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rendering

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

The act of converting perceivable units into physical effects that can be perceivable by a user and with which a user may be able to interact .

rendering preferences

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A set of preferences, specified by a user , that may affect the way the user agent renders a perceivable unit, and so change the resultant user experience.

request

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A message describing an atomic operation to be carried out in the context of a specified resource.

This term was taken verbatim from Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet.

resource

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A network data object or service that can be identified by a URI. Resources may be available in multiple representations (e.g. multiple languages, data formats, size, resolutions) or vary in other ways.

This term was taken verbatim from Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1

resource manifestation

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

One specific rendition of a resource at a specific point in time and space.

A conceptual mapping exists between a resource and a resource manifestation (or set of manifestations), in the sense that the resource has certain properties - e.g., its URI, its intended purpose, etc. - which are inherited by each manifestation, although the specific structure, form, and content of the manifestation may vary according to factors such as the environment in which it is displayed, the time it is accessed, etc. Regardless of the form the manifestation's rendering ultimately takes, the conceptual mapping to the resource is preserved.

This term was taken verbatim from Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet

response

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A message containing the result of an executed request.

This term was taken verbatim from Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet.

server

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

The role adopted by an application when it is supplying resources or resource manifestations.

This term was taken verbatim from Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet.

single authoring

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

An authoring style in which a single variant of each resource is created and is automatically adapted to produce the user experience for each delivery context. .

Single authoring represents one end of a spectrum of authoring styles that include multiple authoring and flexible authoring. It represents a theoretical extreme that is rarely achieved in practice. Though, theoretically, it offers the minimum development cost, limitations in practical adaptation systems mean that compromises are necessary in the final user experiences. These compromises are often considered unacceptable.

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uniform resource identifier

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A short string that uniquely identifies a resource such as an HTML document, an image, a down-loadable file, a service, or an electronic mailbox.

user

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A human who perceives and interacts with the web

user agent

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A client within a device that performs rendering.

Browsers are examples of user agents, as are web robots that automatically traverse the web collecting information.

user experience

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A set of material rendered by a user agent which may be perceived by a user and with which interaction may be possible.

user experience preferences

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A set of preferences, specified by a user , that affect the user experience that results from adaptation for a given delivery context

variant

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A resource may have one, or more than one, representation(s) associated with it at any given instant. Each of these representations is termed a `variant.' Use of the term `variant' does not necessarily imply that the resource is subject to content negotiation.

This term is taken verbatim from Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1.

web page

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A collection of information, consisting of one or more resources, intended to be rendered simultaneously, and identified by a single Uniform Resource Identifier.

More specifically, a web page consists of a resource with zero, one, or more embedded resources intended to be rendered as a single unit, and referred to by the URI of the one resource which is not embedded.

This term was developed from the definition of web page in Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet.

web page identifier

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18)

A Uniform Resource Identifier intended to be recognized by a user as representing the identity of a specific Web Page (resource).

It may need to be entered explicitly by a user.

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