A property is metadata for a document. It has name, a value, and a control (such as hide).

Short Name
Property
Relation
projectdoc

Description

A property is a simple key value pair on a projectdoc document.

The document type (doctype) defines which properties are present for a document of this type.

projectdoc defines a set of common properties that is provided by all doctypes.

A document property is specified with one of the following macros:

Document Properties Marker Macro
A table containing document properties. Three columns: name, value and meta data (aka controls) to a property.
Document Properties Supplier Attachment Macro
A table supplying additional document properties from an attached file.
Document Properties Supplier From Documents Macro
Import properties from another projectdoc document.
Document Properties Supplier Macro
A table containing additional document properties. Three columns: name, value and meta data (aka controls) to a property.

A property may have zero or more controls. These controls provide information about the property. Examples for controls are hide, show, and mandatory.

Related Terms

Name Short Description
Aspect
An aspect is a document attached to another document to supply properties and sections. Aspects support modular documentation while the information can be still accessed in one document.
Attachment Space
Attachment spaces are delegate spaces for entity doctypes.
Context Controlled Macros
A context controlled macro uses properties from its context to control the content being rendered. This includes document and space properties.
Deep Link
Deep links reference properties in referenced documents.
Delegate Document
A delegate document references one document to inherit properties and sections.
Delegate Space
Delegate spaces help to organize information that is used by more than one space. Resources may be delegated to other spaces. This includes the definition of space properties and providing homepages for documents of a given type.
Doctype Add-on
Doctype add-ons provide blueprints for the projectdoc Toolbox. All doctype add-ons are available in source code on Bitbucket. This way teams may download them and adapt them to their specific requirements.
Document Instance
A projectdoc document instance is based on a document type. Documents are created using page wizards provided by blueprints.
Document Section
A document type defines property and sections. A section is part of a document with a title and a body. Sections may be nested.
Document Type
A document type (doctype) defines the properties and section for document instances. It also provides home and index pages. In Confluence these doctypes are implemented as page blueprints, usually with one template. This template is used to create new pages in Confluence.
Document Type Homepage
The default homepage for documents of a given type.
Document Type Index Page
Index pages provide views on document instances of a given type.
Entity Document Type
Instances of this type provide information on an entity of the domain.
Index Space
Delegate space that provides space properties and organizing doctype homepages for other spaces.
Nameless Documents
Feature to derive a document's name from its title.
Organizing Document Type
Instances of this type organize documents by providing metadata.
Phantom Reference
A reference to a document or fragment of an existing document that does not exist.
projectdoc Extension
Features we assume are not relevant to all users of the projectdoc Toolbox are available as extensions. Extensions are add-ons for Confluence that require the projectdoc Toolbox Add-on to be installed, but can be installed separately on demand.
Prototype
A member of a set of document instances of a common doctype. Used to be imported into wiki instances since they provided information to be used in different projects. Examples are topic types, resource types, and module types.
Remote Controlled Document
A remote controlled document uses macros that enable to control the content being rendered by request parameters.
Remote Controls
Remote controls are sequences that allow to configure macros in transcluded content. This reconfiguration alters the rendering result of the macro. Only macros supporting the remote control feature can be remote controlled.
Search Space
Search spaces extend the search with projectdoc macros for a space per default on a number of other spaces.
Space Hierarchy
A relation of spaces based on delegation or search.
Space Property
A property defined on the space homepage that takes effect on the space and delegating spaces.
Topic Space
Designed to keep information that is relevant for a given domain and is mandated to be up-to-date.
Type Doctypes
Document types that define types for documents.
Workspace
Designed to aggregate information that is relevant for a given spike or iteration.

Resources

Document Properties
Properties are metadata that can be added to every projectdoc document. If you require a set of metadata for each instance of a document type, you should write your own doctype.
Document Properties as Data
We like to think of document properties as metadata. But in some contexts it is natural to think of them as data for the entity described by the document.
Document Properties Marker Macro
A table containing document properties. Three columns: name, value and meta data (aka controls) to a property.
Display Table Macro
Lists references to projectdoc documents in a table. Allows to select document properties for columns. Also non-list representations are provided.
Document Section
A document type defines property and sections. A section is part of a document with a title and a body. Sections may be nested.