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Terminology

Terms used by the Assetlib Shaper documentation:

  • Asset: file with .bin extension produced by SceneComposer.
  • Asset Report: file with .xml extension attached to an asset, having the same name as the asset file; also produced by SceneComposer.
  • Partitioning (or Shaping): process in which an asset is broken down into several assets, each containing a part of the original asset, based on a set of rules.
  • Asset Partition (or Partition): asset resulting from a partitioning process, containing a part of the original asset used in the process.
  • Asset Library: specific part of asset content; library of objects of the same type or purpose.
  • Asset Library Entry (or Asset Entry): specific object in the asset content.
  • Partitioning Configuration (or Configuration): .xml file containing the set of rules to be used in the partitioning process.
  • Master Partition: partition that implicitly includes all the Asset Entries that are not referred by rules; each Partitioning Configuration defines exactly one Master Partition.
  • Asset Partition Updating: process of updating the partitions of an original asset to the content of a new asset, which is an evolution of the original asset.
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