Bit
An object representing data and/or metadata. Essentially a file. Bits contain many blobs for metadata and data. Which describe the actual file represented by the data stream.
Commit
Metadata concerning a revision of a file. This in turn represents a Node in the graph.
Blob
A “Binary Large Object”, simply object stored on disk, i.e. a file. This file can contain actual data or metadata. Blobs are essentially parts of bits.
Tip
The most recent node on a branch.
Primary tip
The most recent node.
Root
The first node.
Node
An object which represents a committed revision in the graph.
Parent
The object revision which was opened in order to create this revision.
Child
An object created as a result of editing this revision.
Stream
An historical account of data over time. This is an abstract term referring to a combination of the commit store and blob store maintaining historical data for a blob.
RDF
A method of storing relationships between various data objects in a semantic fashion.
Nepomuk
An ontology for describing files and what is contained within files.
Organise Framework
Path Projection
The method used to convert the RDF ontology into a file system which is navigatable.
Breadth First Search
Depth First Search
Hugging
Method of weighting branches in the graph to make them asthetically pleasing and consume the smallest amount of space.