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| author | Matthew Hodgson <matthew@matrix.org> | 2014-08-13 17:14:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Matthew Hodgson <matthew@matrix.org> | 2014-08-13 18:17:08 +0100 |
| commit | b80b32d1c0373c0ab171c526bc3ea659a827bb57 (patch) | |
| tree | 38abc94cb45bc67651aaae325e41e00c2a42571e /docs/terminology.rst | |
| parent | Implement directory service federation by Federation Queries; avoid local_onl... (diff) | |
| download | synapse-b80b32d1c0373c0ab171c526bc3ea659a827bb57.tar.xz | |
pagination was a terrible name
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diff --git a/docs/terminology.rst b/docs/terminology.rst index 575cc0c808..cc6e6760ac 100644 --- a/docs/terminology.rst +++ b/docs/terminology.rst @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ medium-term goal we should encourage the unification of this terminology. Terms ===== +Backfilling: + The process of synchronising historic state from one home server to another, + to backfill the event storage so that scrollback can be presented to the + client(s). (Formerly, and confusingly, called 'pagination') + Context: A single human-level entity of interest (currently, a chat room) @@ -28,11 +33,6 @@ Event: [[NOTE(paul): The current server-server implementation calls these simply "messages" but the term is too ambiguous here; I've called them Events]] -Pagination: - The process of synchronising historic state from one home server to another, - to backfill the event storage so that scrollback can be presented to the - client(s). - PDU (Persistent Data Unit): A message that relates to a single context, irrespective of the server that is communicating it. PDUs either encode a single Event, or a single State |