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encryption

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11) | Glossary for this source

Cryptographic transformation of data (called "plaintext") into a form (called "ciphertext") that conceals the data's original meaning to prevent it from being known or used. If the transformation is reversible, the corresponding reversal process is called "decryption", which is a transformation that restores encrypted data to its original state. [RFC 2828]

end point

From Web Services Glossary (2004-02-11) | Glossary for this source

An association between a binding and a network address, specified by a URI, that may be used to communicate with an instance of a service. An end point indicates a specific location for accessing a service using a specific protocol and data format. [WSD Reqs]

end-tag

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

The end of every element that begins with a start-tag MUST be marked by an end-tag containing a name that echoes the element's type as given in the start-tag:
end-tag

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (2000-10-06) | Glossary for this source

The end of every element that begins with a start-tag must be marked by an end-tag containing a name that echoes the element's type as given in the start-tag:
ending resource

From XML Linking Language (XLink) (2001-06-27) | Glossary for this source

the destination is the ending resource
enquire

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

A 1980 program, named after the Victorian book Enquire Within upon Everything.
entail

From RDF Semantics (2004-02-10) | Glossary for this source

(v.), (n.). A semantic relationship between expressions which holds whenever the truth of the first guarantees the truth of the second. Equivalently, whenever it is logically impossible for the first expression to be true and the second one false. Equivalently, when any interpretation which satisfies the first also satisfies the second. (Also used between a set of expressions and an expression.)
entities

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

An XML document may consist of one or many storage units. These are called entities; they all have content and are all (except for the document entity and the external DTD subset) identified by entity name.
entity

From Modularization of XHTML (2001-04-10) | Glossary for this source

an entity is a logical or physical storage unit containing document content. Entities may be composed of parse-able XML markup or character data, or unparsed (i.e., non-XML, possibly non-textual) content. Entity content may be either defined entirely within the document entity ("internal entities") or external to the document entity ("external entities"). In parsed entities, the replacement text may include references to other entities.a mnemonic string used as a reference to the content of a declared entity (eg., "&" for "&", "<" for "<", "©" for "©".)
entity

From Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 (1999-06-15) | Glossary for this source

The information transferred as the payload of a request or response. An entity consists of metainformation in the form of entity-header fields and content in the form of an entity-body, as described in section 7.
entity

From OWL Web Ontology Language Guide (2004-02-10) | Glossary for this source

as in XML
entity reference

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

An entity reference refers to the content of a named entity.
entity reference

From Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2001-02-21) | Glossary for this source

A sequence of ASCII characters of the form &name; representing some other data, typically a non-ASCII character, a sequence of characters, or an external source of data, e.g. a file containing a set of standard entity definitions such as ISO Latin 1.
entity reference

From Modularization of XHTML (2001-04-10) | Glossary for this source

a mnemonic string used as a reference to the content of a declared entity (eg., "&" for "&", "<" for "<", "©" for "©".)
entity reference

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (2000-10-06) | Glossary for this source

An entity reference refers to the content of a named entity.
enumerated attributes

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

Enumerated attributesMUST take one of a list of values provided in the declaration
enumerated attributes

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (2000-10-06) | Glossary for this source

Enumerated attributes can take one of a list of values provided in the declaration
episode

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

A subset of related user clicks that occur within a user session. Concepts relating to the process of supplying Web resource manifestations.
equable practice

From The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0) Specification (2002-04-16) | Glossary for this source

A practice that is very similar to another in that the purpose and recipients are the same or more constrained than the original, and the other disclosures are not substantially different. For example, two sites with otherwise similar practices that follow different -- but similar -- sets of industry guidelines.
equivalent

From RDF Semantics (2004-02-10) | Glossary for this source

(prep., with to ) True under exactly the same conditions; making identical claims about the world, when asserted. Entails and is entailed by.

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