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Rework Glossary


Rework the glossary using a custom Hugo shortcode. This should give us
more flexibility over the layout of the glossary without needing to
completely rework it again and reducing the amount of embedded HTML
without loss of functionality.

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date = "2019-11-26"
lastmod = "2021-01-18"
weight = 100
title = "Glossary"
aliases = [
"/old-wiki/Glossary"
]
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{{< glossary-term agent >}}
A persistent non-GUI process launched automatically at boot time, immediately
after application installation or by D-Bus activation.
See: [Creating a Canterbury agent]({{< ref "creating-a-canterbury-agent.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "application bundle" "app bundle" "bundle" >}}
A group of functionally related components (be they services, data, or
programs), installed as a unit. This matches the sense with which "app" is
typically used on mobile platforms such as Android and iOS; for example, we
would say that an Android .apk file contains a bundle. Some systems refer to
this concept as a package, but that term is strongly associated with dpkg/apt
(.deb) packages in Debian-derived systems, so we have avoided that term.
See: [Applications]({{< ref "applications.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "automotive domain" "AD" "blue world">}}
A security domain (potentially a virtualised OS, or a separate OS on a
separate computer) which runs automotive processes, with direct access to
hardware such as audio output or the CAN bus; contrast with the [*infotainment
domain*]({{< ref "#infotainment-domain" >}}).
See: [Inter-Domain Communication]({{< ref "inter-domain-communication.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "availability" >}}
The property of being accessible and usable upon demand by an authorized entity.
See: [Security]( {{< ref "security.md" >}} )
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "built-in application bundle" >}}
An [application bundle]({{< ref"#application-bundle" >}}) providing basic
user-facing functionality, presented as a modular "app" resembling a
[store application]({{< ref "#store-application" >}}). These are part of the
system image (`/usr/Applications`), cannot be removed, and are updated by
system updates.
See: [Applications Design]({{< ref "application-design.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "bundle ID" >}}
The string identifying an
[application bundle]({{< ref "#application-bundle" >}}). This should take the
form of a [reversed domain name]({{< ref "#reversed-domain-name" >}}), such as
`org.apertis.Frampton` or `uk.co.collabora.OurApp`.
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "confidentiality" >}}
The property that information is not disclosed to system entities (users,
processes, devices) unless they have been authorized to access the information.
See: [Security]( {{< ref "security.md" >}} )
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "consumerelectronics domain" "CE domain" "CD" "red world" "infotainment domain" "IVI domain">}}
A security domain (potentially a virtualised OS, or a separate OS on a separate
computer) which runs the user’s infotainment processes, including downloaded
applications and processing of untrusted content such as downloaded media;
contrast with the [automotive domain]({{< ref "#automotive-domain" >}});
Apertis is one implementation of the CE domain.
See: [Inter-Domain Communication]({{< ref "inter-domain-communication.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "dialogue" "dialog" >}}
A specialised form of [window]({{< ref "#window" >}}) which is modal and
typically used to prompt the user for a response to a specific question (such
as ‘do you want to save changes to this document before closing’); this is used
in the
[same sense as on desktop systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_box).
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "essential software" >}}
The [platform]({{< ref "#platform" >}}) and
[built-in applications]({{< ref "#built-in-application" >}}).
See: [Applications Design]({{< ref "application-design.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "executable" >}}
The on-disk representation of a [program]({{< ref "#program">}}).
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "graphical program" >}}
A [program]({{< ref "#program" >}}) with its own UI drawing surface, managed
by the system's window manager. This matches the sense with which "application"
is traditionally used on desktop/laptop operating systems, for instance
referring to Notepad or to Microsoft Word.
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "HMI" >}}
Human Machine Interface
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "integrity" >}}
The property that data has not been changed, destroyed, or lost in an
unauthorized or accidental manner.
See: [Security]({{<ref "security.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "Independent Software Vendor (ISV)" >}}
An organisation or individual who produces third-party software for Apertis, in
the form of a [store application]({{< ref "#store-application" >}}). ISVs are
identified by a [reversed domain name]({{< ref "#reversed-domain-name" >}})
such as `uk.co.collabora`.
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "notification" >}}
A transient message or alert from a [process]({{< ref "#process" >}}) to a
user, displayed for a short period of time; user interaction with the
notification can launch a [dialogue]({{< ref "#dialogue" >}}) with follow-up
options for the message; if the notification is ignored it will eventually
disappear; this is used in the same sense as on desktop systems.
![Desktop Nofifications](https://afaikblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/banners-dissect.png)
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "OEM" >}}
A vendor such as a vehicle manufacturer who installs an Apertis
[variant]({{< ref "#variant" >}}) on their products.
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "platform" >}}
Software that is not an
[application bundle]({{< ref "#application-bundle" >}}). This includes all the
facilities used to boot up the device and perform basic system checks and
restorations. It also includes the infrastructural services on which the
applications rely, such as the session manager, window
manager, message bus and configuration storage service, and the software
libraries shared between components.
See: [Applications]({{< ref "applications.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "pre-installed application bundle" >}}
A [store application]({{< ref "#store-application-bundle" >}}) which could
conceivably be removed, but is installed on the device by default (e.g. weather
might be a pre-installed application).
See: [Applications]({{< ref "applications.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "privilege, privilege boundary" >}}
A component that is able to access data that other components cannot is said to
be privileged. If two components have different privileges – that is, at least
one of them can do something that the other cannot – then there is said to be a
privilege boundary between them.
See: [Security]({{< ref "security.md" >}} )
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "process" >}}
A running instance of a [program](i{{< ref "#program" >}}).
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "program" >}}
A runnable piece of software, which could be either a compiled binary or a
script.
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "reversed domain name" >}}
A DNS domain name controlled by an organisation or individual, written with its
components reversed, so that the conceptually largest component is first. For
example, Collabora Ltd. controls all names within the scope of
`collabora.co.uk`, so we might use `uk.co.collabora.OurApp` as the reversed
domain name of an [application bundle]({{< ref "#application-bundle" >}}). This
style of naming is used in contexts such as D-Bus, Android and Java, as well as
in Apertis.
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "store account" >}}
An account on an "app store", analogous to Google Play accounts on Android or
Apple Store accounts on iOS, not necessarily corresponding 1:1 to a
[user]({{< ref "#user" >}}).
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "store application bundle" >}}
An [application bundle]({{< ref "#application-bundle" >}}) that is not
[built-in]({{< ref "#built-in-application-bundle" >}}): that is, either a
[pre-installed application bundle]({{< ref "#pre-installed-application-bundle" >}}),
or an ordinary application that is not preinstalled.
See: [Applications]({{< ref "applications.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "system extension" >}}
An [application bundle]({{< ref "#application-bundle" >}}) that is not an
[graphical program]({{< ref "#graphical-program" >}}), i.e. a user-installable
bundle of content or code (services, themes, plugins, DLC, etc.) available from
an app store.
See: [Applications]({{< ref "applications.md" >}})
{{% notice note %}}
Would it be better to define system extensions in terms
of putting files in /var/lib/apertis_extensions, and say that each app bundle
may contain an agent, a graphical program, a system extension and/or future
forms of content?
{{% /notice %}}
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "system service" >}}
A background program that is run on behalf of the system as a whole, not a
specific user; normally part of the [platform]({{< ref "#platform" >}}), but
potentially part of an [application bundle]({{< ref "#application-bundle" >}}).
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "trust" "trusted computing base" "TCB" >}}
A trusted component is a component that is technically able to violate the
security model (i.e. it is relied on to enforce a privilege boundary), such
that errors or malicious actions in that component could undermine the security
model. The TCB is the set of trusted components for a particular privilege
boundary. Not automatically the same thing as being trustworthy\!
See: [Security]({{< ref "security.md" >}})
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "user" >}}
A person who uses the system.
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "user account" >}}
The software representation of a [user]({{< ref "#user" >}}).
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "uid" >}}
The numeric Unix identifier that is a property of each process, as returned by
e.g. `getuid()`, potentially representing a [user]({{< ref "#user" >}}), multiple
users, a system component and/or a subset of a user's processes.
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "user service" >}}
A background program that is run on behalf of a specific
[user]({{<ref "#user" >}}), regardless of whether it is part of the
[platform]({{< ref "#platform" >}}) like `systemd --user`, or part of an
[application bundle]({{< ref "#application-bundle" >}}).
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "variant" >}}
An [OEM]({{< ref "#oem" >}})-specific version of Apertis, with their
customisations and default applications; the UI and main interface (application
launcher, status bar, etc.) may be customised
{{< /glossary-term >}}
{{< glossary-term "window" >}}
The main user interface container for a graphical program, used in the same
sense as in
[traditional desktop UIs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_%28computing%29),
though perhaps rendered with different window decoration and with the system
restricted to only rendering the main window from one focused program at once.
{{< /glossary-term >}}
+++
date = "2019-11-26"
weight = 100
title = "Glossary"
aliases = [
"/old-wiki/Glossary"
]
+++
- <span id="agent">agent</span>
a persistent non-GUI process launched automatically at boot time,
immediately after application installation or by D-Bus activation
*\[defined by: Applications design document\]*
- <span id="application-bundle">application bundle</span>, app bundle,
bundle
a group of functionally related components (be they services, data,
or programs), installed as a unit. This matches the sense with which
"app" is typically used on mobile platforms such as Android and iOS;
for example, we would say that an Android .apk file contains a
bundle. Some systems refer to this concept as a package, but that
term is strongly associated with dpkg/apt (.deb) packages in
Debian-derived systems, so we have avoided that term. *\[defined by:
Applications design document\]*
- <span id="automotive-domain">automotive domain</span>
(<span id="ad">AD</span>)
a security domain (potentially a virtualised OS, or a separate OS on
a separate computer) which runs automotive processes, with direct
access to hardware such as audio output or the CAN bus; contrast
with the *infotainment domain* *\[defined by: Inter-Domain
Communications design document\]* *(also known as:
<span id="blue-world">blue world</span>)*
- <span id="availability">availability</span>
the property of being accessible and usable upon demand by an
authorized entity *\[see the [Security design
document]( {{< ref "security.md" >}} )\]*
- <span id="built-in-application-bundle">built-in application
bundle</span>
an [application bundle](#application-bundle) providing
basic user-facing functionality, presented as a modular "app"
resembling a [store application](#store-application).
These are part of the system image (/usr/Applications), cannot be
removed, and are updated by system updates. *\[defined by:
Applications design document\]*
- <span id="bundle-id">bundle ID</span>
The string identifying an [application
bundle](#application-bundle). This should take the form
of a [reversed domain name](#reversed-domain-name), such
as `org.apertis.Frampton` or `uk.co.collabora.OurApp`.
- <span id="confidentiality">confidentiality</span>
the property that information is not disclosed to system entities
(users, processes, devices) unless they have been authorized to
access the information *\[see the [Security design
document]( {{< ref "security.md" >}} )\]*
- <span id="consumer-electronics-domain">consumer–electronics
domain</span> (<span id="ce-domain">CE domain</span>,
<span id="cd">CD</span>)
a security domain (potentially a virtualised OS, or a separate OS on
a separate computer) which runs the user’s infotainment processes,
including downloaded applications and processing of untrusted
content such as downloaded media; contrast with the *automotive
domain*; Apertis is one implementation of the CE domain *\[defined
by: Inter-Domain Communications design document\]* *(also known as:
<span id="red-world">red world</span>,
<span id="infotainment-domain">infotainment domain (IVI
domain)</span>)*
- <span id="dialogue">dialogue</span> or
<span id="dialog">dialog</span>
a specialised form of [window](#window) which is modal
and typically used to prompt the user for a response to a specific
question (such as ‘do you want to save changes to this document
before closing’); this is used in the [same sense as on desktop
systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_box)
- essential software
the [platform](#platform) and [built-in
applications](#built-in-application) *\[defined by:
Applications design document\]*
- <span id="executable">executable</span>
the on-disk representation of a [program](#program)
- <span id="graphical-program">graphical program</span>
a [program](#program) with its own UI drawing surface,
managed by the system's window manager. This matches the sense with
which "application" is traditionally used on desktop/laptop
operating systems, for instance referring to Notepad or to Microsoft
Word.
- <span id="HMI">HMI</span>
Human Machine Interface
- <span id="integrity">integrity</span>
the property that data has not been changed, destroyed, or lost in
an unauthorized or accidental manner *\[see the [Security design
document]( {{< ref "security.md" >}} )\]*
- <span id="isv">Independent Software Vendor (ISV)</span>
an organisation or individual who produces third-party software for
Apertis, in the form of a [store
application](#store-application). ISVs are identified by
a [reversed domain name](#reversed-domain-name) such as
`uk.co.collabora`
- <span id="notification">notification</span>
a transient message or alert from a [process](#process)
to a user, displayed for a short period of time; user interaction
with the notification can launch a [dialogue](#dialogue)
with follow-up options for the message; if the notification is
ignored it will eventually disappear; this is used in the ![same
sense as on desktop
systems](https://afaikblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/banners-dissect.png)
- <span id="oem">OEM</span>
a vendor such as a vehicle manufacturer who installs an Apertis
[variant](#variant) on their products
- <span id="platform">platform</span>
software that is not an [application
bundle](#application-bundle). This includes all the
facilities used to boot up the device and perform basic system
checks and restorations. It also includes the infrastructural
services on which the applications rely, such as the session
manager, window manager, message bus and configuration storage
service, and the software libraries shared between components.
*\[defined by: Applications design document\]*
- <span id="pre-installed-application-bundle">pre-installed
application bundle</span>
a [store application](#store-application-bundle) which
could conceivably be removed, but is installed on the device by
default (e.g. weather might be a pre-installed application)
*\[defined by: Applications design document\]*
- <span id="privilege"><span id="privileged"><span id="privilege-boundary">privilege,
privilege boundary</span></span></span>
A component that is able to access data that other components cannot
is said to be privileged. If two components have different
privileges – that is, at least one of them can do something that the
other cannot – then there is said to be a privilege boundary between
them. *\[defined in the [Security design
document]( {{< ref "security.md" >}} )\]*
- <span id="process">process</span>
a running instance of a [program](#program)
- <span id="program">program</span>
a runnable piece of software, which could be either a compiled
binary or a script
- <span id="reversed-domain-name">reversed domain name</span>
a DNS domain name controlled by an organisation or individual,
written with its components reversed, so that the conceptually
largest component is first. For example, Collabora Ltd. controls all
names within the scope of `collabora.co.uk`, so we might use
`uk.co.collabora.OurApp` as the reversed domain name of an
[application bundle](#application-bundle). This style of
naming is used in contexts such as D-Bus, Android and Java, as well
as in Apertis.
- <span id="store-account">store account</span>
an account on an "app store", analogous to Google Play accounts on
Android or Apple Store accounts on iOS, not necessarily
corresponding 1:1 to a [user](#user)
- <span id="store-application-bundle">store application
bundle</span>
an [application bundle](#application-bundle) that is not
[built-in](#built-in-application-bundle): that is,
either a [pre-installed application
bundle](#pre-installed-application-bundle), or an
ordinary application that is not preinstalled *\[defined by:
Applications design document\]*
- <span id="system-extension">system extension</span>
an [application bundle](#application-bundle) that is not
an [graphical program](#graphical-program), i.e. a
user-installable bundle of content or code (services, themes,
plugins, DLC, etc.) available from an app store *\[defined by:
Applications design document\]* *\[clarification required: would it
be better to define system extensions in terms of putting files in
/var/lib/apertis_extensions, and say that each app bundle may
contain an agent, a graphical program, a system extension and/or
future forms of content?\]*
- <span id="system-service">system service</span>
a background program that is run on behalf of the system as a whole,
not a specific user; normally part of the
[platform](#platform), but potentially part of an
[application bundle](#application-bundle)
- <span id="trust"><span id="trusted">trust</span></span>,
<span id="trusted-computing-base"><span id="tcb">trusted computing
base, TCB</span></span>
A trusted component is a component that is technically able to
violate the security model (i.e. it is relied on to enforce a
privilege boundary), such that errors or malicious actions in that
component could undermine the security model. The TCB is the set of
trusted components for a particular privilege boundary. Not
automatically the same thing as being trustworthy\! *\[see the
[Security design document]( {{< ref "security.md" >}} )\]*
- <span id="user">user</span>
a person who uses the system
- <span id="user-account">user account</span>
the software representation of a [user](#user)
- <span id="user-id">user ID</span>, <span id="uid">uid</span>
the numeric Unix identifier that is a property of each process, as
returned by e.g. getuid(), potentially representing a
[user](#user), multiple users, a system component and/or
a subset of a user's processes
- <span id="user-service">user service</span>
a background program that is run on behalf of a specific
[user](#user), regardless of whether it is part of the
[platform](#platform) like 'systemd --user', or part of
an [application bundle](#application-bundle)
- <span id="variant">variant</span>
an [OEM](#oem)-specific version of Apertis, with their
customisations and default applications; the UI and main interface
(application launcher, status bar, etc.) may be customised
- <span id="window">window</span>
the main user interface container for a graphical program, used in
the same sense as in [traditional desktop
UIs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_%28computing%29), though
perhaps rendered with different window decoration and with the
system restricted to only rendering the main window from one focused
program at once
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