NonStop SOAP User's Manual

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Glossary
attribute. An item of descriptive data associated with an XML element. An attribute has a
name and a value.
Data Definition Language (DDL). A mechanism, proprietary to HP, for describing data
structures, such as request and response formats supported by a TS/MP application or
NonStop process.
DDL. Data Definition Language
Document Type Definition (DTD). A specification of valid syntax for a class of XML
documents. A DTD specifies required elements and attributes, and permissible and
default values of attributes.
DTD. Document Type Definition
context free. A style of application access in which the application regards each request as
independent of all other requests. As a result, a different process can handle each
request in a set or series.
context sensitive. A style of application access in which a series of requests are logically
related, requiring the same server process to handle all requests in the series.
data type. A categorization of values, operations, and arguments that usually cover both
behavior and representation.
element. The basic unit of information in an XML document. An element has a name and
can have content and attributes.
envelope. The elements of a SOAP message that precede and follow the body of the
message.
environment variable. An element of a system or product-specific configuration file used to
specify the path to a processing component or to control some aspect of system or
product operation. For example, you use an environment variable in the OSS profile
file to specify the location of the NonStop configuration file.
fault. An error condition reported by a SOAP server in response to a request.
generated class. A class, derived from one of the base SOAP classes, but specific to a
TS/MP service or NonStop process defined in an SDL file.
generated file. A file created by the Soap Admin tool and included in a custom SOAP
server for TS/MP or NonStop process.
internationalization. Provision for conversion of data to the encoding a client requires.
Makefile. In a UNIX or OSS environment, a script used to build an application process.