====== Glossary ======

===== A =====

**Association** -- the core organisational unit. Every user, course, and collection belongs to an association. Types: Organisation, Class, Family.

**AssociationMember** -- a user's membership record within an association. Has a status: Active (1), Pending (2), or Inactive (0).

**AssociationSecurity** -- the permission table. One row per user per association, with individual permission bit columns (X_1001, X_2001, etc.).

===== B =====

**Badge** -- an Open Badges v2.0 digital credential. Issued to learners on achieving a criterion. Cryptographically signed and publicly verifiable.

===== C =====

**Collection** -- LEAST's configurable workflow and data engine. Consists of FX (fields), DX (data), IX (interactions/audit), and GX (views) tables.

**cmi5** -- an xAPI profile defining launch and completion rules for e-learning content packages.

**Cohort** -- a named group of learners tracked together for progress and reporting purposes.

**CSRF Token** -- a security token in all state-changing forms, preventing cross-site request forgery attacks.

===== D =====

**DX table** -- the data rows table for a collection (e.g. ''D5'' for Collection 5). Each row is one record.

===== E =====

**EKOS** -- European Key Occupation Standards. A competency taxonomy used for AI-assisted skill tagging of lessons.

**Engine Array** -- LEAST's internal UI widget system. Functions build and return structured arrays that are rendered into dashboard tiles.

**Event Bus** -- LEAST's internal publish/subscribe event system (''lib/libgeneral/fn_general_events.php''). Features fire named events (e.g. ''lesson.completed'', ''badge.earned'', ''quiz.passed'') without knowing which subsystems handle them. Used as the trigger layer for LMS Automation Rules. Not an external API -- internal platform architecture only.

===== F =====

**FX table** -- the field definitions table for a collection (e.g. ''F5'' for Collection 5). Defines schema: labels, types, options.

===== G =====

**Gamification** -- engagement layer: streaks, points, leaderboards, and skill gap analysis.

**GX group / View** -- a named, filtered lens onto a collection. Controls which records are visible and which fields are returned. The ''g'' parameter in API calls.

===== I =====

**IFQ** -- Irish Framework of Qualifications. NFQ Levels 1-10 used for content difficulty mapping and learner-level matching.

**ILT** -- Instructor-Led Training. Scheduled face-to-face or virtual sessions managed alongside online learning.

**IX table** -- the interaction (audit trail) table for a collection (e.g. ''I5'' for Collection 5). Every create, update, and action is logged here.

===== J =====

**JIT Provisioning** -- Just-In-Time user creation during LTI launch. A new LEAST account is created automatically from VLE user claims on first launch.

===== K =====

**KeyRing** -- a curated set of links (lessons, materials, external URLs) presented in a configurable visual layout.

===== L =====

**LEAST** -- Linking Educational And Social Technologies. The platform name.

**Lesson** -- a core learning unit containing a title, description, and one or more materials (content links).

**LRS** -- Learning Record Store. An external service that receives and stores xAPI statements.

**LTI** -- Learning Tools Interoperability. A standard for connecting a VLE (Platform) to external learning tools (Tool Providers) using OIDC and JWT.

===== M =====

**Material** -- a content link attached to a lesson. Types: video, article, SCORM, xAPI, cmi5, document, interactive.

**Meta function** -- the Collection API's discovery function. Returns the complete schema, views, actions, and usage templates for a collection in one call.

===== O =====

**Open Engine** -- a system mode (must never be active in production) that bypasses all authentication.

===== P =====

**Pillar** -- a curriculum area or subject domain used to categorise lessons for discovery and reporting.

**Pool Quiz** -- a quiz mode that draws a random subset of questions from a Question Bank category each session. Draw size and source category are configured per quiz in Pool Config. Every session presents different questions in a different order. Delivered via ''quiz-pool.php''. See [[educator:quizzes|Quiz Builder]].

===== R =====

**RLS** -- Row-Level Security. A collection feature that restricts API callers to only see records they own.

===== S =====

**SAML** -- Security Assertion Markup Language. Used for enterprise SSO (Single Sign-On) with an Identity Provider.

**SCORM** -- Sharable Content Object Reference Model. A standard for packaging and tracking e-learning content.

**SSO** -- Single Sign-On. Authentication via an enterprise Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 or OIDC).

**Streak** -- consecutive days of learning activity; resets to zero if a day is missed.

===== V =====

**View** -- see GX group.

===== W =====

**Workflow Canvas** -- a visual drag-and-drop interface for designing course learning journeys using connected nodes.

===== X =====

**xAPI** -- Experience API (also called Tin Can). A standard for dispatching learning activity statements to an LRS.