Glossary

external id

external identifier

external identifiers

> string identifier stored in ir.model.data, can be used to refer

> to a record regardless of its database identifier during data imports

> or export/import roundtrips.

>

> External identifiers are in the form module.id (e.g.

> account.invoice_graph). From within a module, the

> module. prefix can be left out.

>

> Sometimes referred to as “xml id” or xml_id as XML-based

> reference/data make extensive use of them.

format string

: inspired by jinja variables, format strings allow more easily

mixing literal content and computed content (expressions): content between {{ and }} is interpreted as an expression and evaluated, other content is interpreted as literal strings and displayed as-is

GIS

Geographic Information System

> any computer system or subsystem to capture, store, manipulate,

> analyze, manage or present spatial and geographical data.

minified

minification

> process of removing extraneous/non-necessary sections of files

> (comments, whitespace) and possibly recompiling them using equivalent

> but shorter structures (ternary operator instead of if/else) in

> order to reduce network traffic