Ecosystem glossary
| Term | Meaning | More |
|---|---|---|
| AdminUI | An alternative administration design, a port of Netgen Admin UI (exp_adminui) | AdminUI and the admin designs |
| CMF | Content management framework: Exponential is a framework as well as a CMS | The Exponential 6 kernel |
| Composer | PHP's package manager; required to install Exponential | Composer and Packagist |
| Distribution | A ready-to-install combination of packages, such as Nexus or Legacy | The Platform line |
| Dual kernel | A distribution that runs the Symfony platform and the Exponential 6 kernel together | The Platform line |
| DXP | Digital Experience Platform; Exponential Platform DXP is the Symfony-only one | Exponential Platform DXP |
| Ecosystem | All aspects of the Exponential world within the PHP stack: its users and creators | What the ecosystem is |
| Engine | The server Velocity drives: Qbix, FrankenPHP or PHP's built-in server | Web servers and engines |
| expcomponents | Exponential Components: the fork of the Zeta Components (se7enxweb/expcomponents-*, Apache 2.0) that the kernel requires since 6.0.15 | expcomponents |
| Extension | A package that adds features, designs or settings to the kernel | The bundled extensions |
| Fork | A maintained copy of another project, here usually to keep it running on current PHP | Upstream projects and forks |
| Kernel | Exponential 6 itself, se7enxweb/exponential | The Exponential 6 kernel |
| Layouts | Exponential Layouts, the visual page builder | Exponential Layouts |
| Legacy bridge | Runs the Exponential 6 kernel inside the Symfony platform | Legacy bridge |
| Meta package | A Composer package that only requires others, such as exponential-platform-dxp | Exponential Platform DXP |
| Nexus | Exponential Platform Nexus: platform plus Exponential 6, Exponential Layouts and Media Site | The Platform line |
| Package server | The server of the setup wizard's site packages | Site packages and the package server |
| Packagist | The public Composer repository where se7enxweb publishes its packages | Composer and Packagist |
| Partner | A company in the Exponential Partner Program | Partners in the ecosystem |
| Qbix | The web server engine Velocity began as a fork of, and its recommended engine | Exponential Velocity |
| se7enxweb | The GitHub organization and Packagist vendor of 7x | 7x in the ecosystem |
| Site package | A ready-made site installed by the setup wizard (.ezpkg) | Site packages and the package server |
| Velocity | Exponential Velocity, the application server | Exponential Velocity |
| Zeta Components | The PHP libraries the kernel used up to 6.0.14 (earlier eZ Components); since 6.0.15 forked as expcomponents | Upstream projects and forks |
Related pages
- Ecosystem: start here
- Community glossary
- Glossary of the installation book
- Partner glossary
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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