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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Glossary</Title>
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			<Level2>WebTop</Level2>
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		<Keyword><Level1>WebTop</Level1>
			<Level2>glossary</Level2>
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	<GlossaryEntry ID="accessKey"><Term>access key</Term>
		<Definition>The underlined letter in a menu name or command name that offers keyboard access.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="actualsize"><Term>actual size</Term>
		<Definition>The original process size. If you lose the original picture due to zooming, actual size returns the picture to its initial size.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="admin"><Term>administrator</Term>
		<Definition>An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system, including networks such as LAN, WAN, and Internet.</Definition>
		<SimpleSection><List><ListIntro>Typical duties include:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Adding and configuring new workstations.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Setting up user accounts and enabling central deployment and user profiles.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Installing system-wide software and WebTop for clients.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Performing procedures to prevent the spread of viruses.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Allocating mass storage space.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>The system administrator is sometimes called the sysadmin or the systems administrator. Small organizations might have one system administrator, while larger enterprises usually have an entire team of system administrators.</Paragraph>
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	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="application"><Term>application</Term>
		<Definition>A program or group of programs designed for end users. Software can be divided into two general classes: systems software and applications software. Systems software consists of low-level programs that interact with the computer at a basic level. This includes operating systems, compilers, and utilities for managing a computer resource. In contrast, applications software, which is also known as end-user programs, includes database programs, word processors, and spreadsheets. Applications software runs over systems software, because it cannot run without the operating system and system utilities.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="applicationBasedNavigation"><Term>application-based navigation</Term>
		<Definition>The application is the point of departure for application-based navigation. The SSA ERP application is developed to cover the complete enterprise resource planning field. Users can perform their tasks in this application, according to specific ERP logistics. No room is available for personal interpretation.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="area"><Term>area</Term>
		<Definition>Part of the WebTop window. WebTop is divided into four areas: the Shortcut Bar, the Navigation Area, the Work Area, and the Title Bar.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="authorization"><Term>authorization</Term>
		<Definition>The process of granting or denying access to a network resource. Most computer security systems are based on a two-step process. The first step is authentication, which ensures that users are who they claim to be. The second step is authorization, which grants access to various resources based on the user's identity.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="backCommand"><Term>back command</Term>
		<Definition>Refers to a browser functionality in which you can click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Back</GUIRef> to start up several Web sites and return to a former Web site. In WebTop, this functionality is not available. For best results, do not to use the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">back</GUIRef> button because you risk losing WebTop, which requires you to log on again.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="backend"><Term>back end</Term>
		<Definition>In client/server applications, the client part of the program is often called the front end, and the server part is called the back end. In WebTop, the back end is the SSA ERP application, the SSA® OpenWorldX application, and/or SSA® Web Help, the online Help application.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="browseList"><Term>browse list</Term>
		<Definition>A <Link href="/webtop/glossary/glossary#modal" role="glossary">modal</Link> or secondary window that starts if the user browses on an input field in the Details window or Overview window to retrieve a value for that input field. The browse list displays a list of objects or properties of objects. Only those objects or properties of objects are displayed that are valid within the context of the related input field or browse filter.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="browser"><Term>browser</Term>
		<Definition>Short for Web browser, a software application used to locate and display Web pages. The most popular browsers are Netscape Navigator, FireFox and Microsoft Internet Explorer, which are graphical browsers that display both graphics and text.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="button"><Term>button</Term>
		<Definition>In graphical user interfaces, a button is a small outlined area in a dialog box that you can click to select an option or command.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="baanWindows"><Term>BW</Term>
		<Definition>Thick client software to connect to the SSA ERP application; Windows UI solution.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="centralmodelingcompany"><Term>central modeling company</Term>
		<Definition>The company where all DEM models are stored. If you <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Change Company</GUIRef> to a company with a different central modeling company, you get an error.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="checkbox"><Term>check box</Term>
		<Definition>A standard Windows control that displays a setting, either selected (checked) or cleared (unchecked).</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="collapsExpand"><Term>collapse and expand</Term>
		<Definition>To expand is to show the lower level. To collapse is to hide the lower level.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="combinedWindow"><Term>combined window</Term>
		<Definition>A combined window presents two different views: a group by and a list, all in one window. Used for displaying two views of one object. The top level of the window is the Group By part. Details of the group may be present. The lower level of the window offers a list.</Definition>
		<SimpleSection><Figure><FigIntro>See the figure below for an example.</FigIntro>
				<HTML:IMG SRC="../images/combinedwindow.gif" alt="Combined window" width="544" height="242" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></Figure>
		</SimpleSection>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="Command"><Term>command</Term>
		<Definition>An instruction to a computer or device to perform a specific task. Commands come in various forms, such as special words or keywords that a program understands, function keys, choices on a menu, buttons, or other graphical objects on your screen.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="commandButton"><Term>command button</Term>
		<Definition>A control that starts an action when clicked. This button contains a label that describes the action. <HTML:IMG SRC="../images/commandbutton.jpg" width="403" height="18" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/></Definition>
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	<GlossaryEntry ID="company"><Term>company</Term>
		<Definition>A financial or logistic division of classification that identifies the data that is stored in a database. Each company is a different record in SSA ERP to work in.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="DEM"><Term>DEM</Term>
		<Definition>Dynamic Enterprise Modeling; WebTop user meaning: a process-oriented user interface.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="diagram"><Term>diagram</Term>
		<Definition>Graphical representation of a task.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="DMB"><Term>DMB</Term>
		<Definition>The Dynamic Menu Browser, DMB, is the dynamic version of the SSA ERP Menu Browser. The content of the DMB is based on the modeling of Business Processes in the DEM repository and a project model modeled with DEM.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="environments"><Term>environment</Term>
		<Definition>WebTop is the front end for many SSA ERP back-end applications. If you select or create an environment, you specify to which or how many back-end systems you want to connect with your user name and password.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="bmb"><Term>ERP Menu Browser</Term>
		<Definition>A primary display window that presents the user-interface objects in a hierarchical way to the user, such as a tree control or menu structure.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="filters"><Term>filters</Term>
		<Definition>A pattern through which data is passed. Only data that matches the pattern is permitted to pass through the filter.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="focus"><Term>focus</Term>
		<Definition>State of a Graphical User Interface, GUI, element that handles keyboard input, for example the cursor.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="grid"><Term>grid</Term>
		<Definition>The table of objects/items in an overview window, combined window, or browse list. In the rows, the fields of one object are displayed. The grid can be Editable or Display.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="icon"><Term>icon</Term>
		<Definition>A small picture that represents an object or program. Icons are useful in applications that use windows because they make functionality easily accessible. Icons are a principal feature of graphical user interfaces.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="keyboard"><Term>keyboard</Term>
		<Definition>Computer keyboards are similar to electric typewriter keyboards, but with additional specialized keys.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="locate"><Term>locate</Term>
		<Definition>The command button that returns you to the original location of the activity. When you work on a process, you might forget where you are in the process. The locate function shows the activity's location in the tree.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="modal"><Term>modal window</Term>
		<Definition>A modal secondary session requires the user to complete interaction within the secondary window and to close the window before continuing with any further interaction of the parent window.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="modeless"><Term>modeless window</Term>
		<Definition>A modeless secondary window enables the user to interact with the secondary window or the primary window, just as the user can switch between primary windows.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="node"><Term>node</Term>
		<Definition>If you visualize the middle part of the screen, called Navigation, you can imagine the various activities that belong to the DEM group as part of a tree. The DEM group is the tree, and each activity is a node to that tree.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="onlineHelp"><Term>online Help</Term>
		<Definition>If you encounter a problem or forget a command while you run the program click a designated Help key or enter a Help command to consult the online Help. In WebTop, the Help key is the F1 function key.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="openWorld"><Term>OpenWorld</Term>
		<Definition>The new generation of SSA® middleware products.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="optionButton"><Term>option button</Term>
		<Definition>A choice you can make, which is neither a command nor a directive.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="overview_session"><Term>overview session</Term>
		<Definition>A session that lists the available elements or records of one type and a number of the relevant fields.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="package"><Term>package</Term>
		<Definition>A set of related sessions.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="password"><Term>password</Term>
		<Definition>A secret series of characters that enables a user to access a file, computer, or program. On multi-user systems, users must enter their password before the computer responds to commands. The password helps ensure that unauthorized users do not access the computer. In addition, data files and programs may require a password. Ideally, the password must be an alphanumeric string of characters that no one else can guess. This code enables users to log onto the WebTop and SSA ERP applications.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="personalize"><Term>personalize</Term>
		<Definition>The ability of WebTop functionality to be adjusted to customers' wishes.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="popUpMenu"><Term>pop-up menu</Term>
		<Definition>A menu that appears temporarily if you click on a selection. After you make a selection from a pop-up, or more accurately a shortcut menu, the menu usually disappears. You can right-click on the Shortcut Bar, in the Navigation Area, or in the Work Area to open the shortcut menu.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="process"><Term>process</Term>
		<Definition>In WebTop, a process is a range of activities that you must perform to complete a task.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="processmodel"><Term>process model</Term>
		<Definition>A collection of Business Processes.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="ProcessViewer"><Term>Process Viewer</Term>
		<Definition>The middle part of your screen that graphically displays the process you have activated. From this part of the screen, you can carry out your tasks.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="progressindicator"><Term>Progress Indicator</Term>
		<Definition>A control that displays the percentage of a particular process that has been completed, such as printing or setting up a program. In WebTop, this progress indicator is indeterminate. In the WebTop Title Bar an undulating motion indicates tthat a process is being executed.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="remember_password"><Term>Remember Password</Term>
		<Definition>WebTop saves your entered password of the login dialog. The password is stored in an encrypted format on your local machine. The next time you logs on to WebTop, the password field in the login dialog is pre-filled with your saved password.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="roleBasedNavigation"><Term>role-based navigation</Term>
		<Definition>To create a clear overview and bounded working environment for a role, role-based navigation contains only the information relevant to a specific task.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="scrollBar"><Term>scroll bar</Term>
		<Definition>A bar that appears on the side or bottom of a window. <HTML:IMG SRC="../images/scrollbar.jpg" alt="scroll bar" width="193" height="18" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/> This bar contains a slide bar, which you can move with your mouse to view other portions of the window.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="session"><Term>session</Term>
		<Definition>An elementary part of the SSA ERP application that the user can start to complete an activity.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="shortcut"><Term>shortcut</Term>
		<Definition>A special type of file that points to another file or device. You can place shortcuts on the Shortcut Bar to conveniently access files that may be stored deep in the directory structure. Clicking the shortcut icon is the same as double-clicking the actual file. You can give the shortcut any name you choose.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="shortcutKey"><Term>shortcut keys</Term>
		<Definition>A special key combination that causes a specific command to be executed. Typically, shortcut keys combine the CTRL or ALT keys with some other keys. In Windows environments, for example, you can use CTRL+C as a shortcut key to copy. On computers, the function keys are also used as shortcut keys. F1, for example, is used to call Help.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="iBaan"><Term>SSA® ERP</Term>
		<Definition>The SSA ERP application, the version can be SSA® Baan IV, SSA® Baan 5 or SSA® ERP LN.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="SMB"><Term>Static Menu Browser</Term>
		<Definition>The representation of the complete SSA ERP application. The SMB is built in a general acknowledged range of subjects that are addressed in an ERP application.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="system"><Term>system</Term>
		<Definition>The back-end application to which the Web server is configured. Currently, WebTop is configured to one system only: SSA ERP. If SSA ERP is configured to more than one system, you can select either one or all the available systems. Each system requires a different user name and password.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="tab"><Term>tab</Term>
		<Definition>Tabs enable programmers to present a batch of information that is too large for a single screen. The information of a record is distributed across several tabs, each of which includes a unique label with a name to describe the tab's contents. To display the information, the user must click the relevant tab.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="taskbar"><Term>taskbar</Term>
		<Definition>The Taskbar is the area normally at the bottom of your Desktop where all open tasks or windows are displayed as buttons. WebTop has its own taskbar at the bottom of the Work Area.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="template"><Term>template</Term>
		<Definition>In WebTop, a template is a blank form that lists the fields, the fields' location, and the fields' length. A template includes all of the options available, but with no data yet entered. If you start WebTop, a copy of this template with which you can work is made available. In Microsoft Word, for example, you must open a new document or template potentially to be able to work with Word.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="template_list"><Term>template list</Term>
		<Definition>A list of templates from which a workflow participant can create processes.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="thinDEMapplication"><Term>thinDEM application</Term>
		<Definition>The Web-enabled version of the SSA® DEM application. See also <Link href="/webtop/glossary/glossary#DEM" role="glossary">DEM</Link>.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="tooltip"><Term>ToolTip</Term>
		<Definition>Small window that displays the name of a button or other control if the button contains no text or insufficient text. The ToolTip appears when you hover your cursor over a GUI element.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="URL"><Term>URL</Term>
		<Definition>Acronym for Uniform Resource Locator. An address for a resource on the Internet. Web browsers use URLs to locate Internet resources. A URL specifies the protocol to be used in accessing the resource, such as http for a World Wide Web page, or ftp for an FTP site; the name of the server on which the resource resides, such as //www.baan.com; and, optionally, the path to a resource, such as an HTML document or a file on that server.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="user_authorization"><Term>user authorization</Term>
		<Definition>The system administrator who is entitled to set certain limits to user authorization in the User Data session. You can obtain further information from the Installation Guide that is distributed with the WebTop media.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="user_defined_attribute"><Term>user defined attribute (UDA)</Term>
		<Definition>A workflow variable that a user can define when modeling the template.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="UI"><Term>user interface</Term>
		<Definition>The junction between a user and a computer program. An interface is a set of commands or menus through which a user communicates with a program. The user interface is one of the most important parts of any program because it determines how easily you can make the program perform. A powerful program with a poorly designed user interface has little value. Graphical user interfaces, such as WebTop, that use windows, icons, and pop-up menus have become standard on personal computers.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="user_name"><Term>user name</Term>
		<Definition>A name assigned by the systems administrator that identifies a user. A user name can be authorized to create user profiles. If a user name is not authorized to create its own user profile, the system administrator is responsible for creating a template for this user.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="userProfile"><Term>user profile</Term>
		<Definition>In the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Select User Profile</GUIRef> dialog box, you can define the skin, the language, and the application with which to work.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="url"><Term>Web address</Term>
		<Definition>Also known as a URL, which is short for Uniform Resource Locator, a Web address is a type of Uniform Resource Identifier, URI, the generic term for all types of names and addresses that refer to objects on the World Wide Web. A URL refers to an object by address.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="ibwh"><Term>Web Help</Term>
		<Definition>If you encounter a problem or forget a command while you run the WebTop, click F1 to display the Help topics. SSA Web Help contains session Help, DEM Help, and WebTop Help.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="website"><Term>Web site</Term>
		<Definition>A site or location on the World Wide Web. Each Web site contains a home page, which is the first document users see when they enter the site. The site can also contain additional documents and files. Each site is owned and managed by an individual, company, or organization.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="WindowsNT"><Term>Windows NT</Term>
		<Definition>A version of the Windows operating system. Windows NT, New Technology, is a 32-bit operating system that supports multi-tasking.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="work_list"><Term>work list</Term>
		<Definition>A list of activities associated with a specific workflow participant, or with a group of workflow participants who share a common work list. The work list forms part of the interface between a workflow engine, for example iflow server, and the work list handler, for example WebTop/Worktop.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="workflow"><Term>Workflow</Term>
		<Definition>Manages the flow of work and information in a company. By means of modeled business processes, a company's work processes are controlled.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="worktop"><Term>Worktop</Term>
		<Definition>Windows-based thick client variant of WebTop.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="ZoomInZoomOut"><Term>zoom in/zoom out</Term>
		<Definition>Zoom in enlarges the process on your screen, while zoom out reduces the process.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
	<GlossaryEntry ID="zoomSession"><Term>zoom session</Term>
		<Definition>The session in which you can browse through the available records and select a record. A zoom session is an overview session in read-only mode. You can use a zoom session to select the code of an existing record, for example, an item, order type, or warehouse, in another session. Use CTRL+B on a zoom field to start a zoom session.</Definition>
	</GlossaryEntry>
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