Glossary
- external id
- external identifier
- external identifiers
string identifier stored in
ir.model.data
, can be used to refer to a record regardless of its database identifier during data imports or export/import roundtrips.External identifiers are in the form
module.id
(e.g.account.invoice_graph
). From within a module, themodule.
prefix can be left out.Sometimes referred to as “xml id” or
xml_id
as XML-based Data Files make extensive use of them.- format string
inspired by jinja variables, format strings allow more easily mixing literal content and computed content (expressions): content between
{{
and}}
is interpreted as an expression and evaluated, other content is interpreted as literal strings and displayed as-is- GIS
- Geographic Information System
any computer system or subsystem to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage or present spatial and geographical data.
- minified
- minification
process of removing extraneous/non-necessary sections of files (comments, whitespace) and possibly recompiling them using equivalent but shorter structures (ternary operator instead of
if/else
) in order to reduce network traffic