1.1 Glossary
This document uses the following terms:
Address Book object: An entity in an address book that contains a set of attributes, each attribute with a set of associated values.
ambiguous name resolution (ANR): A search algorithm that permits a client to search multiple naming-related attributes on objects by way of a single clause of the form "(anr=value)" in a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) search filter. This permits a client to query for an object when the client possesses some identifying material related to the object but does not know which attribute of the object contains that identifying material.
Availability service: A web service that provides free/busy information.
Calendar folder: A Folder object that contains Calendar objects.
Calendar object: A Message object that represents an event, which can be a one-time event or a recurring event. The Calendar object includes properties that specify event details such as description, organizer, date and time, and status.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): A high-precision atomic time standard that approximately tracks Universal Time (UT). It is the basis for legal, civil time all over the Earth. Time zones around the world are expressed as positive and negative offsets from UTC. In this role, it is also referred to as Zulu time (Z) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). In these specifications, all references to UTC refer to the time at UTC-0 (or GMT).
Delegate Information object: A Message object that contains properties specifying delegate access settings for resources in a delegator's mailbox.
distinguished name (DN): A name that uniquely identifies an object by using the relative distinguished name (RDN) for the object, and the names of container objects and domains that contain the object. The distinguished name (DN) identifies the object and its location in a tree.
email address: A string that identifies a user and enables the user to receive Internet messages.
EntryID: A sequence of bytes that is used to identify and access an object.
free/busy message: A message that is stored in a public folder and contains free/busy data.
free/busy status: A property of an appointment that indicates how an appointment on the calendar of an attendee or resource affects their availability.
handle: Any token that can be used to identify and access an object such as a device, file, or a window.
Inbox folder: A special folder that is the default location for Message objects received by a user or resource.
little-endian: Multiple-byte values that are byte-ordered with the least significant byte stored in the memory location with the lowest address.
Message object: A set of properties that represents an email message, appointment, contact, or other type of personal-information-management object. In addition to its own properties, a Message object contains recipient properties that represent the addressees to which it is addressed, and an attachments table that represents any files and other Message objects that are attached to it.
message store: A unit of containment for a single hierarchy of Folder objects, such as a mailbox or public folders.
non-interpersonal messaging subtree: A hierarchy of folders at the root level not commonly visible in a client. This includes server and client-created folders used principally for containing operational metadata.
Out of Office (OOF): One of the possible values for the free/busy status on an appointment. It indicates that the user will not be in the office during the appointment.
public folder: A Folder object that is stored in a location that is publicly available.
publishing range: The number of months of free/busy calendar data to be published, beginning at the start date of the publishing range, which is defined by the PidTagFreeBusyPublishStart property, and continuing for the number of months defined by the PidTagFreeBusyCountMonths property.
remote operation (ROP): An operation that is invoked against a server. Each ROP represents an action, such as delete, send, or query. A ROP is contained in a ROP buffer for transmission over the wire.
root folder: The folder at the top of a hierarchy of folders in a list.
ROP request: See ROP request buffer.
ROP response: See ROP response buffer.
special folder: One of a default set of Folder objects that can be used by an implementation to store and retrieve user data objects.
tentative: One of the possible values for the free/busy status on an appointment. A tentative status indicates that the user is tentatively booked during the appointment.
MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as defined in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.