Glossary

Term Explanation
Activation Means of moving content from one ->stage to the next stage. In a 2-stage setup, this is the same as making content public, as the second stage is the public stage.
Authoring Environment The interface of interaction between the author of content and the Magnolia content management system.
Authoring Instance An instance of Magnolia that is used for authoring content. It provides the ->Authoring Environment
Children Inside a Page's content a collection of the sub elements of a content object (i.e. Atoms in a Container). Children of a Page represent the hierarchical sub Pages.
ContentNode (Former Container and ContainerList) Content object, collection of one or more NodeData or collection of ContentNode
Container List (Deprecated)
Deactivation Means of removing previously activated content from an advanced stage. In a two stage-setup, this is th same as unpublishing content.
NodeData (Former Atom) Holder of a single content value
Page Top level content object representing the content of a web document. Consists of Atoms and/or Container Lists.
Public Environment The published website, running on the ->Public Instance
Public Instance The instance of Magnolia that runs the ->Public Environment.
Repository Data storage location
Role Top level content object representing the information of a Magnolia administration role. Consists of Atoms and/or Container Lists.
Sender Magnolia instance sending an activation event
Stage Magnolia supports unlimited staging, and generally has at least 2 stages: the authoring stage and the public stage. Content is moved between different stages by the means of ->activation. The initial stage would be the authoring stage, running on the authoring instance. In a default, 2-stage setup, the second stage will be the public stage, provided by the ->public instance.
Subscriber A Magnolia instance or any other application receiving an activation event from a Magnolia instance
Template Presentation logic for Pages, Containers and Atoms
User Top level content object representing the information of a Magnolia administration user. Consists of Atoms and/or Container Lists.