{"id":1481,"date":"2014-09-21T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2018-02-19T16:46:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T16:46:22","slug":"mygov-scot-glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/2014\/09\/21\/mygov-scot-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"mygov.scot glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>This is a post by Donald Izuagba, one of our Business Analysts within the mygov.scot team<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This glossary is a summary of key phrases used in the development of mygov.scot. If you\u2019d like to know more about a term that\u2019s not covered here, please let us know.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Glossary<\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\"t1\" width=\"1308.0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Term<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Definition<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Accessibility<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Accessibility is the degree to which a system is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility has a focus on people with disabilities or special needs and their right of access, often enabled by the use of assistive technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Alpha Release<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An initial release that proves out multiple elements of the longer term delivery. Alpha incorporates:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">The proposed visual designs<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Browse and search capabilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">An initial information architecture<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Content from Justice Housing to the proposed content standards<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">User experience testing of the designs<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Release onto the target infrastructure to the public<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Beta Release<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The beta release will provide a platform that will allow for on-going improvement to the mygov.scot service. Initially, a broad breadth of services will be signposted to the site and over time, content and transactions will move onto the platform or adopt the mygov.scot standards. Beta will incorporate:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">A full production strength release covering resilience, security, scalability etc. on the actual production environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Production of a service directory to allow searching across a wide range of public services<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Creation of an authoring and publishing platform for sustainable content management<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Information to support the engagement process including the following:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Service information<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Benefits of repurposing content<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Standards<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Producing service associations to demonstrate the benefits of repurposing content<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Channel Shift<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Channel is the term used to describe a way in which a service is delivered e.g. by face to face, voice (telephone), web, TV, app etc. Channel shift is an activity which looks at how to optimise more cost effective channels while still delivering the core service to achieve a lower cost per user and lower overall cost of running the service.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Content Formats<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Content formats are different ways of laying out content on a page. These are most commonly known as templates. Types of content format include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Guides<\/b> \u2013 An introduction to a topic (this is what you need to know) with sensible sub-sections. It is a collection of pages or articles, often presented chronologically that guides a user through a process. It will usually include a menu and overview that informs a user about the topic and allows them to \u2018skip ahead\u2019 to other sections (sub-pages) as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Signpost<\/b> \u2013 A page that introduces a link to an external website. This has minimal content that simply explains how the third-party website will help a user access the information required: If we don\u2019t host it, we\u2019ll show you where to find it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Article<\/b> \u2013 A self-inclusive page containing text (and other media if required) that meets a single user need without requiring the user to travel away from the page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Quick Answer<\/b> \u2013 A single page that directly answers a specific question in short-format right at the top, followed by further explanation below. E.g. \u2013 \u201cHow much is VAT? 20%\u201d (followed by information about how VAT is calculated).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Smart Answer<\/b> \u2013 An interactive process that allows a user to select options to personalise their answer. This is made up of a number of pages, but responds to a single user need.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Content Backlog<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The list of prospective content items, queued for creation on mygov.scot.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Content Breadth<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Content items covering multiple themes e.g. health services, council services and others \u2013 providing widely representative browse information architecture to build a representational product.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Content Depth<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Depth of content\u00a0around one\u00a0theme, e.g. large volume of content under housing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Content Item<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How content can be identified and assigned to the content backlog. A format has yet to be assigned to a content item at this stage. A single item of content comes in a range of content formats.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Publishing Platform<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Commonly known as CMS, (Content Management System) it is an application that allows publishing, editing, modifying, organising, deleting and maintenance of content \u2013 and the management of its associated attributes and taxonomies \u2013 from a central interface.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Content Type (Internet Media Type)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Content type is a standard identifier used to indicate the type of data that a file contains such as HTML or video.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Corporate Information<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Corporate information is an umbrella term that describes information relating to the operations of an organisation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The focus of the content is informational rather than transactional and can include its legal status, list of board of directors, policy information, mission, values, annual reports and recruitment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Coverage of Content<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Region of relevance, i.e. UK National; Scottish National; Scottish Local. We call this \u2018region\u2019 in some instances.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The process of checking the factual assertions in content items to determine their veracity and correctness.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Federated Content<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Content which has been created by an identified partner for inclusion on mygov.scot. This content will adhere to the mygov.scot content strategy and associated guidelines, and may be created in part or wholly out with the mygov.scot content production environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Federated Publishing<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Also referred to as external publishing, federated publishing allows an identified partner to use the mygov.scot publishing platform to expose content to mygov.scot. This process will be in line with the mygov.scot content strategy and access will follow an agreed level of training and guidance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Guidelines<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Additional and supporting materials that partners could consider if they lack existing capability in a particular area. Material to ensure consistency across the delivery of digital services.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Information architecture (IA)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Information architecture (IA) is the structural design of shared environments; the art and science of organising and labelling websites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability; and an emerging community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Informational Service<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A service is informational if a user needs to know something and the information being provided has no directly associated actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Live Releases<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">mygov.scot is using an Agile development method which means that there will be multiple live releases of the site on an on-going basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>mygov.scot<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">mygov.scot is a single, but not exclusive place for citizens, businesses and visitors to access public services. mygov.scot will enable people to quickly and easily find the service they need without having to know who provides it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Product Backlog (PB)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The product backlog (or \u2018backlog\u2019) is the requirements for a system, expressed as a prioritised list of product backlog items. These include both functional and non-functional customer requirements, as well as technical team-generated requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Product Backlog Item (PBI)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A product backlog item (\u2018PBI\u2019, \u2018backlog item\u2019, or \u2018item\u2019) is a unit of work small enough to be completed by a team in one Sprint iteration. Backlog items are decomposed into one or more tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Publishing Flow<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A process which describes how content will be developed and moved to mygov.scot.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Recommendations<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recommendations should be implemented where it delivers benefits for the user and is cost effective to do so. This will initially focus on the endorsement of industry \/ open standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>S.T.A.R.S<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This stands for \u2018Services Transformation And Repository Scotland\u2019. This repository will be the digital Scotland knowledge hub that will be used to drive decisions and activities for digital transformation and mygov.scot development.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">A catalogue of services across government<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">A system with customer relationship management to manage interactions with the multiple organisations (local authority, NDPBs Non-Ministerial departments, Government agency, health).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Service\/Services<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A service is a set of actions or activities undertaken by a public sector body to deliver a product or conclusion. Services are usually provided at the request of a customer either as a one-off request (for example planning applications, parking permits) or as a result of the circumstances of the customer (for example local resident, local business, disabled). Services are provided by a public sector body either as a power (a legal right), a duty (a legal obligation) or at its discretion. Public sector bodies are typically funded, governed and performance managed by the Scottish Government to deliver agreed services in line with policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Services Review<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Services Review is an analysis carried out in order to identify the variety of services provided to the user by the various public bodies. This exercise identifies the services using the following definitions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Name of service(s)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Brief description of service(s)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Service(s) type, i.e. transactional, interactive or informational<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Source, i.e. URL<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Current delivery channel, i.e. online or offline<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Audiences, i.e. citizens, businesses, visitors, professionals<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Related service(s)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Delivery partners<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Standards, Recommendations &amp; Guidelines<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Standards and guidelines will be published that describe what the mygov.scot platform has implemented and that provides a clear guide for public sector bodies on what needs to be applied. These will cover:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">User Experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Content<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Technical Quality Attributes<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Digital and Search<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Taxonomy<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The taxonomy is a hierarchy of relationships used to better understand what entities relate to each other and if they exist in a parent \/ child relationship. Taxonomy helps build out browse information architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Testability<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Testability is the capability of the software product to enable new or modified software to be tested.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Transactional Services<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A service is transactional if a user:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">needs to do something<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">the action changes something<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">wants to perform one of the CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Transitioning (Transition)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The process of migration of content from source to mygov.scot.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>User Need<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"td2\" valign=\"middle\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A user need is something that citizens, professionals, businesses or visitors to Scotland need to find out from, or do with the public sector. 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