Help:Glossary

International Game Developers Association

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The intent of this glossary is to introduce users to commonly used terms relevant to wiki technology and terms that are specific to the Association's wiki implementation.

Content

Content is a general term used to reference any mentioned or unmentioned content types.

Article

An article is a loosely defined term that references either a project or a document.

Document

A document is neither a project nor a workspace, but the content is either subject to radical change or extremely polished.

Examples: IGDA Singapore Game Companies, Game Writers SIG Quarterly.

Page

Synonymous with article.

Project

A project is a descriptive index of content such as documents, links, and workspaces. The primary pages of a Chapter or SIG are considered projects. Examples: IGDA London, Production SIG.

Workspace

A workspace is where civil, organized, and professional communication should occur. Contributors to a workspace are required to sign and timestamp their edits using four tilde (~) characters.

Examples: Talk:IGDA New York City, Talk:Game Writers SIG.

Wiki

A wiki is a virtual collaboration application that enables users to collectively add, edit, and delete content.

Namespace

Please see the official documentation concerning the namespace concept.