Element Types
Published: May 2010
Element types differ according to their functionality. The following table describes element types for Features and shows their possible settings for scope.
Element | Scope | Description |
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Content Type | Site | Contains a schema definition you can reuse and apply to multiple list definitions. |
Content Type Binding | Site | Content type binding enables you to provision a content type on a list defined in the Onet.xml schema. Lists defined in the Onet.xml schema cannot be modified directly. |
Control | Farm, WebApplication, Site, Web | A delegate control contains a registration for a well-known control installed on a Web page. This lets you replace existing controls, such as the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation search control, with another control. |
Custom Action | Farm, WebApplication, Site, Web | You can define the following kinds of custom actions:
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Custom Action Group | Farm, WebApplication, Site, Web | Defines a group of custom actions. |
Document Converter | WebApplication | Contains the definition of a document converter. A document converter is a custom executable file that takes a document of one file type, and generates a copy of that file in another file type. |
Feature/Site Template Association | Farm, WebApplication, Site | Binds a Feature to a site definition configuration so that created sites are provisioned with the Feature. |
Field | Site | Contains a field definition that can be reused among multiple lists. |
Hide Custom Action | Farm, WebApplication, Site, Web | Hides a custom action that has been added through another custom action. |
List Instance | Site, Web | Provisions a SharePoint site with a specific list of data. |
List Template | Site, Web | Contains a list definition or template, which defines a list that can be provisioned in a SharePoint site. |
Module | Site, Web | Contains a set of files with which to provision sites. |
Receiver | Web | Contains an item event receiver registration. |
Workflow | Site | Contains the definition for a workflow in a list. |
Farm: farm scope
WebApplication: Web application scope
Site: site collection scope
Web: Web site scope
