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Terms

March 3, 2026 05:24 AM
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The following Terms are used throughout this document:

TermDefinition
Business ObjectRefers 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 Framework to control the format of HTML and PDF content.
Content FiltersMetadata (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 MenusPop-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 ElementRefers 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 StyleRefers 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.
GraphicAny 2D image that can be displayed in a Technical Document.
Mapped PropertyRefers to a Document Element with content that is automatically created from a Property of a referenced Item
Structured ContentRefers 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.
Technical DocumentRefers 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.
Technical Document TypeRefers to instances of a Document Type Item, which is used to configure the Structured Content and Document Style for a Technical Document.