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1.1 Glossary

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This document uses the following terms:

base64 encoding: A binary-to-text encoding scheme whereby an arbitrary sequence of bytes is converted to a sequence of printable ASCII characters, as described in [RFC4648].

culture: A part of a language identification tagging system, as described in [RFC1766]. Culture names adhere to the format "<languagecode2>-<country/regioncode2>."

Data Protection Application Program Interface (DPAPI): An application programming interface (API) for creating protected data BLOBs. For more information, see [MSDN-DPAPI].

globally unique identifier (GUID): A term used interchangeably with universally unique identifier (UUID) in Microsoft protocol technical documents (TDs). Interchanging the usage of these terms does not imply or require a specific algorithm or mechanism to generate the value. Specifically, the use of this term does not imply or require that the algorithms described in [RFC4122] or [C706] have to be used for generating the GUID. See also universally unique identifier (UUID).

Office Open XML (OOXML): A family of XML schemas, specified in [ECMA-376], that is used for office productivity applications.

Open Packaging Conventions (OPC): An open standard for a portable container technology that defines a structured way to store application data with related resources by using a standard .ZIP file format. OPC is a component of Office Open XML File Formats [ECMA-376].

Power Query Formula: A script language that defines how a query filters and combines data from one or more supported data sources.

query table: A two-dimensional table that presents data from an external data source.

spreadsheet data model: A local Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) storage of data used by a spreadsheet application.

table: A list that is defined in a workbook.

UTF-8: A byte-oriented standard for encoding Unicode characters, defined in the Unicode standard. Unless specified otherwise, this term refers to the UTF-8 encoding form specified in [UNICODE5.0.0/2007] section 3.9.

worksheet: A single logical container for a set of tabular data and other objects in a workbook.

XML: The Extensible Markup Language, as described in [XML1.0].

XML document: A document object that is well formed, as described in [XML10/5], and might be valid. An XML document has a logical structure that is composed of declarations, elements, comments, character references, and processing instructions. It also has a physical structure that is composed of entities, starting with the root, or document, entity.

XML schema: A description of a type of XML document that is typically expressed in terms of constraints on the structure and content of documents of that type, in addition to the basic syntax constraints that are imposed by XML itself. An XML schema provides a view of a document type at a relatively high level of abstraction.

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.