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<title>Terminology</title>
<sect1>
<title>Managed object</title>
<para>An object modeled to represent the identity-related data managed by OpenIDM and potentially across multiple resources.</para>
<para/>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Mapping object</title>
<para>An artifact that defines the mappings between the properties of a managed object type and the properties of a resource object type.</para>
<para/>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Object</title>
<para>An object, per the object model. Addressable objects have identifiers that can be used to establish a location where the object can be accessed, per OpenIDM's resource oriented architecture.</para>
<para/>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Resource</title>
<para>An application, service or data store with which OpenIDM synchronizes data with its own internal managed objects.</para>
<para/>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Resource object</title>
<para>An artifact that is stored in a resource, which OpenIDM accesses during provisioning, synchronization and reconciliation.</para>
<para/>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Schema object</title>
<para>An artifact that defines the structure and semantics of an object.</para>
<para/>
</sect1>
</chapter>