Glossary
This glossary explains terminology used throughout LOBSTA and its services. If you can't find what you are looking for, send us an email to [email protected].
Account
The identity of a user, authenticated by being registered and succesfuly logging in to LOBSTA. Required to access LOBSTA functionalities.
Activity
Log of any task done on projects by users.
Administrator (Admin)
A user account with the highest authority in LOBSTA. Has unrestricted access to LOBSTA, including the admin-only Administration properties.
Anonymous
A type of user who is unidentified or unknown to LOBSTA environment.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Protocol to access data and information from/to other applications
Archive
Action which limits visibility and editability to users of an item.
Assignee
A user responsible for completition of the issue.
Author
The user who created the task, issue, entry etc.
Bookmark
Action which enables quick access to the page via the project jump functionality.
Calendar
A time display based on creation and due dates for tasks and versions.
Category
Classification of an item for organizing and filtering purposes.
Comment
A user reply, expressing an opinion, on an item. Available on issues, forums, activity.
Custom Fields
Admin-configurable fields applicable on many forms throughout LOBSTA.
Custom Query
User created search preset used to quickly filter information.
Dependency
Denotes a relationship between tasks. The most common is the parent and child task.
Document
Supplementary instructions or descriptions used for a project.
Enumeration
Admin-configurable categories for Activities, Documents and Issue priorities.
File
User uploaded filed available to download by other users.
Filter
Action of limiting display results by a category. Available in...
Gantt Chart
A task-time display of tasks and completition dates.
Geocoder
Process of converting a location name to geographic coordinates.
GeoJSON
JSON format which represents geographical data.
Geolocation
Process of returning a location through geographical data obtained through GPS or Ip addresses.
Geometry
Geometry is pure mathematics that is related with shape, size, distance, etc.
Georepublic
Georepublic's speciality is the development and marketing of IT solutions in the field of geographical information systems, logistics and business intelligence based on open source software projects.
Group
A category for users.
GTT (Geo-Task-Tracker)
Location-based task management and maps that allow you to locate your issues as point, line, or polygon, specify project area, geocoding, etc.
Issue
The main task(s) a project needs to resolve for its completion.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Security protocol to allow authentication between servers. Once authenticated, allows the user to access information in the network
LOBSTA
LOBSTA is based on the english acronym "Location Based Task Management".
Member
A member is a user or group that has a role in a project.
Module
Project functionality that can have its display checked on/off. If off, modules are still in the project but inaccessible for the user.
News
User generated news for a project.
Note
User generated short text. Is available on...
Permission
A property which defines what a role can or cannot do in LOBSTA Manager.
Plugin
Supplementary software which adds functionalities to LOBSTA.
Public
Classifies if a task or project is public or private. If set to private, only members of the project can view the task or project.
Priority
A classification of urgency or importance for an issue.
Project
A conglomeration of tasks to accomplish a goal.
Redmine
Redmine is a free and open-source, web-based project management and issue tracking tool that allows users to manage multiple projects.
Repository
The setting repository allows you to map users that have commits to the users in Redmine.
Role
Admin configured position with a collection of permissions.
SMASH
The free and open source digital field mapping for iOS and Android
Status
Admin configured category of the progress of an issue.
Subtask
Task derived from a parent task. Relations between child and parent tasks become available.
Task
A required issue, news, document, files, wiki, forums and time logs to be complete.
Text Blocks
Admin configured predefined text to be quickly applied on certain issue statuses.
Theme
The global style of LOBSTA interface, which affects the overall appearance.
Tile Source
The origin of OpenStreetMap geolocation display layers.
Time Tracking
A log that allows the user to track work done for a specific issue. The sum of time tracking is seen in roadmap, in relation to the issues assigned to it.
Tracker
A category to describe different types of issues.
Two-Factor-Authentication (2FA))
A security layer for online access to an account. Requires a valid phone number to work.
User
Any person accessing LOBSTA domain. It is assumed all users reading the documentation have an account, unless specified otherwise.
Version
User created goal or variant of a project. Issues can be assigned and tracked by version status in roadmap.
Watcher
A user assigned to watch an item gets notified of changes done to the item assigned.
Wiki
Project specific documentation.
Workflow
Admin configured logic which limits a user´s ability to modify issues status and to edit selected fields, depending on their role and the tracker of the issue.