Autoform DM Glossary

These acronyms, words and phrases are used in Autoform DM.

Read on to understand the most common standard phrases and their meaning.

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Autoform DM-Specific Terms

DocDef

Document definition. The document definition defines the type of document. Think of this as a label that assigns your document to a folder. It can be used to retrieve it efficiently.

Key

An element within a document; text string, number or date. These are the metadata assigned to a document. Keys are the primary search method used to to retrieve a document efficiently.

KeyDef

Key definition. Defines the configuration of a key, including the data type – string, number or date – and the label.

User

An individual user account.

Role

When created, a user account is assigned a role. This determines whether or not it has administrator rights.

Group

You can arrange a number of users into a group. System administrators can efficiently tie together a variety of applications and assign to a named group, these can then be assigned to users for easy future administration.

Sub-Group

A group of users contained within a group. This additional layer can facilitate system administrators.

Application

User-enabled configuration that performs a particular task. For example, you can create a search application to retrieve documents, import documents or integrate client applications. See image of drop-down menu options.

Search

An application type to search your archive and retrieve documents containing matches. See also Query; interchangeable term.

Query

An application type to search your archive and retrieve documents containing matches. See also Search; interchangeable term.

Label

A human-readable custom label.

Name

A system-readable name to go with the label.

LineItem

A numbered row of data in a document, comprising several keys.

LineItem Key

The key within the LineItem table. For example, Item number.

System Key

An element of system data. Typical examples are Archive Date, Last Changed Date, Revision, Owner. See image of drop-down menu options.

Validation Regex

A regular expression can be added to validate any entered values.

Bound / Bindings / Bind

Keys can be bound – meaning that they are associated – with a particular document definition.

Associate

DocDefs can be associated with applications.

PDM

Legacy software title of Autoform DM.

Other Terms

JRE

Java Runtime Environment

AS

Wildfly Application Server

SQL

Structured Query Language. This refers to the Microsoft SQL relational database on which Autoform DM depends.

PBKDF2

Password storage method for hashing.

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

VM

Virtual Machine. We recommend Autoform DM is installed on a VM.

Operand

The value or data on which an operation will be performed.

REST API

Restful Application Programming Interface. Accessed via the Help icon, this can be used to develop custom integrations with third-party applications.

API Key

A unique string generated for authenticating API integrations.

DB

Database

DB ID

Database Identifier

Chunks

File fragments for in-progress uploads.