1.1 Glossary
This document uses the following terms:
Attachment object: A set of properties that represents a file, Message object, or structured storage that is attached to a Message object and is visible through the attachments table for a Message object.
Folder object: A messaging construct that is typically used to organize data into a hierarchy of objects containing Message objects and folder associated information (FAI) Message objects.
handle: Any token that can be used to identify and access an object such as a device, file, or a window.
long ID (LID): A 32-bit quantity that, in combination with a GUID, defines a named property.
Mail User Agent (MUA): A client application that is used to compose and read email messages.
mailbox: A message store that contains email, calendar items, and other Message objects for a single recipient.
Message object: A set of properties that represents an email message, appointment, contact, or other type of personal-information-management object. In addition to its own properties, a Message object contains recipient properties that represent the addressees to which it is addressed, and an attachments table that represents any files and other Message objects that are attached to it.
named property: A property that is identified by both a GUID and either a string name or a 32-bit identifier.
named property set: A GUID that groups related named properties into a set.
Note object: A Message object that represents a simple text note in a messaging store and that adheres to the property descriptions that are described in [MS-OXONOTE]. A Note object functions as an electronic equivalent of a paper sticky note.
plain text: Text that does not have markup. See also plain text message body.
plain text message body: A message body for which the Content-Type value of the Email Text Body header field is "text/plain". A plain text message body can be identified explicitly in the content, or implicitly if it is in a message that is as described in [RFC822] or a message that does not contain a Content-Type header field.
property ID: A 16-bit numeric identifier of a specific attribute. A property ID does not include any property type information.
property name: A string that, in combination with a property set, identifies a named property.
property type: A 16-bit quantity that specifies the data type of a property value.
recipient: An entity that can receive email messages.
remote operation (ROP): An operation that is invoked against a server. Each ROP represents an action, such as delete, send, or query. A ROP is contained in a ROP buffer for transmission over the wire.
Rich Text Format (RTF): Text with formatting as described in [MSFT-RTF].
ROP request: See ROP request buffer.
ROP response: See ROP response buffer.
special folder: One of a default set of Folder objects that can be used by an implementation to store and retrieve user data objects.
tagged property: A property that is defined by a 16-bit property ID and a 16-bit property type. The property ID for a tagged property is in the range 0x001 – 0x7FFF. Property IDs in the range 0x8000 – 0x8FFF are reserved for assignment to named properties.
MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as defined in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.