Web Space Server Terminology

The following are some common terms relevant to Web Space Server.

Community

A collection of users sharing common interests or goals. Community members typically share a common set of portlets and pages. For example, a community might have a wiki that is not available to users outside the community. Multiple user groups can coexist within a given community.

Friendly URL

The modifiable part of the URL for the private page of an user account.

Guest

A user who does not have an account on a given Web Space Server site. Typically, guest users have limited ability to view or modify content on a Web Space Server site.

Instanceable Portlet

If you can add many instances of a portlet to your page, the portlet is called an instanceable portlet.

Layout Template

A scheme that defines the general layout of portlets and widgets on a portal page. As with themes, layout templates can be applied by site administrators and registered users.

Non-instanceable Portlet

If you can add just one instance of a portlet to your page, the portlet is called a it is a non-instanceable portlet.

Organization

A hierarchical collection of users, user groups, and communities. Multiple communities can coexist within a given organization.

Portlet

Portlets are pluggable user interface software components that are managed and displayed in a web portal. Typically, a portal page is displays as a collection of non-overlapping portlet windows, where each portlet window displays a portlet. Web Space Server portlets confirm to JSR286 standards.

Public Page and Private Page

Every individual user account in a Web Space Server site contains public pages and private pages. Pages that can be accessed by a guest user are public pages. Pages that can only be accessed by logging in to a user account are private pages.

Theme

The “look and feel” settings that are applied to a portal page. Themes can be applied sitewide by a Web Space Server site administrator or on a page-by-page basis by registered users.

User

A person who is registered on a Web Space Server site.

User Group

A grouping of users. Members of a user group typically share common sets of access permissions.

User Role

Permissions and access rights defined for a given user; typically maps to rights within groups, communities, and organizations.

Widget

Widgets are similar to portlets except that unlike portlets, widgets are created using a programming language other than the Java , such as PHP or Ruby.