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CMS Glossary
Accessibility
Accessibility is the measure of a web page s usability by persons with one or more disabilities hearing- or visual-impairment being the most important.
Application Portal
An application portal is a Web Site that allows users to access application programs.
The portal challenges the user for authentication information - Username and Password, then maintains the identity of the user over multiple page visits, usually by setting a cookie This is called Identity Management.
Application Server
The application server (often just app server or appserver) is the computer system where the applications programs are running, typically running them for client computers (originally dumb terminals or "thin clients," now usually personal computers) in a Client Server architecture.
Application Service Provider
An Application Service Provider (ASP) is an organization that offers software-based services and solutions, including Content Management, over the Internet from a central, usually large, and highly secure data center with excellent Internet connectivity..
Audit Trail
An audit trail allows administrators to review every action taken on a particular Content Element.
Automated Metadata
Meta Data may be captured automatically at the moment of Creation of a piece of content for tagging.
Blog
Blog is short for a Weblog. A blog is a single web page with dated chunks of content called posts
Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs are a simple form of navigation back up the Drill Down Path to the enclosing folders (directories) and finally the Home Page.
Bread Crumbs for a page would look like:
Home > Glossary > Breadcrumbs.
Business Process
A Business Process is an abstract idea that describes some aspect of a business in terms of discrete steps, or actions, or events, that are followed in the process.
Business Process Management
Business Process Management (BPM) uses Work Flow tools and Business Process modeling tools like BPML to manage and monitor business processes.
