Glossary

November 14, 2023
Absolute area
An absolute area is a unique placeholder displayed in multiple pages, once filled, the content placed in this area will be displayed everywhere this absolute area is called.
Area
An area is a placeholder defined in a template, that can be filled with components / content at template level or in pages using those templates.
Component
A component is the representation of a content type that can be manipulated through drag and drop by authors in edit mode. In other systems it can be called a widget.
Engine
An engine is a UI generated automatically by Jahia to edit content, based on its definition.
Module
A module is a package to extend the jahia platform. Modules are .war files until Jahia 6.6.x and .jar files starting with DX 7.0
Manager
A manager is a dedicated tool to manage nodes in a tree view.Managers shows, in fact, a lmited view of the JCR repository limited to a sub-set of content types or functionnalities (documents, content, pages, categories...) .
MVC
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Permission
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REST
REST (REpresentational State Transfer) est un style d’architecture pour les systèmes hypermédia distribués, créé par Roy Fielding en 2000 dans le chapitre 5 de sa thèse de doctorat1.
Role
A role is a collection of permissions aggregated under one name.
Rule
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Template
A template is an archetype that define a layout and predifined content when a page is created by authors in Edit Mode.
View
A view is a script processed by Jahia to render content, based on its type .
Workflow
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