also publish.

publish

to deliver electronic information, such as SAS files (including SAS data sets, SAS catalogs, and SAS data views), other digital content, and system-generated events to one or more destinations. These destinations can include e-mail addresses, message queues, publication channels and subscribers, WebDAV-compliant servers, and archive locations.

region identifier

a data item that associates values in a table with regions on a map.

report

See SAS report.

repository

a location in which data is stored, organized, and maintained and which is accessible to users either directly or through a network.

SAS Content Server

a server that stores digital content (such as documents, reports, and images) that are created and used by SAS client applications. To interact with the server, clients use WebDAV-based protocols for access, versioning, collaboration, security, and searching.

SAS Information Map

See information map.

SAS publication channel

See publication channel.

SAS report

a report that has been stored in the SAS Report Model format. A SAS report might be available for viewing in the portal if your organization has installed SAS Web Report Studio.

SAS Stored Process

a SAS program that is stored in a central location and that can be executed from the SAS Information Delivery Portal at the user's request. When a stored process is executed, it creates a report that includes the most current data that is available. Stored processes can display input forms that enable users to customize the contents of reports.

share

to make a SAS Information Delivery Portal item accessible to all portal users or to all users in a specific group. Authorized users can share pages, portlets, and some content items such as links and applications.

stored process

See SAS Stored Process.

stored process alert

an automatic notification that a SAS Stored Process has finished executing in the background. See also SAS Stored Process.

subscribe

to sign up to receive electronic content that is published to a SAS publication channel.

subscriber

a recipient of information that is published to a SAS publication channel.

subscriber profile

a set of personal preferences for subscribing to SAS publication channels. A subscriber profile includes the method by which you want published information to be delivered and filtering criteria (in the form of name/value pairs) to limit the types of information that you receive. You can create multiple subscriber profiles if you want to subscribe to channels in different ways.

syndication channel

a channel that provides syndicated, continuously updated Web content from a content provider.

theme

a collection of specifications (for example, colors, fonts, and font styles) and graphics that control the appearance of an application.

tile chart

a graph that represents the relative values of data by using rectangular areas. The color of each area represents the value of the first measure in the query. The size of each area represents the value of the second measure in the query. The academic term for a tile chart is 'treemap.'

Uniform Resource Locator

a character string that is used by a Web browser or other software application to access or identify a resource on the Internet or on an intranet. The resource could be a Web page, an electronic image file, an audio file, a JavaServer page, or any other type of electronic object. The full form of a URL specifies which communications protocol to use for accessing the resource, as well as the directory path and filename of the resource. Short form: URL.

URL

See Uniform Resource Locator.

user

a person who is registered in a SAS metadata environment.

Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning

a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that enables users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote Web servers. Short form: WebDAV.

WebDAV

See Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning.

WebDAV repository

a collection of files that are stored on the SAS Content Server. Authorized users can read and edit the files. See also SAS Content Server.

wizard

an interactive utility program that consists of a series of dialog boxes, windows, or pages. Users supply information in each dialog box, window, or page, and the wizard uses that information to perform a task.

XML

See Extensible Markup Language.