Terms
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The following Terms are used throughout this document:
| Term | Definition |
| Business Object | Refers to any Item in Innovator that contains information, which may be referred to in a Technical Document. |
| Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) | Industry standard text-based format for controlling the position, color, size, etc. of web-based content. It is used by the Technical Documentation application to control the format of HTML and PDF content. |
| Content Filters | Metadata (name/value pairs) that are defined by the Technical Document Administrator and chosen by the Technical Document Author to characterize Document Elements within a Technical Document. |
| Context Menus | Pop-up menus, used mostly by Document Elements, that contain menu items used to invoke various functions on the Document Element instance. The term ‘context’ is used because the specific menu items displayed in the menu may be different depending on the specific Document Element instance selected. |
| Document Element | Refers to the components that make up a Technical Document. Every Document Element is associated with a specific node in the Navigation Pane and XML Element in the resulting content. Document Elements are explicitly defined in the Technical Document Type Definition. |
| Document Style | Refers to the formatting and positional logic that defines the placement and look-and-feel of the rendered content of a Technical Document. Document Style is controlled using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), associated with a specific Document Type, and defined by the Technical Document Administrator. |
Embedded Document Element | Refers to a either a Text, Image, Item, or Item Property that is a direct child of a Text Document Element. When placed within a Text Element, these embedded Document Elements are placed in line with surrounding text. |
| Graphic | Any 2D image that can be displayed in a Technical Document. |
| Mapped Property | Refers to a Document Element with content that is automatically created from a Property of a referenced Item. Also referred to as an Item Property Document Element. |
| Structured Content | Refers to the general use of an underlying schema to define the content of a document. Structured Content is contrasted with unstructured (or freeform) content in which case there are no rules that help define and control the content. |
| Tech Doc Enabled | ItemType that has been configured to use the Technical Document Editor and store the XML Content in a configured Property. The term is also applied to Items (instances) of these ItemTypes. |
| Technical Document | Refers to instances of a Technical Document ItemType. In this case, the term is capitalized. When lower case, the context is more general – any technical document. |