Terminology of Picturepark

ACR Values are optional parameters provided as a space-separated string. These values specify additional context values which the authorization server shall use to process the client request for authentication. If the client provides a value the IdP under

The Aggregation Query Filter is used for aggregations (groups of filters aka facets).

The And Query Filter is an operator, where you can add multiple filters as an array, all filter criteria must be fulfilled.

Authentication is the act of proving that "you are who you say you are" usually done via passwords. The act of verifying the identity of a computer system user. Identity providers offer user authentication as a service. See Wikipedia Authentication https:

The authentication flow is the definition of how the tokens to identify users are exchanged. Picturepark external Identity Provider must support Authorization Code Flow with PKCE. PKCE, pronounced “pixy” is an acronym for Proof Key for Code Exchange, whic

Authorization is the process of verifying that "you are permitted to do what you are trying to do" by granting permissions. While authorization often happens immediately after authentication (e.g., when logging into a computer system), this does not mean

The Boost factor field setting will boost the values in the search and help you define the relevance of the content for your users. The boost parameter increases the relative weight of a term (with higher boost values) or decreases the relative weight (wi

The browser view contains the following areas Channel #Channel (outlined in green below) Search #Search (outlined in red below) Browser with toolbar #Browser (outlined in yellow below) Sidebar with toolbar (options in tabs) #Sidebar (outlined in grey belo

A Business Rule can execute actions when certain conditions are met. For each business rule you define general information (name, id, tracing, status), one or more trigger points (update or creation of content items, replacing of a file or via schedules),

The Produce Notification Action produces a Picturepark toast notification when the conditions for the Business Rule are met e.g. inform about new images, inform about new Content Items with approved copyright information, or recalled Content Items.

The AND operator can group different conditions e.g. Check for a specific layer AND a tagbox item that is assigned.

The condition Content Permission Set Assigned checks if a permission set is assigned, which will give access to specific user roles e.g. Check if permission set "SocialMedia-AllAccess" is assigned to ensure that publication information (platform, date, ta

The condition Content Permission Set Unassigned checks if a permission set is unassigned, which removes access e.g. Check if permission set "PartnerAccess" is removed to inform partners about usage restrictions for this specific content.

The condition Content Permission Sets Changed checks if there have been changes made to the Permission Set of a Content Item. This does not include any change to the Permission Set itself.

The condition Content Relation Item Assigned checks if a specific content item or any content item has been assigned in a relationship field to another content item e.g. check if the Press Kit has a Logo (or the correct Logo) and a Hero Shot (or the corre

The condition Content Relation Item Unassigned checks if a specific content item or any content item has been unassigned in a relationship field e.g. Check if the draft version of a text has been removed before making content available to the company or c

The condition Content Relation Items Changed checks if any Content Items were removed or assigned from a specific relationship field e.g. check if Press Kit material changed and trigger validation of the new material (assign Review Layer, note with order

The condition Content Schema checks if the content schema is matching a specific schema e.g. Check if for audio and video files the permission set is assigned that gives access to the multimedia team or check for Content Schema "Images" to find all images

The condition Field Value Change checks if a value in a specific field changed e.g. Check if the checkbox "LegalConcerns" changes which may require the removal of the content. This does not cover any changes to the field itself.

The GeoPoint Within Polygon condition checks if the geoinformation inserted in Picturepark is within a defined polygon e.g. to check if the images shot were created in Aarau or more general to check if images were taken (GPS data from extracted metadata)

The Condition Layer Assigned checks if a layer with a specific ID is assigned to a content item e.g. Check if layer with ID "ProductInformation" is assigned to find all product related content.

The condition Layer Unassigned checks if a layer is unassigned e.g. Check whether an embargo layer ("LegalApprovalPending") is lifted which then allows to use and publish the content.

The condition Layers Changed checks if there has been changes made on the Layer. This does not include changes to the Layer itself but only to Layer changes on the Content Item.

The condition Match Regex checks the input value for a specific field for a pattern, defined as Regex e.g. Check if the input is a valid email address or product code and otherwise remove access until this information is correct. This condition also appli

The NOT Condition is an operator to negate a condition you define e.g. check if Layer is not assigned (NOT LayerAssigned). Triggers when the condition is not true.

The condition Number Compare checks if a specific metadata field contains a number that is less, less or equal, equal, greater, greater or equal to a specific value e.g. Check weather the resolution is greater or equal 300 dpi to meet the website requirem

The OR operator can group different conditions of which any must be fulfilled e.g. Check for a specific Layer OR a Permission Set.

The condition Tagbox Item Assigned checks if a specific tagbox item ("a tag") is assigned in a specific field e.g. Check if the tag "Twitter" is assigned in the field "SocialMediaPlatforms" on Layer "CopyrightUsages" to then use this image on Twitter. The

The condition Tagbox Item Unassigned checks if a specific tagbox item ("a tag") is unassigned in a specific field e.g. Check if the tag "Twitter" is unassigned in the field "SocialMediaPlatforms" on Layer "CopyrightUsages" to then remove this image from T

The condition Tagbox Items Changed checks for any changes to the Tagbox Items. This does not apply to changes to the tagbox field settings or changes to the List Item in the List Browser.

The business rule trace log shows you which business rules have been validated and executed with details about each business rule. This helps you to easily debug the business rule, check conditions, or if the transformation failed or the action could not

The Date Math Transformation feature in our Business Rule Configuration represents a powerful tool that automates data manipulation and optimization. It's an incredibly versatile feature that enables you to add or subtract a specific interval from a date

The Business Rule Trigger Create means the creation of a Content Item through upload (File Item) https://picturepark.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/main/pages/252936691/Store+Content or creation (Virtual Item) https://picturepark.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/main

Business Rule Trigger Replace File means the replacement of a file item using the replace file functionality in the toolbar of the Content Item or via API. This action does not cover virtual content updates!

The Business Rule Trigger Schedule allows customers to create a Schedule for how often/when a business rule should be run. Examples are: daily, weekly.

Business Rule Trigger Update means the modification of a Content Item through metadata or content edits in single edit https://picturepark.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/main/pages/252936507/Edit+Content, batch edit https://picturepark.atlassian.net/wiki/space

Channels are virtual dividers that separate, filter, and isolate content. Channels are like global filters that affect what content users see when working. If the Channel's configuration permits a given piece of content, it can be shown; otherwise, the co

The Checkbox field is on or off (technically, that means true or false, so-called Boolean). Its meaning depends on the label e.g. Checkbox "PermissionDenied" ✔ means permission denied, whereas checkbox "PermissionApproved" ✔ means permission granted, alth

The Child Query Filter allows filtering for all child elements.

The Content Browser displays all Content Items. Your users will work in this area, searching, downloading, sharing content. image-20211005-110812.pnghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChlW1DFwMiY

You use the Date Range Filter (Aggregator) to create a sidebar filter on dates. This will show dates in date ranges. You can build filters based on the creation date or release date of an image, and users can easily filter for dates as ranges, e.g. Today,

The Date Range Query Filter is a filter on a date / datetime field, providing a range (from last month, to now). You can use this filter to only show Content Items created in the last month in a Channel, or in a Tagbox.

The Date Time field allows input of a date or a date and a time, which display and interpretation you can specify as format, e.g., show dates with year/month/day or day-month-year.

The Detail Pattern displays summary information in Content Item Detail View and List Item Detail View.

Display Patterns are configurable templates in Liquid Syntax (used in Shopify). In these Patterns, you take metadata and other values and construct a nice piece of information. The thumbnail pattern for a list item (product) with a title and other product

The DocumentType Content means Content Items visible in the Content Browser, this includes File Items and Virtual Items.

The document types in Picturepark are entities, different type of digital works (objects) you can have in Picturepark. Picturepark knows the documentTypes "Content", "ListItem", "Schema", "User", "ContentPermissionSet", "Owner". Content are Content Items

The Download File Name is used to construct the name of the downloaded items. These are only used for virtual and file items that can be downloaded. They are configurable for each file type and each virtual type.

The Dynamic View field allows relating content to other content based on metadata or other criteria, for example, relating content with the same document number or relating content with the same product number or the same event. This is especially useful

An embed in Picturepark creates embed code for one or multiple Content Items and Virtual Items, which can be embedded into websites or landing pages. Picturepark offers a direct image link or an HTML link. The embed link allows resizing in the embed viewe

The Execution Scope is the data which the Business Rule will use for validating the conditions and executing the actions, which means the underlying index. The area which the Business Rule will work.

The Execution Scope MainDoc, means the document (similar to a database table) in ElasticSearch that carries all information about an item e.g. types, permission, actions, like the CV of the item.

The Execution Scope SearchDoc, means the document in ElasticSearch (similar to a database table) that carries information of an item which is optimized for the usage in the Picturepark search. This includes information set to "include in search". The Sear

The Excel Roundtripping App is developed by Picturepark and saves you time when updating content or metadata. You can export data such as Content Items, content metadata, and List Items on a massive scale, editing the data within Excel or other spreadshee

Permission sets can be set exclusive, which means only this one exclusive Permission Set applied. Exclusive Permission Sets are additive too, which means the combined set of permissions from all exclusive Permission Sets applies.

The Exists Query Filter filters on a field to check if the field exists or if the layer exists, using layerSchemaIds.

The ID field is the ID of your field, which is used to link to this field. The field ID is always lowercase. The field's ID is set when creating a new field using camel casing. You need the field ID for the configuration of filters or display patterns. T

The field path is the hierarchy of the field, which is the path where you can find the field. To configure filters or display patterns, you must access the value via field ID or field path. The field path always starts in lowercase. layerId.fieldId You c

The type of field where you insert metadata, where Picturepark supports different data types, for example, text, numbers, or tags. You cannot change a field type once saved. You can only remove the field, update the Content and List Items index, and re-ad

Fields in Picturepark save metadata values or values of the List Item or Virtual Item content. A group of fields serves basically as a form for data entry. You know different types of fields from any form on the internet, where you provide data like your

The Fieldset field shows a group of fields configured as a Fieldset schema. For example, for an address, you need three fields: Street (text), Zip (number), and City (text), which you can group as one field (*fieldset) Address. This grouping allows you to

Fieldsets are a group of fields treated as one field e.g a fieldset field "address" with the individual fields street, zip, and city. Relations allow us to link Content Items together and provide context about the relation e.g. linking two images to a doc

File Types are regular files (images, documents, videos, etc.) grouped into a hierarchy, to give you access to its extracted metadata. Therefore the name of the individual type is e.g. not “image” but “Image Metadata”. File (everything that has a file e

Filters (sometimes called “facets”) are used to refine Content Items in the Content Browser or List Items in the List Browser. Those filters are shown on the right (sidebar) and help to refine your search for desired content e.g. Filters "Media type" allo

The Geo Bounding Box Query Filter works on Geo Point values which are inside the rectangle of the defined geo bounding box. In a tagbox you can filter for partner events in the DACH region.

The Geo Distance Filter (Aggregator) is not supported as Content Browser Filters or List Item Filters (facets). You can however create Query Filters https://picturepark.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/main/pages/252938276/Query+Filters for geo points e.g. show

The Geo Distance Query Filter works on Geo Point values which are in distance of a defined geo point location. In a channel for regional content you can only show Content Items created within 50km distance.

The Geo Point Field has two number fields for adding longitude and latitude values. Applications like Google Maps use this kind of Geo-Information about a location. In Picturepark you can only use Geo Point values in Query Filters.

The setting "ID" is available for various things in Picturepark e.g. users, fields, schemas, business rules and is the unique Identifier The ID is created automatically from your name entry. Picturepark removes spaces and special characters to ensure that

Identity providers (short: IdP, IDP) are systems that manage and maintain identity information (e.g. user attributes). Identity providers offer user authentication as a service. Picturepark outsources the user authentication to the Picturepark Identity Se

The Include in filters field setting allows the field to be added as a filter for content (see Channels Configuration) and the field values to be edited in the Batch Editor (indexed fields). Picturepark checks this setting against the allowed number of Se

The Include in search field setting determines whether or not the field's values should be considered in content browser simple search operations. If this option is not enabled, the search does not consider the values of the field in search operations. Th

In Business Rules, you can transform values, e.g., you get the EXIF values and extract a specific value like geo point and transform this into a tag you can assign from a list. You can request values from the Content, the metadata, or audit information. Y

The item detail design grid contains the following areas Item Name (outlined in green below)showing the name of the selected item from the browser, for example, the name of a content item or the name of the list item (configurable via name display pattern

The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is an open-standard file format or data interchange format that uses human-readable text to transmit data objects consisting of attribute-value pairs and array data types (or any other serializable value). JSON knows

A Layer is a group of one or more fields. A Layer contains all metadata of a Content Item, the so-called metadata profile. Examples: Basic Information (title, description), Product Information (product name, family, etc.). The fields contained in a Layer

Some default system fields are used to aggregate Ids from Picturepark system items e.g. permissionSetIds or layerSchemaIds or contentSchemaId and display them in Filters. image-20201203-181959.png

The display pattern and filters are written in Liquid Syntax, which is the Shopify templating language. It has objects (the field values), filters (manipulations like uppercase) and tags (if/else operations). Please make yourself familiar when you plan to

Lists are lists of keywords or tags. Lists are primarily used to serve for tagging content. A list is your controlled vocabulary, your taxonomy, used for tagging with multidimensional information. That means a list can only have tags with a name or tags t

The List Pattern displays in list view mode of the Content Browser as a summary of Layer and Fieldsets in Content Item Detail View. It is used for tagbox suggestions in edit mode and as a title of the tagbox card view.

Both users' interface views share the main menu. The main menu is on the left side. The main menu without additional permissions always contains the following elements: Logo The logo is displayed in the top left corner. In the collapsed state of the main

Text fields in Picturepark have an additional option to render Markdown https://medium.com/epfl-extension-school/markdown-demystified-694b01d7c5b0, a well-known syntax supported by various systems. Using Markdown in text fields allows basic formatting of

A Metadata Field in Picturepark is field added to Schemas or availalbe on File Types (Content Schemas) which hold metadata values. The fields are displayed as fieldpath which has the syntax layerId.fieldId. For File Types the syntax is fileType.fieldId.

The Monaco Editor is a browser-based code editor that also powers Microsoft VS Code. Thanks to IntelliSense features, you can get suggestions by pressing Ctrl + Space, which will reveal some code hinting. A red line marks code errors like missing commas o

The Name setting is available for various items in Picturepark, for example, fields, schemas, and business rules. This value defines what appears in the Picturepark interface. You can change the name anytime and translate it into any configured metadata l

The Name Pattern displays information in item detail view as a header and as titles below thumbnails in the Content Browser. It is used as the tagbox preview in view mode.

Picturepark accounts are named, meaning that each account should be created for and used by only one individual. The benefits of named accounts include Users can share content from their email addresses, own content, and collaborate with others. Personali

The Nested Filter (Aggregator) is only used by the Picturepark backend when you create a filter for nested documents (e.g. Tagboxes). It is used for accessing nested documents and resolving the values. It is used in combination with a Terms Filter or Term

The Nested Query Filter is required for Tagbox or Fieldsets or Relationship with multiple values, as those values are nested. If you want to access those nested values you must use the Nested Filter and add other filters inside of it.

The Not Query Filter is an operator where you can add one filter, which must not be fulfilled.

The Number field contains only numbers. If you are unsure if the expected values may contain text, then use a text field. Otherwise, use the Number field. The benefit is that you can calculate with numbers but not with text. For example, 2+2=4, but "Conte

The Number Filter (numeric aggregator) is used for showing numbers in ranges. You can build filters based on the filesize or DPI of an image, and users can easily filter for numbers as ranges, e.g. Small-sized files or Medium-sized files. filters_Numeric

The Numeric Range Query Filter is a filter on a numeric field, providing a range (from, to). In a Channel, you can show content with filesize in range 0 – 500 to filter for medium-sized files, which are better suited for web usage. In a relationship field

OpenID Connect is a leading standard for authentication, specifically identity provisioning and single sign-on. It uses JSON-based identity tokens (JWT), delivered via OAuth 2.0 flows designed for web, browser-based, and native/mobile applications. OpenID

OpenID Providers are implementations based on Open ID Connect, like servers or services or libraries. Open ID Providers are listed on the official Open ID Connect page: https://openid.net/developers/certified https://openid.net/developers/certified. Popul

The Or Query Filter is an operator and allows adding multiple filters as array, any filter criteria must be fulfilled.

The Parent Query Filter allows filtering for all child elements by providing the parent element.

Permission sets assign multiple user roles to content or schema and allow you to control the level of access the user roles have on content or schemas. Permission sets applied to content/schemas are additive, all of them apply. Default content permission

Picturepark IDS (short: PIDS) is the Picturepark Identity Server, which serves as the default trusted Identity Provider of your Picturepark Content Platform. All identity information (e.g. user attributes) are saved in the Picturepark IDS. You can access

The Picturepark Search is visible in all areas in Picturepark. In the Content Browser or List Item Browser, Picturepark offers search suggestions from the filters of the Channel or List settings that have search fields configured. The Picturepark Search

The Prefix Query Filter filters on a field which value start with the defined prefix. In a corporate channel you can only show Content Items which title start with the company name - assuming you do have such a strict naming convention for your titles.

Previews are static formats available for File Types. The standard Windows server fonts are installed on our rendering server and will be applied and rendered to document previews. Any other fonts will be substituted. A file format icon based on the defau

Query filters (Channel Filter or Filters in Fields) help to restrict the values available for tagging in a tagbox e.g. show only products for EMEA; or the Content Items displayed in a specific Channel e.g. only approved product marketing content. Those fi

The _refId is the unique identifier of a list item. Field attributes of List Items, like names, are not necessarily unique, e.g., I can have the same person twice in a list of persons, but they have different _refId. You cannot search for it in the Conten

A regular expression (usually called regex or regexp) is a sequence of characters that help you search in text (strings). Various systems use Regex for field validation and find or find & replace operations in text (strings). Regex is common in computer s

The Relationship field allows relating content to other content, similar to hyperlinks (links) on the internet, and is especially useful for creating press kits, print packages, and landing pages by adding related visual content. For a press kit, you can

Relying Party (short: RP) is an app that outsources the authentication of users, which is Picturepark itself. Picturepark does not handle authentication but outsources authentication to the Picturepark IDS or any trusted Identity Provider configured in th

The Required field setting determines whether or not an editor must provide a field value before being able to save the Content Item. If a field is required and the user has not provided a value or has deleted an existing value, Picturepark does not permi

Roles are assigned to registered users and define what a user is in general allowed to do in the Content Platform. Bear in mind that the role permission "Manage Content" is not sufficient as the Role also needs to be permitted to apply Layer or create Vir

Search Analyzers define how text is processed or manipulated. These analyzers give you control over how your text data is used in the search. The goal is to standardize text, for example lowercasing or converting special characters (diacrititcs) or handli

You can use the share option in Picturepark to send a link (by email) to a selection of Content Items and Virtual Items to one or multiple users. Picturepark users have share available in Picturepark, others only in their mail. The link can be opened with

The Sortable field setting defines if Picturepark uses the values of those fields for sorting List Items (in Lists). Sorting of contents based on fields in a Layer is possible via the channel configuration, which only considers fields marked as sortable.

The System Information gives insight into your current version and the customer you are using. As you can use your very same account for multiple customers, the System Information helps to identify where you are currently working. Always include this info

The Tagbox field allows you to tag content, similar to tagging in social media, but with the option to configure the available tags. Tags work as a grouping of content. Tags are structured information because users cannot make typos when selecting from a

The Tagbox Filter (Terms Relation Aggregator) is used to aggregate terms using a unique ID as a base, but instead of unclear IDs, it shows the specified translation (Display Pattern) in the Filter. This makes it easier for the user to really understand th

Tags can be used for regions, locations, moods, colors, product categories, countries .... almost everything. I Picturepark tags are saved in lists, so the individual list items are tags. Examples of lists are: Season (fields: name) *simple one, with just

The Term Query Filter lets you filter on one single term inside a field. For Tagbox or Fieldsets or Relationship with multiple value support the Term Filter must be used inside a NestedFilter. This query filter has multiple and most common usage when filt

note The terminology is used via the “include macro” throughout the administration manual. Picturepark also uses an internal glossary available at glossary.picturepark.com http://glossary.picturepark.com for authorized users. The terminology is used via t

The Terms Enum Filter (Aggregator) uses an enum as a base and resolving the enum translation to display in the filter. In comparison to IDs, enums are constant identifiers, usually defined as readable text and not large number-character-combinations. Enum

The Terms Filter (Aggregator) is used to aggregate terms from strings (text) e.g. Text, Checkbox. It uses text as a base (e.g. Titles) which means that it does not aggregate similar text but only exact matches e.g. List Item "Joe Berrymore" may be present

The Terms Query Filter can filter on multiple terms inside a field. For Tagbox or Fieldsets or Relationship with multiple value support this filter must be used within a NestedFilter. Similar to the Term Query Filter, but with the option to directly filte

In the Text field, you can insert text, numbers, and special characters, which means unstructured information, as the user can write whatever they want - even High Valyrian, Valar morghulis, which almost nobody understands. Text fields, therefore, should

The Thumbnail Pattern constructs thumbnails for Virtual Types and the overlay on thumbnails for File Types and the tag preview in the cards.

The Trigger field you can use to trigger a business rule with the benefit that it stores the information about the user who clicked the field and when (date and time), whereas a checkbox "start business rule" would not have any information about user and

The UI required field setting determines whether or not an editor must provide a field value to save the Content Item in the UI. If a field is UI required and the user has not provided a value or deleted the existing value, Content Platform does not permi

Picturepark uses accounts and an Identity Server to identify users. Accounts control only whether the account holder may connect to Picturepark to access and edit that user's profile. Once connected, the Roles and Permission Sets of the account determine

Picturepark features a browser-based user interface that offers access to all the controls users and administrators need while keeping the most commonly used functions at the fore. The functions available in the interface depend on the connected user's ro

The "View for all" permission makes all schemas by default visible to all users. You only have to configure the restrictions - so the schemas which you don’t want all users to see. This simplifies the permission management massively. Relationships and Fie

Virtual Types enable you to create content from within Picturepark that adheres to a defined structure, without having to worry about the output format of the content. Common to each of these (and other) Virtual Types is a defined structure e.g. Press Rel

Virtual Types enable you to create content from within Picturepark that adheres to a defined structure, without having to worry about the output format of the content. Common to each of these (and other) Virtual Types is a defined structure e.g. Press Rel

XMP Mapping allows the extraction and import of XMP/EXIF data into Picturepark metadata fields and the exporting of data from Picturepark metadata fields into XMP based on field mappings. The XMP handling happens when importing files into Picturepark or e