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title: "Autoform DM Glossary"
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description: "Definitions of Autoform DM terminology."
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Autoform DM Glossary

These acronyms, words and phrases are used in Autoform DM.

Read on to understand the most common standard phrases and their meaning.

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## Autoform DM-Specific Terms

### DocDef

Document definition. The document definition defines the type of document. Think of this as a label that assigns your document to a folder. It can be used to retrieve it efficiently.

### Key

An element within a document; text string, number or date. These are the metadata assigned to a document. Keys are the primary search method used to to retrieve a document efficiently.

### KeyDef

Key definition. Defines the configuration of a key, including the data type – string, number or date – and the label.

### User

An individual user account.

### Role

When created, a user account is assigned a role. This determines whether or not it has administrator rights.

### Group

You can arrange a number of users into a group. System administrators can efficiently tie together a variety of applications and assign to a named group, these can then be assigned to users for easy future administration.

### Sub-Group

A group of users contained within a group. This additional layer can facilitate system administrators.

### Application

User-enabled configuration that performs a particular task. For example, you can create a search application to retrieve documents, import documents or integrate client applications. See image of drop-down menu options.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/applications.png)

### Search

An application type to search your archive and retrieve documents containing matches. See also Query; interchangeable term.

### Query

An application type to search your archive and retrieve documents containing matches. See also Search; interchangeable term.

### Label

A human-readable custom label.

### Name

A system-readable name to go with the label.

### LineItem

A numbered row of data in a document, comprising several keys.

### LineItem Key

The key within the LineItem table. For example, Item number.

### System Key

An element of system data. Typical examples are Archive Date, Last Changed Date, Revision, Owner. See image of drop-down menu options.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/system_keys.png)

### Validation Regex

A regular expression can be added to validate any entered values.

### Bound / Bindings / Bind

Keys can be bound – meaning that they are associated – with a particular document definition.

### Associate

DocDefs can be associated with applications.

### PDM

Legacy software title of Autoform DM.

## Other Terms

### JRE

[Java Runtime Environment](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/jre)

### AS

[Wildfly](https://www.wildfly.org/) Application Server

### SQL

Structured Query Language. This refers to the Microsoft SQL relational database on which Autoform DM depends.

### PBKDF2

Password storage method for hashing.

### LDAP

[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol](https://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/LDAP)

### VM

Virtual Machine. We recommend Autoform DM is installed on a VM.

### Operand

The value or data on which an operation will be performed.

### REST API

Restful Application Programming Interface. Accessed via the Help icon, this can be used to develop custom integrations with third-party applications.

### API Key

A unique string generated for authenticating API integrations.

### DB

Database

### DB ID

Database Identifier

### Chunks

File fragments for in-progress uploads.