There is a list of useful terms related to Nuxeo platform. We will go through the most common ones:
Content Model:
- Property: properties are the granular data elements stored in a document.
- Document: is an object that holds system properties and custom properties.
- Document type: is the set of properties which define the document.
Document Classification:
- Folder structure: is the hierarchy of folders / sub-folders that are browsed by users in order to find a document. Folder structures can be configured manually or generated by Nuxeo
- Repository: is responsible for storing and serving the documents being a part of the Nuxeo Platform.
Lifestyles and workflows:
- Lifecycle: the state of the document, for instance, “created”, “being_processed”, “processed”, “archived”.
- Workflow model: is an enterprise process digitized in the platform. A workflow is an automated process involving human interactions. This process has a beginning, an end and a state at any time between this beginning and this end.
- Node: a step of the workflow model.
Actions and events:
- Action: control of elements' appearance, for instance, adding a button or a tab etc. in the user interface.
- Event: a process appearing within document lifestyle: Document copied, Document deleted, Document created etc.