1.1 Glossary

The following terms are defined in [MS-GLOS]:

access control entry (ACE)
access control list (ACL)
Active Directory
authentication level
Component Object Model (COM)
domain
endpoint
folder
fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
globally unique identifier (GUID)
handle
Interface Definition Language (IDL)
opnum
principal
remote procedure call (RPC)
RPC protocol sequence
security context
security descriptor
security identifier (SID)
security provider
Server Message Block (SMB)
Service for User (S4U)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Unicode
Unicode string
universally unique identifier (UUID)
well-known endpoint
XML

The following terms are specific to this document:

condition: A predicate (for example, the machine is idle) that must be satisfied for a task to run. A task runs when any of its triggers and all of its conditions are met.

credentials: A set of items used to represent the user's security profile attributes and used to execute a task.

hidden task: A task configuration stored on a disk, but not displayed in the graphical user interface.

job: An object identifying an administrative action (for example, running a program) to be performed on specified triggers and conditions (for example, every day at a specific time). Synonym for Task.

local system: Specifies the security context of the computer, used as a taskprincipal (as opposed to user context as principal).

logged-on user: A user interacting with the computer after having been authenticated on the domain.

process identifier (PID): A unique number assigned to every process running on the system.

registration (task): The process of configuring all the parameters required for a task to be ready to start when the triggers and conditions are met.

scheduled runtime: A time when a task with either a TimeTrigger or CalendarTrigger is scheduled to run.

Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL): The format used to specify a security descriptor as a text string, specified in [MS-DTYP] section 2.5.1.

task: An object identifying an administrative action (for example, running a program) to be performed on specified triggers and conditions (for example, every day at a specific time). Synonym for Job.

task instance: An occurrence of a task execution according to the task configuration. Each instance is assigned a GUID for monitoring and control purposes.

task name: The name of the task used to store the task in the task store.

task store: A persistent conceptual data structure on the server that stores task configuration.

trigger: A change of state (for example, reaching a specific time of day) that signals when a task is to run. A task runs when any of its triggers and all of its conditions are satisfied.

workstation: A client computer on a network that is used to run applications and is connected to a server from which it obtains data shared with other computers.

XPath: A language that specifies how to locate specific elements (such as attributes and processing instructions) in a document. It allows for locating specific content within an XML document. XPath filtering is a standard specified in [RFC3653]. See also [RFC3275].

MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as described in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.