When you go through the documentation and start using BIXTEP, you will probably come across terms that have a special meaning in the BIXTEP context. The glossary on this page explains these terms.

Bixtorage (BXT) is the XML file format used by BIXTEP. As of version 0.2, BXT-files will include an item counter, description, the items as well as timestamps and hashes. The information-management part of the BIXTEP configuration will be stored in the BXT-file which also contains the notes. Thus BIXTEP will be configured on a per file basis. As a result, it is possible to have different content types and relations for different Bixtorage files.

With BIXTEP, you can use the three pre-defined content types notes, excerpts and sources (version 0.1) or you can define your own content types (> version 0.2). It's easy to use BIXTEP as a catalog for your CDs, DVDs, as an address book or anything else. It's up to you and the changes you make to the configuration file.

A content type consists of a unique typename and a fieldset.

Synonyms: content type, content types, Content types

Fields are the smallest pieces of information used in BIXTEP. They are contained in items. Each Item consists of one or more fields of a fieldtype defined and labeled in the configuration file. Users can edit the content of fields.

An automatic exchange of content between fields based on pre-defined conditions constitutes a dynamic field relation. Dynamic field relations can be defined in the configuration file.

Take the standard dynamic relation in the configuration file as an example: The condition is that content of the “source” field of an “excerpt” item is identical with the content of the “title” field of a “source” item.

If this condition is fulfilled, BIXTEP takes an action. It inserts the content of the source's “content”-field in the “source”-field of the excerpt-item.

Currently, BIXTEP supports the condition of two items being identical.

Synonyms: dynamic field

The field types currently supported by BIXTEP are

• [1] one-line field
• [2] multi-line fields
• [3] comma-delimited fields

Fieldsets consist of the field labels (they have to be unique in a fieldset) and the pre-defined field types.

Be careful with the sequence of the fields defined in the fieldset of a content type. Both, the display of content and the relations rely on the sequence. If you change the sequence of the fields in your fieldset, you must also update the definitions of your relations.

If you already have content of a certain content type and later change the sequence of the fields in the definition of your content type's fieldset, then your content becomes unusable with BIXTEP until you revert to the former field sequence.

An item consists of one or more fields which can be edited by the user. An item's content type is defined in the configuration file.