BI Publisher Terms

The following is a list of general BI Publisher terms and their definitions.

Field or Control

Definition

EFT

Electronic Funds Transfer, a format used by the banking industry.

eText

Electronic text, specifically, files in ASCII text format.

FO

Formatting objects, an XML markup language for document formatting.

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language, a markup language designed for the creation of web pages.

PDF

Portable Document Format, a file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing documents in an independent format.

RTF

Rich Text Format, a document file format used for cross-platform document interchange.

XML

Extendable Markup Language, a general purpose markup language for many types of data.

SMS

Short messaging service, a short alphanumeric (160 characters) that is generally sent to a mobile device, such as a mobile phone.