Chandler Glossary

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1. Chandler Terminology

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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X-Y-Z |

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2. Chandler Icons

• Dashboard Icons
• Toolbar Icons

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Chandler Terminology

Chandler Project is an open source, standards-based personal information manager (PIM) built around small group collaboration and a core set of information management workflows modeled on Inbox usage patterns and David Allen's GTD methodology.

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Term	Definition
.ics file	The file format Chandler uses to import and export calendars to other applications. (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar iCalendar is a standard (RFC 2445) for calendar data exchange. The standard is sometimes referred to as "iCal", which also is the name of the Apple, Inc. calendar program (see iCal) that provides one of the implementations of the standard. iCalendar allows users to send meeting requests and tasks to other users through email. Recipients of the iCalendar email (with supported software) can respond to the sender easily or counter propose another meeting date/time. See GSG Ch 3: Importing-Exporting Data	""""
/Find /Event /Task /Note /Message	(all verbs used in the Quick Entry)	""""
A		""""
Accounts	See GSG ch 2:Setting Up Accounts	""""
Addressing, Message, Mail	Chandler messages are different from email messages. They can be edited and resent as updates! The underlying technology used for sending and receiving Chandler messages is email. However, Chandler-specific metadata is preserved separate from the email wrapper used to transport the Chandler message around. Examples of Chandler-specific metadata include: Item type - Is the message also a task? an event? both? Event meta-data - Start/End times, time zone, etc. Unlike email, who a message is 'From' does not always match the 'Sender' of Chandler messages. This allows you to send messages on behalf of others as well edit and update messages without changing who the message was originally 'From'.	"""" """" """"
All Day Event	All Day is meant for events that will be occupying lots of your time that day. One All Day event makes a full blue mark for that day in the minicalendar. It's rendered with a dark background in the calendar's allday canvas.	""""
Anytime Event	Any Time is meant for events that don't have a specific time or duration. They don't take up any time on your calendar (so no little blue mark in the minicalendar for anytime events). It's rendered with a light background in the calendar's allday canvas. The default when double clicking in the allday canvas is now to create an Any Time Event, not an allday event	""""
Application Area	Chandler has four application areas: Mail, Tasks, Calendar and an all-inclusive All area. Chandler's application areas are a way to filter down your collections by item kind.	""""
Authentication		""""
B		""""
Backup (a repo)		""""
Bookmarkable URL		""""
Bugzilla		"""" """"
C		""""
CalDAV		""""
Calendar canvas		""""
Certificates		""""
Chandler Desktop	The Macintosh, Linux, and Windows XP application that is an open source, standards-based personal information manager (PIM) built around small group collaboration and a core set of information management workflows modeled on Inbox usage patterns and David Allen's GTD methodology.	""""
Chandler folders		""""
Chandler Hub	Chandler Hub is a free web-based service providing personal information manager (PIM) features such as web-based dashboards for tasks and events. You can share these collections with other people and applications, or just use Chandler Hub to backup the data in your desktop PIM applications.	""""
Chandler Server	The Chandler Server Team is working on both the Chandler Server (CalDAV server), the Chandler Server Admin web interface and the end-user Information Management web interface. Chandler Server is the software that powers the Chandler Hub Sharing Service. The Chandler Server code is also available for download as a standalone server.	""""
Checkpoint (a repo)		""""
Clipboard		""""
Collection	Chandler's primary affordance for grouping items. Collections can contain items of any kind	""""
Commit (a repository)		""""
Compact (a repo)		""""
Conflict aka pending changes		""""
Cosmo	Code name for Chandler Server (see also: Chandler Server)	"""" "
D		""""
Dashboard		""""
Dashboard (the collection)		""""
Data Migration		""""
Delete	The difference between Delete and Remove gets users into trouble all the time. (see also: Remove)	""""
Detail View		""""
E		""""
Export/Reload		"""" """"
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Free/Busy or Freebusy		""""
G		""""
H		""""
I		""""
IMAP POP SMTP	Email server standards. IMAP servers keep your email on the server usually in folders. POP servers just send the email to your email client. SMTP servers are the ones that you use to send your email out to others.	"""" """" """"
Item	An item is a piece of information managed by Chandler. As of 0.7.0, Chandler can handle four different kinds of items: Notes, Messages, Tasks and Events. Items can be of one or multiple kinds, e.g. an item can be Task and an Event hence becoming a Scheduled Task; an item can be an Event and a Message hence becoming an Invitation.	""""
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K		""""
Keep out of Dashboard		""""
L		""""
Lucene		""""
M		""""
Manage	(a collection)	""""
Markup bar	The markup bar is a serie of buttons placed above the right hand item panel. Those buttons allow the item to be "stamped" (marked) as different kind and compound their attributes	""""
Migration		""""
Mini-calendar aka Minical		""""
Morse Code aka mc		""""
N		""""
NOW, LATER, DONE	Triage states an item may have. (see also: Triage Status)	"""" "" ""
O		""""
Overlay	(collections)	""""
P		""""
Parcel		""""
Parse	(used also in a variety of contexts as in: parsing files, items, messages, URLs, strings, etc...)	""""
Path	(used in a variety of contexts: sharing, plugins, certificates, files, etc...)	""""
Plugin	A Plugin is an optional Python modules that add or change existing functionality. Prior to Chandler 0.7, those extensions were knows as "parcels" and this wording might still be found in Chandler's documentation. Plugins are available for download from CheeseShop.	""""
Port	(as in Account preferences...)	""""
Preview	(on top of the minical)	""""
Publish	(see also: Suscribe)	""""
Q		""""
Quick Entry field	/Find /Event /Task /Note /Message (all verbs used in the Quick Entry) Quick Entry field. This feature has recognizers that notice if you enter words like: breakfast, lunch, dinner, today, tomorrow, and creates the event appropriately, for example making the "lunch" event start at noon. (see Recognizer Terms)	""""
R		""""
Recognizer terms	Terms recognized in the Quick Entry Field. Quick Entry codes: event, task, request, invite, note, msg, message Items that control what the event time is based on: noon, lunch, morning, breakfast, dinner, evening, midnight, night, tonight, eod (end of day) Items that show date direction: tomorrow, today, yesterday modifiers: from, before, after, ago, prior, prev, last, next, previous, in a, end, of, eod, eo	""""
Recurring event		""""
Reminder, Alarm, Tickler		"""" """" """"
Remove	(the difference between Remove and Delete gets users into trouble all the time) (see also: Delete)	""""
Repository		""""
Restore	(a collection)	""""
Restore	(settings)	""""
S		""""
Schema		""""
Scripting		""""
Sharing, Share		""""
Sidebar		""""
SSL, TLS	Security protocols used by servers.	"""" """"
Stamp, Stamped		""""
Status bar		""""
Subscribe	(see also: Publish)	""""
Sync		""""
T		""""
tar/gz archives		""""
Ticket URL		""""
Tickler Alarm	A custom alarm you can set on any item to automatically triage that item to NOW at a time you specify	""""
Toolbar		""""
Trash collection		""""
Triage		""""
Triage Status	An attribute on every item that is Chandler's principle mechanism for helping you manage what you're working on. The three triage statuses are NOW, LATER and DONE. The Triage status of an item can be manually set by clicking on the status icon. Or it can be automatically set by an alarm or event date's relation to the current date and time.	""""
Twisted		""""
U		""""
URLs		""""
V		""""
View	(as in Table View, Triage Table View, Calendar View, Day View, Week View, Main View and Summary View	""""
View-only, View and Edit		""""
W		""""
WebDAV		""""
Who column	(cr, up, ed, to, fr, ow, au -- all verb monikers in the Who columns) cr - created by, up - updated by, ed - edited by, to - addressee, fr - from, ow - ??, au - ??	""""
X-Y-Z		""""

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Chandler Icons

A collection of User Interface elements and an explanation of the icons can be found Here

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I've moved the Chandler Glossary chapter from the Get Started Guide to the Wiki.

The glossary terms are in alphabetical order. The format for the table is:

| Term | Definition | #Anchor | + some misc. style and formatting kruft.

I use the anchors as targets for terms in the Get Started Guide and for cross references and navigation within the Glossary.

Please feel free edit the page to add terms or definitions, but for now please keep the existing format. PLEASE: DO NOT USE WYSIWYG EDITING ON THIS PAGE! It screws up the formatting and breaks the anchor links.

-- PieterHartsook - 06 Sep 2007