Dragon1 Modeling and Presentation Platform Glossary

Here, we have listed the definitions of the terms you will encounter while working with the Dragon1 software.

Application Object Terms

Viewer

A Dragon1 application to publish and watch visualizations in. The viewer in Edit Mode is also used to create visualizations.

Editor

A Dragon1 application to create visualizations. (The editor is the viewer in Edit Mode).

Atlas

A set of published visualizations.

Folder

A grouping of pages.

Page

A leaf in the tree menu that points to a visualization.

Visualization

A graphical representation of a model

Visualization Template or Template

A predefined layout consisting of areas.

A template is a form, mold, or pattern used as a guide to make something.

It holds a predefined set of related shapes or entities in Dragon1 that can be instantiated by the user, such as a visualization template.

Visualization Canvas

The background of a visualization where you draw your shapes.

Layout

The positioning of areas on a visualization, in borders, layers, rows, and columns

Building Block

A building block is a stack of functionality and or technology. The purpose of building blocks is to reduce complexity in systems and increase performance and quality. Once a stack is built and tested, it can be rolled out anywhere.

Workboard

Een data object/dialog to easily generate any type of diagram.

Reference Data

A example set of data items. For instance, a reference business model of supermarkets.

View

A perspective on a model, an overlay of a visualization

View Template

A view template is a view that you reuse. For instance, a generic view created by someone else that you call with a parameter.

Predefined Views

A list of common views for certain templates

Viewpoint

A group of interests of a stakeholder. Often role or task based

Visual Item

A shape/data placeholder on a visualization canvas to generate shapes dynamically based on data items in a model.

Model

A set of related entities

Metamodel

A set of related entity classes

Reference model

An abstract framework or domain-specific ontology consisting of interlinked concepts

Properties

Wizard

Save

Export

Code

Browser

Comment

A written remark left on a visualization, expressing an opinion or reaction.

Check

Icon

Iconset

A set of icons, often with coherent styling, created by the same author or group of authors, published with the same name and license, around a topic or theme.

Chatbot

Dashboard

Taskslists

Theme

A theme is a group of styles for shapes, objects, and areas. A style combines shape, form, color, and font.

Architecture Canvas or Canvas

A Dragon1-specific architectural layout of areas on a canvas

Entity Class or Class

A class represents an object or a set of objects that share a common structure and behavior. It is the conceptual version of an entity. Examples of classes are: process, application, server, etc.

Entity

A subject or object with attributes or properties and methods. Examples of objects are the sales process, the CRM application, the file server, etc.

Relationship

The connection between entities or entity classes

Widget

Scenario

A scenario is a sequence of actions and changes based on assumptions, decisions, and events leading to business outcomes.

Animation

The technique of showing successive positions of shapes to create an illusion of movement or build-up.

Area

A region on a visualization that groups shapes/icons via a selector

Group

A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

Application Control Terms

Account

A protected set of organization and user data. You need a login to get access to that data.

Website Menubar

The uppermost menubar on the screen (Home | Dragon1 | Products | etc…).

Applications Menubar

The menubar on the screen gives access to the web applications (Resource Center | etc.).

Button bar

A bar with buttons giving access to the functionality of the web application (New Cabinet | Open Cabinet | etc.).

Explorer Treeview

A container on the left side of the screen shows stored data items in a tree.

Data Item

A piece of the data item stored in the database.

Cabinet

On Dragon1, the data repository of an account is structured in Cabinets, Dossiers, and Folders. A cabinet is a top-level structure in a repository.

Channel

A related set of published content items.

Dossier

On Dragon1, the data repository of an account is structured in Cabinets, Dossiers, and Folders. A dossier is a sub-level structure in a Cabinet.

Dynamic Views

On Dragon1, you can create dynamic views. This means that if the underlying data of a view was updated or has changed in the repository, the data shown in the view will also be changed. And if you use a view in a diagram, the data is also changed.

Folder

On Dragon1, the data repository of an account is structured in Cabinets, Dossiers, and Folders. A folder is the sub-level structure where data items are stored.

ePortfolio

The content you have produced and have linked to your profile.

Interactive Visualizations

An interactive visualization is a visualization that responds to user input. You may create a visualization that shows popup dialogs on mouseover or mouse clicks, provide links to detailed diagrams, or provide a view button to hide or show a part of a diagram.

Login

A combination of username and password to access an account and its data.

Profile

The data set identifies and describes you as a business professional.

Repository

A logical part of a database that contains data for a specific account. On Dragon1, the data in the repository is structured in Cabinets with Dossiers and Folders.

Shapes Panels

Areas at the left bottom of the screen containing shapes can be dragged to the visualization canvas.

Shape

The graphical representation (scalable vector graphic [SVG]) of an entity).

Frame (also Time Frame)

A logical grouping of shapes to make shapes visible related to time or order as a series of frames.

Layer

A logical grouping of shapes to make shapes visible or hide them as a stack of layers.

Inspector Panels

The areas on the right-hand side of the screen contain tools to change the shapes drawn on the visualization canvas.

SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics - The open standard that Dragon1 uses for web graphics.

Username

Your email address with which you log in.

Password

A secret code that is only known to you, which you use together with your username to log in.

Watch Page

The page on which a visualization created by you as a creator is published and can be commented on by visitors.

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