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Platypus Terminology

HTML
We often refer to the prototype HTML as just HTML. We do this even though the source for the prototype might actually be in m4 files.
Access
We use the term Access for when the presentation layer requests a series of records from the business layer. Currently, this is always a database query. However, future versions might allow Accesses to require information from other sources, such as LDAP servers or search engines.
Configuration
There are several sets of configuration files in Platypus / Enhydra, including multiserver.conf, application.conf, and the configuration rooted in dev.conf. Unless otherwise indicated, we use the term configuration to refer to the description of the application rooted in the file dev.conf.
Pulldown
A pulldown may also be known as a Select Option or Drop Down Menu. The HTML code uses the <SELECT> and <OPTION> tags to create a pulldown. Using Platypus, some pulldowns may be dynamically created from database queries.