Rational Team Concert for System z Glossary

This glossary includes terms and definitions for IBM® Rational Team Concert™ for System z®. To view glossaries for other IBM products, go to www.ibm.com/software/globalization/terminology.

A

accept

To add any change set to a repository workspace, such as a change set attached to a work item.

artifact

An entity that is used or produced by a software development process. Examples of artifacts are models, source files, scripts, and binary executable files.

attribute

A defined quality and values that can be assigned to an artifact. For example, a work item artifact might have a 'priority' or 'severity' attribute.

B

baseline

A permanent copy of a component in a particular repository workspace or stream. A component baseline represents a configuration of a component at a particular point in time.

C

change set

A group of related changes to files for folders in a workspace or stream.

completed change set

A change set that can no longer be changed.

component

A grouping of related artifacts in a stream or repository workspace. A component can contain any number of folders and files.

conflict

A discrepancy among change sets in a repository workspace.

D

dashboard

A Web user interface component that provides information about the project status at a glance. Users can view project summary information or more detailed information.

data set definition

A Jazz™ model object that describes a partitioned data set (PDS) and is stored in the Rational Team Concert for System z Jazz repository. If the PDS already exists, the data set definition must specify just the PDS name. If the PDS is new, the data set definition must specify both the name of the PDS, and the location where it should be stored. Every data set that a build process references must correspond to a data set definition.

data set prefix

An identifier that, together with the data set name (indicated in the data set definition), specifies a data set that is allocated to Rational Team Concert for System z. A data set prefix can contain multiple segments, including a high-level qualifier (HLQ); for example, HLQ.PROD. With a prefix defined by a user, artifacts can be modified in isolation from other users.

deliver

To conduct an outgoing flow of change sets and baselines from a repository workspace to a stream.

F

flow

An arrangement between two workspaces or between a workspace and a stream that enables users to deliver and accept change sets.

flow target

A source or destination of incoming and outgoing change sets. In a team setting, most workspaces have flow targets. Streams have flow targets only if they are part of a stream hierarchy.

I

incoming change set

A change set in a stream or repository workspace that flows to a user repository workspace. An incoming change set is present in a workspace flow target, but not in the workspace itself.

iteration plan

An artifact that shows the work items and additional unstructured information for a team or project area within a development phase.

L

language definition

A Jazz model object that serially connects the translators used to build an artifact. The association of a language definition to an artifact provides instructions for how the artifact should be built.

link

A relationship between two artifacts.

O

outgoing change set

A change set in the developer workspace that flows to a stream. An outgoing change set is present in a workspace, but not in one or more of the workspace flow targets.

outgoing synchronization

A process by which changes that users make to work items are propagated to the ClearQuest® user database.

P

page

In a graphical interface, a predefined display image that typically provides fields and controls that help users accomplish tasks.

project area

The representation of a software project, including the project area defines the project deliverables, team structure, process, and schedule.

project release plan

An artifact that shows plan items and additional unstructured information for a team or project area and all related child team areas and iterations.

project snapshot

A subset of a baseline that identifies artifacts that have been approved or assigned to a milestone or other meaningful event.

R

repository workspace

A workspace that holds a developer's private copy of the source file base.

resolve

To reconcile discrepancies among change sets in a repository workspace.

resume

To reinstate a previously suspended change set to a repository workspace.

S

sandbox

An area on a file system where a developer can modify and test source code in isolation before returning it to the source control component and sharing it with other developers.

source control

In Jazz, a stream that is synchronized with a ClearCase® Unified Change Management (UCM) stream of a base ClearCase branch type.

stream

An artifact that holds the master copy of a source file base.

suspend

To temporarily remove a change set from a repository workspace.

synchronize

To add, subtract, or change one feature or artifact to match another.

T

tag

An identifer that groups related artifacts.

team area

A place within a project area for managing team membership, roles, assignments, and team artifacts.

team release plan

An artifact showing plan items and additional unstructured information for a team or project area and a development iteration and the associated child iteration plans.

translator

A Jazz model object that describes a single build step in which a translator executable program is invoked with the required inputs and outputs. Inputs and outputs are the same as z/OS® data sets, so a translator must reference multiple data set definitions.

V

viewlet

A Web user interface widget that is added and displayed in a dashboard page.

W

work item

An artifact representing a generalized notion of a development task, such as a task, defect report, or enhancement request.

workspace

In Eclipse, the collection of projects and other resources that the user is currently developing in the workbench. Metadata about these resources resides in a directory on the file system; the resources might reside in the same directory.

workspace flow target

A source or destination of incoming and outgoing change sets.

workspace snapshot

A record that captures the contents of a repository workspace at a particular time. A workspace snapshot consists of a collection of baselines, one for each component in the repository workspace.

Z

zComponent

A logical group of artifacts that share a common context; for example, all of the artifacts in a zComponent might comprise part of some application.

zComponent Project

1. A container into which buildable artifacts, such as COBOL programs, can be grouped.

2. An Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) project with specific Rational Team Concert for System z components.

zFile

An artifact that represents a PDS member on MVS™. A zFile can be associated with a language definition for Antz builds or for Rational® Developer for System z integration syntax checking.

zFolder

A container for a group of artifacts within a zComponent Project, used to represent a partitioned data set (PDS). Each zFolder is associated with a data set definition to create the source PDS on z/OS.

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