Glossary

add-on

A package that extends Plone's functionality.

additional workflow

A workflow contributed to a content object's chain by a participating behavior. An additional workflow never drives review_state and is never the first workflow of a chain.

behavior

A reusable, optional capability that can be enabled per content type in Plone. This package uses behaviors as the unit of workflow assignment.

chain

The ordered tuple of workflows that apply to one content object. The workflow configured for the object's content type comes first; contributed workflows follow.

contribution

The set of workflow ids one behavior marker adds to the chain of content providing it. Declared with the <plone:additionalworkflows /> directive.

Diátaxis

A framework for structuring technical documentation around four needs: tutorials, how-to guides, reference, and explanation.

MyST

Markedly Structured Text, the Markdown flavor this documentation is written in.

participating behavior

A behavior whose marker interface extends IAdditionalWorkflows. Content providing such a marker resolves its chain through this package's adapter.

Plone

Plone is an open source content management system used to create, edit, and manage digital content, including websites, intranets, and custom solutions.

plone.restapi

The REST API Plone serves, and the package providing it.

primary workflow

The first workflow of a chain: the one the content type is configured with, and the one driving review_state.

qualified state value

A value as the workflow_states index holds it, reading <workflow-id>|<state-id>. Build one with format_state and read one back with parse_state.

state variable

The variable a workflow records its state in, named by its state_variable setting. review_state for Plone's publication workflow; workflow_states for an additional workflow.

Volto

Volto is Plone's React-based frontend.