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Distributed Software Administration - DCE Interoperability (XDSA-DCE)

Distributed Software Administration - DCE Interoperability (XDSA-DCE)
Copyright © 1997 The Open Group

Glossary

This specification assumes familiarity with the terminology used in the POSIX 1387.2 standard. Some key POSIX 1387.2 terms are included here along with terms unique to XDSA-DCE.

ACL


Acronym for Access Control List.

catalog


The meta-data describing the software objects in a software collection. Each software collection has a catalog.

control file


A control script, or in the case of the exported form of a software collection (see software packaging layout), an "INDEX" or "INFO" file describing the software objects in the software collection.

control script


A file associated with a software object that is executed by a POSIX 1387.2 standard command at some point in the operation.

depot


Keyword used in the interface coding for the POSIX 1387.2 term "distribution".

distribution


A software collection containing software available for distribution or installation. A distribution can be on a removable media or a file system, and can be in a serial or filesystem format.

files


Files must be grouped into software filesets before they can be managed.

host


The system that contains software managed by the POSIX 1387.2 standard utilities. The host contains software collections.

installed software


A software collection containing installed software. This software may also be configured (activated, or ready for use) or act as a file server to another installation.

root


Keyword used in the interface coding for POSIX 1387.2 term "installed software collection".

SOC


XDSA-DCE acronym for POSIX 1387.2 term "software collection".

software collection


A grouping of software objects to be managed. POSIX 1387.2 standard commands apply tasks to software objects within software collections. Distributions are software collections of available software. Installed software collections contain software installed and ready for use or file serving to another installation.

software object


A software product or fileset that contains files and control files, as well as descriptive and behavioral attributes. (There are also grouping of products and filesets called bundles and subproducts respectively). Software objects are managed by the POSIX 1387.2 standard commands within the context of software collections.

software packaging layout


Describes the layout of the software files in a distribution, as well as the syntax of the files describing the attributes of the software in the distribution. This is an exported form of a software collection. INDEX files contain the attributes of the software objects. INFO files contain the attributes of the software file and control file objects.

software product


A group of related software. Products contain filesets and control scripts.

software fileset


A set of software files and control scripts. This is the smallest manageable object.

software selections


The set of software objects that are applied to each software collection in the course of executing a command.

source


A software collection on a particular host. The source of a command is the collection from which the software objects are retrieved.

target


A software collection on a particular host. The target of a command is the collection to which the software objects are applied (for example, for installing software) or otherwise operated on (for example, verified, removed).

target selections


The set of software collections that the software selections are applied to in the course of executing a command.

XDSA-DCE

Acronym for identifying this specification, derived from its subject matter which addresses Distributed Software Administration in an environment which uses DCE RPC technology to provide interoperability between implementations.
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