Glossary
Avalon reserves the following words for private and public use. Public members are exposed to the user, private ones are internal to the implementation.
PROJECTS
| Public |
Description |
Example |
True |
Parent of projects |
m:\f03_projects |
PROJECT
| Public |
Description |
Example |
True |
Root of information |
Gravity, Dr. Strange |
ASSET
| Public |
Description |
Example |
True |
Unit of data |
Ryan, Bicycle, Flower pot |
SUBSET
| Public |
Description |
Example |
True |
Child of ASSET |
Ryan, Bicycle, Flower pot |
VERSION
| Public |
Description |
Example |
True |
A SUBSET iteration |
v1, v034 |
REPRESENTATION
| Public |
Description |
Example |
|
A data format |
Maya file, image sequence, thumbnail |
| Public |
Description |
Example |
|
A file extension |
.ma, .abc, .ico, .png |
FAMILY
| Public |
Description |
Example |
True |
A type of ASSET |
model, rig, look, animation |
SILO
| Public |
Description |
Example |
|
Data repository |
Ryan resides in assets, caches in film. |
INSTANCE
| Public |
Description |
Example |
|
Inverse of a file |
modelDefault_SET |
STAGE
| Public |
Description |
Example |
|
Transient data |
Outgoing VERSION from scenefile |
PUBLIC
| Public |
Description |
Example |
True |
Public data |
v034 of Ryan |
PRIVATE
| Public |
Description |
Example |
True |
Private data |
Scenefile for v034 of Ryan |
PRODUCER
| Public |
Description |
Example |
|
Creator of data |
You |
CONSUMER
| Public |
Description |
Example |
|
User of data |
Me |