A security feature. The rights granted (or denied in exceptional cases) to users or groups that allow team members to see items, modify them, create them, and so on.

The button at the top of the right pane. Also a command on the File, Change Request, Task, Topic and Audit menus. When selected, the view window displays information for the selected folder and its child folders. Otherwise, the view window displays only the items associated with the folder and not with its child folders.

A view derived from the main or default view.

Creating an alternate working folder allows you to store that folder�s working files on your workstation at the location you specify. Creating an alternate working folder for the root of a StarTeam view or a branch in a StarTeam folder hierarchy can alter the paths of the working folders for child folders.

In version control, the file or group of files that make it possible to recreate past revisions of a file that is under version control. An archive can also be, as in StarTeam, the folder that stores such files.

A chronological record kept by StarTeam showing all actions performed on StarTeam folders, files, change requests, tasks, topics and responses.

The process of creating an independent item that is derived from a corresponding item in a parent view. In the case of a text file, the branched item can later be merged with the file from which it originated. For example, the development of a product for a new operating system may start with the existing files for the first operating system as its base.

Also a branch of a tree, such as the StarTeam folder hierarchy or a topic tree.

Advanced field. Enumerated type. Indicates whether a file will branch when it changes. The values are No and Yes.

The value is No if the file�s behavior is not set to �Branch On Change.� (Perhaps the file is in the root or a reference view and the �Branch On Change� feature is disabled. Perhaps the file is in a variant view but has al ready branched as a result of a change, which, in turn, results in the �Branch On Change� feature becoming disabled. Perhaps the file is in a variant view, but its behavior currently does not permit it to branch on change. (That means that modifications are checked into the parent view.) If the value is No, the value of the Branch State explains the No.

The value Yes indicates that the file resides in a variant view, has its behavior set to �Branch On Change,� but has yet to be changed.

A special form of revision number that indicates the branch path for this revision.

The list of change requests, related to your selection from the StarTeam folder hierarchy, that is displayed when you select the Change Request tab. The list is further refined by the All Descendants button and filter you select.

The operation performed on a revised file that stores the new file revision in the archive (or vault) and data about that file in the repository.

StarTeam permits a number of individuals to work on a common set of files by allowing only one team member to revise a project file at a time. Check-in marks the end of one revision. The team member who checks in the file can keep it locked or releases the file to others by unlocking it.

The operation that copies a revision of a file from the
StarTeam project archive (or vault) to a team member�s working folder. A team member can check out a file with or without the intention to alter that file. StarTeam permits a number of individuals to work on a common set of files by allowing only one team member to revise a project file at a time. Locking the file marks the beginning of one author's revision.

StarTeam�s command-line interface is the same for Windows and UNIX platforms. You can perform many operations from a command-line session using the command stcmd and the appropriate options. These commands also allow you to perform StarTeam�s version control operations from any development environment that allows you to add tools to menus.

This document refers to parts of StarTeam as components. For example, it references the Task component. The files, change requests, etc. managed by the component are referred to as items.

Data that is transferred between your workstation and the server can be compressed. Data compression reduces the amount of traffic on the network. However, the time to compress and decompress the data is added to the transfer time.

A relative arrangement of parts or elements.

StarTeam has view, folder, item and server configurations. A view, folder, or item configuration is the isolation of that view, folder, or item to a particular revision based on a point in time. For example, you can configure a view to:

Be current (so that you always see the latest revisions of every folder and item in the view).

A view label (so that you see all the revisions in the view that have the selected label assigned to them). A view label initially represents a point in time although the label can be adjusted to include revisions that were not current at that point in time and exclude revisions that were.

A promotion state (so that you can see all the revisions in the view that have been assigned the label that is currently associated with the selected promotion state).

Any selected date and time (so you call see all the revisions in the view that were current at the specified date and time).

You can also configure individual folders and items.

File status. The content of the file in the working folder is the same as the content of the latest revision of this file.

Initial or main view for the project that contains the configuration used for primary development.

A fault or error in a product. Add and track defects using StarTeam�s Change Request component.

Data that is transferred between your workstation and the server can be encrypted. Encryption protects files and other project information from being read by unauthorized parties over unsecured network lines (such as the Internet).  

When you update the status of a file, StarTeam compares the working file with the revision you checked out and the most recent revision. For example, the file list may say that the file is Current, but someone else has just checked in a copy of it, so your status really is Out Of Date.

Updating file statuses is not the same as updating files. For example, if a file is not in your working folder, updating the status will let you know that the file�s status is Missing. It will not check out the file for you so that it is no longer missing. After all, you may not want the file on your hard drive. Normally, you use a file�s status to determine whether the file should be checked in, checked out, added, or ignored. For example, you may want to:

�       Check in a file if its status is Out Of Date, Missing, or Merge

�       Check out a file if its status is Modified or Merge

�       Add a file to StarTeam if its status is Not In View

SCM applications where file revisions are stored in a specific archive file and is independent of the location where the file is placed when building the application.

StarTeam folders help organize the project view into discrete understandable parts. For example, a project for a software product might have SourceCode, User Manuals, and Corporate Libraries as folders. Each folder has a working folder that corresponds to it and exists on your hard drive. The StarTeam folder might have child folders. It probably has files, change requests, tasks, and topics associated with it.

An item is said to be frozen (and, therefore, read-only) if it is based on the state of its corresponding item in the parent view at a specific moment in time AND cannot be branched.

An item is also frozen if you reconfigure it to a specific label, promotion state, or time in its past.

The hierarchical display of a StarTeam view and its associated folders. The folder hierarchy is always displayed in the left pane of the view window.

Acronym for integrated development environments such as PowerBuilder, Microsoft�s Developer Studio, Oracle, etc.

IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) is a network protocol that interconnects networks that use Novell's NetWare clients and servers. IPX is a datagram or packet protocol. IPX works at the

network layer of communication protocols and is connectionless (that is, it doesn't require that a connection be set up before packets are sent to a destination. Packet acknowledgment is managed by the Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX).

A StarTeam object or element. Items include projects, views, folders, files, change requests, tasks, topics, responses, and audit entries.

The act of attaching a view or revision label for one or more folders and/or items.

The basis for a new view or a reconfigured view. The view contains only items with the label you specify. This option is disabled in the new view�s parent view or the reconfigured view has no labels defined for it.

The file status that indicates that the working file is not based on the latest revision of the file. As you check this file in or out, StarTeam asks if you want to merge it with the latest revision.

An event in the life cycle of a product chosen to represent a significant step in progress, for example, the alpha, beta, or final release of a product. In StarTeam, when you reach a milestone, you can apply a view label, usually a build label, to indicate that the milestone has been reached.

File status. The file is not in your working folder. You might want to check the file out.

File status. The working file has been altered and is based on the latest StarTeam revision of this file. You might want to check this file in.

An interprocess control (IPC) protocol for exchanging information between two applications, possibly running on different computers in a network. Named Pipes are supported by a number of network operating systems.

A common network protocol for PC LANs that provide session and transfer services. NetBEUI is an acronym for NetBIOS Extended User Interface and provides a standardized transport frame for NetBIOS.

File status. The file is in the working folder, but is not in the StarTeam view. You might want to add this file to the view.

StarTeam is an object-oriented SCM application. The StarTeam repository is an object-oriented data store that supports object versioning, linking and configurations.

File status. The working file is a copy of an old revision of the file. If you need the current revision, you should check it out.

You can link specific revisions of the linked items. The revisions selected for both items appear as columns in the link pane.

A set of related files, change requests, tasks, and topics comprising a single product under StarTeam version control.

SCM application that includes version control of all items (change requests, files, topics, tasks, folders) in a project. A project-oriented system allows users to view these items in different ways depending on their role or the immediate work requirements of the project. The project-oriented approach is a superset of the features found in the products that implement the file-oriented approach to configuration management.

StarTeam provides an object-oriented architecture that supports entity-relationship modeling. StarTeam allows you to move (promote) changes between different stages of the project, for example from development to testing to product release, etc. Developers work on code changes in promotional states that are isolated from other development efforts.

A state through which a product passes. For example, a software application goes though a development, test, and release cycle could use the promotion states Development, Test, and Release. In StarTeam, each promotion state has a view label assigned to it. The view label can change over time, but testers, for example, always working in the Test state, can be oblivious to what label is currently assigned to that state.

The basis for a new view or a reconfigured view. The view contains only items with the promotion state you specify. This option is disabled in the new view�s parent view or the reconfigured view has no promotion states defined for it.

A reference view that cannot be modified from the reference view�although it may be modified as the parent view is updated. If it floats, it is updated. If it is based on a label (or a promotion state) and the items with the specified label change, the read-only reference view with reflect that. It is based on a specific date and time; it is frozen as a copy of what the parent view looked like at that point in time.

You can reconfigure a view, file, change request, topic, or task to a point in the past, defined by a label, promotion state, or a point in time.

A list of the items that reference another item. For example, a file may be shared by two project views on the same server (or even between folders in the same view) and, therefore, have two references to it.

A view derived from a parent view that, in general, use a different StarTeam folder as the root folder and uses the same working folders at the parent. If it floats, it receives updates as the parent view changes. If it floats and is not read-only, it sends updates to the parent view as it changes. If the reference view is based a specific label or date and time within the parent view, it is frozen at that moment in time and is read-only.

The database and the archived files associated with a particular server configuration.

As an item, such as a change request is revised, each set of changes is saved as a revision.

A revision label provides a convenient method of identifying a revision of an item or a set of revisions by name. This is primarily used for files. For example, when you check in a group of files that may need to be checked out together, you can give them a revision label.

You can roll back a view to a past state based on a label, promotion state, or a point in time. For example, you might want to:

�       Take a quick look at how things were when the Beta3 label was applied

�       Recover an item that has been deleted by rolling back the view to a date before the item was deleted

However, this �freezes� the view until you change its configuration back to current or close the project (which automatically changes the configuration back to current). You cannot check in files, update change requests, etc. because you cannot change the past.

The topmost folder in the StarTeam folder hierarchy. It has the same name as the view.

Acronym for software configuration management.

Contains the repository and option settings you select when you set up your StarTeam VirtualTeam Server. For example, the administrator may want projects to use encryption and compression, so the server configuration specifies these features. StarTeam items, such as folders and files, can be shared provided their projects us the same server configuration. A server can be started with any one of several server configurations, but that configuration controls what projects, etc. can be access during that session.

StarDisk is a virtual file system that allows you to use conventional Windows applications, such as Windows Explorer, Microsoft Word for Windows, and Microsoft Developer Studio, to access and manage files that are under version control. You use StarDisk to map a StarTeam view to a virtual drive. Then you can access any file on that drive from Explorer or another application. If the file is not checked out, StarDisk can check it out for you.

A file under StarTeam version control; therefore, a file that is in a StarTeam project.

The revisions stored in the archive for a specific file can be changed from one type of storage and compression to another. There are two types of storage: forward delta which is recommended for text files and full revision storage which is recommended for binary files and text files (like .rtf files) that change massively from revision to revision.

A protocol for communication between computers used by the Internet. Acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

The task component is available with StarTeam Enterprise. StarTeam allows users to create, track, and resolve tasks related to the project. This component also interoperates with Microsoft Project 98.

Information maintained by StarTeam about files and revisions.

For file revisions: The date and time that the file was checked into StarTeam.

For files: The date and time for the working file.

The most recent revision to an item such as a change request.

The first message on a particular subject attached to a folder in the StarTeam folder hierarchy. Once submitted by one team member, others may respond to it, creating a topic tree.

File status. The file in the working folder has the same name as a file in the view but the file was not checked out from the repository. You might have copied it from another location. Use Update Status to determine the correct status.

An individual given access to a server configuration and the projects it manages via StarTeam VirtualTeam Server. Usually, that access is protected by password. A user is also referred to as a team member.

A view that may or may not be derived from a parent view. When not derived from a parent view it is a blank variant view. Variant views always permit branching. If they float and have the Branch On Change option set, they are updated by the parent view on a file-by-file basis until that file changes in the variant view. If they float and do not have the Branch On Change option set, updates are sent to the parent view until a point in time when the Branch On Change option becomes set. If they are based on a label, a promotion state, or a moment in time, they are read-only unless the Branch On Change option is set.

Version control is the process of storing and tracking the various changes (revisions) to one or more files. A version control system maintains the revision history generated as the files evolve into their final forms.

The main advantage of using an automated version control system is a fast, easy recall of previous revisions.

StarTeam also tracks revisions of change requests, tasks, and topics.

Consists of a StarTeam folder hierarchy and the items associated with each folder in that hierarchy either frozen at a specific moment or time or starting from that moment in time and differentiating itself from its parent view afterwards.

A StarTeam project and its root view are identical. Other views can start with a different StarTeam folder as its root, etc.

The behavior of the view may or may not permit branching, may or may not be read only, and may be blank (having no apparent connection to the parent view�an empty subset of the parent view�s contents).

You can compare and merge any two views as long as the projects use the same server configuration. For example, as one company started to develop its 3.0 product, the StarTeam administrator created a variant view for that product. The view was derived from the view of the 2.0 version of that same product. However, development continued on the 2.0 product. Two service packs were created and finalized. At that point in time, the development team wanted to merge the source code (text files) from the 2.0 product view with the source code files in the 3.0 product view. StarTeam makes it easy to compare and then merge text files.

The main purpose of a view label is to �time stamp� the entire contents of the view. Then you can roll back the view to that label and see everything that existed at that point in time. However, unless the view label is frozen, you can make some adjustments. You can include or exclude some folders and items from the view label by attaching or detaching the view label. You can also move a view label from one revision to another. For example, a couple of files might not have been checked in prior to the creation of the label but need to be included.

View labels are automatically and immediately attached to all folders and items in the view at the time they are created.

A StarTeam utility that compares two text files or two revisions of one text file and shows the differences (if any) between them.

A StarBase product that allows you to access StarTeam VirtualTeam Server over the Internet.

Every StarTeam folder has a corresponding working folder to which the working copies of files are checked out and from which files are added and checked in to the StarTeam folder.

A copy of a file revision that has been checked out. StarTeam copies working files to the designated working folder on a workstation.