Glossary¶
artifact: any of template, element, field, instance. All CEDAR artifacts
are specified using CEDAR's Template Model.
CEDAR Workbench: suite of web-based tools and RESTful APIs that allow users to construct templates, populate templates with metadata, and to share and manage these resources.
copy: make a copy of an artifact to a given folder.
details panel: right-hand panel that shows the details of a particular template or folder.
draft: a CEDAR artifact that has not been published, and therefore has no version identifier. All new CEDAR artifacts start in the draft status.
element: reusable artifact that may contain one or more fields and/or one or more nested elements.
e.g.: address element with three fields: street, city, and ZIP code
element designer: component of the CEDAR Workbench that allows users to construct elements.
field: reusable artifact used to capture an atomic piece of metadata.
e.g.: title, description, start date
field designer: component of the CEDAR Workbench that allows users to construct fields.
finder: dialog which allows you to select a library component to add to your template or element.
folder: storage space where CEDAR artifacts and other folders can be placed together.
global, global open: globally accessible without logging in, aka public, FAIR.
group: logical collection of CEDAR users.
instance: set of metadata values resulting from a populated template.
e.g.: title = "Study about CRC", start date = "03/07/2014", ZIP code = "94305", etc.
library component: a reusable field or element.
metadata editor: component of the CEDAR Workbench that allows users to create metadata by populating templates with values.
metadata repository: centralized place where all CEDAR artifacts are stored. CEDAR's metadata repository stores templates, elements, fields, and instances.
move: change the location of a resource (an artifact or a folder) to a selected folder.
notification: information shown by the CEDAR Workbench to a particular user or group of users to inform them when a particular event related to their CEDAR resources occurs.
open (an artifact): present an editing interface that allows a user to modify the artifact.
populate: create an instance from a template and add or edit metadata in the instance.
publish: specify that the status of an artifact is final, and have the user assign a version to it. Published artifacts cannot be modified or deleted.
resource: any of template, element, field, instance, folder, user, group (CEDAR RESTful resources).
resource manager: primary front-end component of the CEDAR Workbench that allows users to search, browse, and manage CEDAR resources.
share: allow a user or group of users to have access permissions (read-only, or read + write) to an artifact or folder (folder access permissions are inherited recursively to all content in that folder).
side navigation panel: left-hand panel that shows create and search options.
submission: metadata content that is sent out from CEDAR into another repository (may also include data).
submit: send metadata to a repository, possibly along with data files.
template: group of fields and/or elements that specifies what metadata is to be collected for a specific purpose.
e.g.: study template with three fields: title, description, start date, and one element: address
template designer: component of the CEDAR Workbench that allows users to construct templates, also known as a form builder.
toolbar: template designer's vertical selection of tools, used to select a library component to add to the template or to find other elements or fields; found floating on the right-hand side of the user interface.
user: a person who has created an account on the CEDAR Workbench and who uses any of its tools.
version: way to categorize the different states of an artifact by giving it a sequence identifier. CEDAR artifacts must be published to have a version.
workspace: folder that acts as the default storage location for all the CEDAR reources created by a user.