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-===== Terminology =====
+===== Terminology used in this edition =====
-==== Action rail ====
+^ Preferred term ^ Also seen as ^ What it means in HORTUS ^ What it means for you ^
-Right-side contextual controls (share, follow, edit, delete).
+| **Action rail** | Right-side actions / contextual controls | The group of buttons like share, favourite, follow, register, edit, delete. | When you open a page, look there first for what you can do next. |
+| **Administrator / operator** | Platform admin / IT support office | Users responsible for configuration, operations, monitoring, and governance. | They manage the platform itself rather than research content only. |
-==== Contribution ====
+| **Approved / Rejected** | Moderation outcome | The decision taken on a submitted item. | Approved means it can progress to publication/reuse; rejected usually means changes are needed. |
-Any item created or submitted by a user.
+| **Contribution** | Submitted item / authored item | Any item you created or submitted that HORTUS tracks. | Your drafts, pending approvals, and published objects are visible in My Contributions. |
+| **Contribution queue item** | Pending item / moderation item | A submitted resource, project, or metadata set waiting for review. | If you submit something, it may not appear publicly immediately; it can wait in a queue. |
-==== Draft ====
+| **Researcher** | Contributor | An authenticated user who can create content and research artefacts. | This is the main productive role for researchers who publish or contribute. |
-A work-in-progress item not yet submitted.
+| **Controlled vocabulary** | Vocabulary binding | A pre-defined list of allowed values for a metadata field. | It keeps descriptions consistent across records. |
+| **D4Science** | Infrastructure provider | The underlying research infrastructure powering storage, cataloguing, identity, compute, and more. | HORTUS runs on top of D4Science services. |
-==== Moderation ====
+| **Discussion thread** | Comments / feedback | Structured comments attached to a project, event, resource, or post. | Discussions keep questions and answers attached to the right object instead of getting lost in email. |
-Approval process required before publication.
+| **Draft** | Unsubmitted version | A work-in-progress record not yet submitted for approval/publication. | You can save work without publishing it yet. |
+| **Event** | Workshop / webinar / seminar / conference | A time-bound activity with schedule, participants, and discussion. | Use Events to discover or publish academic activities. |
-==== Marketplace ====
+| **Event registration** | Register to this event | The HORTUS-side participation action for an event. | It may signal your participation inside HORTUS; some events can also require external registration. |
-Catalogue of research outputs (datasets, publications, tools).
+| **Experts** | People | The directory of researchers and contributors. | Use it to find collaborators, read profiles, and contact specialists. |
+| **External helpdesk** | Redmine handoff | A support request routed to an external service desk. | Some support actions continue outside the visible HORTUS interface. |
-==== Metadata ====
+| **Favourites** | Saved items | A personal list of resources, projects, experts, tools, or searches you want to keep. | Favouriting helps you build your own shortlist. |
-Structured information describing research objects.
+| **Followed** | Notifications subscription | Saved items you also want updates about. | Following usually means you want notifications when something changes. |
+| **HORTUS** | - | The overall digital research environment for ITSERR. | Think of HORTUS as the full platform where you discover resources, meet experts, join projects, store files, learn, and publish. |
-==== Project page ====
+| **Issue / ticket** | Support request | A recorded problem or support need. | Use this when documentation and FAQ do not solve your problem. |
-Structured page representing a research initiative.
+| **Maintainer / Project lead** | Owner | A user responsible for a project, event, support area, or owned content. | Maintainers manage people, content, and local governance. |
+| **Marketplace** | Resources Catalog | The catalogue of datasets, publications, tools, services, and other research objects. | This is where you search for reusable research materials and tools. |
-==== My Workspace ====
+| **Messaging** | Chat | Direct person-to-person communication inside HORTUS. | Use it to contact experts or continue conversations without leaving the platform. |
-Personal working area for files, folders, and activities.
+| **Metadata Management** | My Metadata | The workspace area where metadata schemas are created, edited, submitted, and reused. | Advanced users can define how research objects should be described. |
+| **Metadata schema** | Metadata format / metadata set | A reusable structure defining which metadata fields should describe a resource or document. | It is a template for description, not the content itself. |
-==== ORCID ====
+| **Metrics** | - | The analytics and dashboard area showing platform-level indicators. | It is for counts, activity indicators, and platform monitoring, not for publishing content. |
-External researcher identity system used for login and profile import.
+| **Moderation** | Approval workflow / queue review | The review process for governed content. | Some items must be approved before they become fully available. |
+| **Moderator** | Reviewer / approver | A user who approves or rejects governed artefacts. | Moderators keep quality control over submitted content. |
-==== Notifications ====
+| **My Folders** | Workspace folders | The file storage area inside My Workspace. | Use it for organising documents, sharing files, versioning, and publishing selected items onward. |
-System alerts related to activity, updates, or required actions.
+| **My Workspace** | My HORTUS / personal area | Your private working area inside the platform. | This is where you manage your own activity, folders, favourites, contributions, and metadata work. |
+| **News item** | Announcement / article | A short editorial post linked to a project or institutional context. | Use News for updates, launches, calls, and public-facing announcements. |
+| **Notification** | Alert / toast / notification panel entry | A system message pointing you to something that needs attention. | Notifications help you resume work: a comment, approval, update, or task. |
+| **ORCID** | - | An external researcher identity service that HORTUS can use for sign-in and for importing profile information such as affiliations and publications. | ORCID is your persistent scholarly identifier. If you already keep your ORCID record up to date, HORTUS can reuse that information so you do not have to retype it. |
+| **ORCID import** | Profile import from ORCID | Pulling profile/publication data from ORCID into your public profile. | It can save time, but the manual warns it may replace some manually entered publication data. |
+| **Pending moderation** | Waiting approval / submitted | A state after submission and before decision. | Your item exists, but reviewers still need to approve or reject it. |
+| **Project page** | Institutional Page / contextual landing page | A structured page representing a project, initiative, or sometimes a tool. | A project page is the public "home" of a research initiative, with tabs, members, linked resources, and discussions. |
+| **Public profile** | Expert profile / People profile | Your public researcher page. | This is your visible scholarly identity: bio, affiliations, interests, CV, publications, links. |
+| **RBAC** | Role-Based Access Control | The model that determines what each role can see or do. | Your permissions depend on your role, not just on being logged in. |
+| **Registered user** | Baseline authenticated user | A logged-in user with normal account access. | Registration unlocks personal workspace, favourites, notifications, and more actions. |
+| **Saved search** | Filtered search saved | A saved query with filters and keywords. | Useful when you repeatedly monitor a topic or project area. |
+| **StorageHub** | D4Science distributed storage | The storage service behind workspace folders and files. | It is the technical layer supporting file storage, sharing, and preservation. |
+| **Support** | Documentation / FAQ / Issues | The area for manuals, common questions, and problem reporting. | Start here when you need help or want to report an issue. |
+| **Tabbed detail layout** | Overview / Metadata / Discussions / Participants / Documents tabs | The standard page structure for many HORTUS objects. | Learn this pattern once and you can navigate most modules faster. |
+| **Training Centre** | LMS / Moodle-like subsystem | The learning environment for courses, enrolment, grades, and learning activities. | This is where you take courses and training materials related to HORTUS or research methods. |
+| **Training course** | Course / module | A course delivered through the Training Centre. | It can include enrolment, lessons, files, grades, and reports. |
+| **Validation rules** | Field constraints | Rules that define what a metadata field accepts. | They improve data quality and consistency. |
+| **Visitor** | Unregistered user | A public user without authentication. | Visitors can browse many public pages, but cannot do private or contribution actions. |
+| **VRE** | Virtual Research Environment | A D4Science working environment for a community. | Think of it as the infrastructure concept behind collaborative spaces. |
+| **Workspace document / file** | File, document | A stored item inside My Workspace or a project folder. | A file in HORTUS is not just an attachment; it can have metadata, versions, discussions, and share links. |
+| **Zenodo export** | Repository export | Sending a Marketplace resource toward Zenodo. | HORTUS can help you move certain outputs to an external repository. |
+| **Global Search (Top Menu)** | Platform-wide search, Universal search, Header search | Search feature accessible from the top navigation bar that queries all HORTUS modules simultaneously. | You can quickly find anything across the entire platform with a single query, without needing to know where the information is stored. |
+| **Local Search (Entity-specific)** | Contextual search, Module search, Filtered search | A search feature limited to a specific module or entity type (e.g., within Projects, Marketplace, Experts), often combined with filters and sorting options. | You can refine your search within a specific area to get more precise and relevant results for your current task. |
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-===== What HORTUS is (conceptually) =====
-HORTUS is not just:
-  * a storage system
-  * a social network
-  * a publication repository
-It is a **combined research environment** that integrates:
-  * collaboration
-  * publication
-  * data management
-  * dissemination
-All governed by a **moderation-based workflow** to ensure quality and consistency.
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