Glossary of Terms

This is a draft document. It is in the initial stages of development and would undergo major modifications ,may used to derive other documents, could be moved, or even removed.

This is the glossary for terms relating to or used in the Zope Mozilla Initiative.

Term Definition
CSS Cascading Style Sheets. A W3C recommended specification for defining style information and presentation of web documents.
Detailsview The list-like widget in Zope Studio showing the list of objects (and their details) contained in a specific folder of a zope installation. Usually linked to the Treeview so that it shows the contents of the folderish in focus.
Javascript A scripting language embedded in mozilla which is used for (among other things) handling events and manipulating the document content.
RDF Resource Description Framework. A W3C recommended specification for describing properties of web resources. ( RDF) Supported and used extensively in mozilla for representing different 'data-model's which may be visually rendered using XUL.
Mozilla An open source standards compiant web browser project supported by Netscape.
SOAP Simple Objects Access Protocol. A Microsoft developed protocol similar to XML-RPC but more extensive, and to be supported in future versions of Zope.
Treeview The tree widget in Zope Studio showing the folderish objects of a zope installation.
XML-RPC A specification for remote procedure calling using HTTP as the transport and XML as the encoding. It allows programs running on different machines to make function calls across a network and is supported by the latest version of Zope.
XUL XML-based User Interface Language. The user interface language used for creating user interfaces in mozilla.
Zope Studio The next generation management interface for Zope servers which would provide a high productivity working environment leveraging the mozilla browser technologies. Currently under development.

Term	Definition
CSS	Cascading Style Sheets. A W3C recommended specification for defining style information and presentation of web documents.
Detailsview	The list-like widget in Zope Studio showing the list of objects (and their details) contained in a specific folder of a zope installation. Usually linked to the Treeview so that it shows the contents of the folderish in focus.
Javascript	A scripting language embedded in mozilla which is used for (among other things) handling events and manipulating the document content.
RDF	Resource Description Framework. A W3C recommended specification for describing properties of web resources. ( RDF) Supported and used extensively in mozilla for representing different 'data-model's which may be visually rendered using XUL.
Mozilla	An open source standards compiant web browser project supported by Netscape.
SOAP	Simple Objects Access Protocol. A Microsoft developed protocol similar to XML-RPC but more extensive, and to be supported in future versions of Zope.
Treeview	The tree widget in Zope Studio showing the folderish objects of a zope installation.
XML-RPC	A specification for remote procedure calling using HTTP as the transport and XML as the encoding. It allows programs running on different machines to make function calls across a network and is supported by the latest version of Zope.
XUL	XML-based User Interface Language. The user interface language used for creating user interfaces in mozilla.
Zope Studio	The next generation management interface for Zope servers which would provide a high productivity working environment leveraging the mozilla browser technologies. Currently under development.

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