ArcGIS Engine Developer Guide

GLOSSARY
composition
computer-aided software
engineering
container account
container process
Content Standard for Digital
Geospatial Metadata
control
control points
creation time
CSDGM
CSS
custom
data type
database management system
database support
DBMS
DCOM
debug
deeply stateful application
A stronger form of aggregation in which objects from the “whole” class control
the lifetime of objects from the “part” class.
See CASE.
The operating system account that server object container processes run as, which
is specified by the GIS server postinstallation utility. Objects running in a server
container process have the same access rights to system resources as the container
account.
A process in which one or more server objects are running. Container processes
run on SOC machines and are started and shut down by the Server Object Manager
(SOM).
A publication authored by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) that
specifies the information content of metadata for a set of digital geospatial data.
The purpose of the standard is to provide a common set of terminology and
definitions for concepts related to the metadata. All U.S. government agencies
(federal, state, and local) that receive federal funds to create metadata must
follow this standard.
A component with a user interface. In ArcGIS, the term often refers to the
MapControl, PageLayoutControl, TOCControl, ToolbarControl, or ArcReaderControl,
which are parts of ArcGIS Engine.
See control.
The time it takes to initialize an instance of a server object when server objects
are created in the GIS server either as a result of the server starting or in response
to a request for a server object by a client.
See Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata.
See Cascading Style Sheets.
Functionality provided or created by a party who is not the original software
developer.
The attribute of a variable, field, or column in a table that determines the kind
of data it can store. Common data types include character, integer, decimal,
single, double, and string.
A set of computer programs that organizes the information in a database according
to a conceptual schema and provides tools for data input, verification, storage,
modification, and retrieval.
The proprietary database platforms supported by a program or component.
See database management system.
Distributed Component Object Model. Extends COM to support communication
among objects on different computers on a network.
A command that puts the address standardizer into debugging mode.
An application that uses the GIS server to maintain application state by changing
the state of a server object or its related objects. Deeply stateful applications
require nonpooled server objects.
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