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This list contains terms with special meanings as used by the Hyrax Analytics Working Group

  • Item - at the generic level, an Item is any repository object or collection for which analytics are being collected.
  • Work - a pcdm:Object that holds zero or more FileSets and zero or more Works.
  • Work Type - An object's classification as defined by metadata by repository administrators.
  • Resource Type - Selected by the user in the object's metadata (e.g. picked from a list in the metadata form).
  • FileSet - a lcdm:Object that contains a File and its derivatives.  When we talk about a File view the FileSet will likely be the item shown to the user.
  • File - A file is a bitstream with its own identity in the repository. 
  • View - A successful request for an HTML page displaying metadata for a collection, work, or a file.
  • Pageview - used interchangeably with View, though we prefer the term View.
  • Download - 
    • Work Download: Any time a work is downloaded either individually or in bulk as a member of a collection.
    • File Download: Any time a file is downloaded or any of the parent containers are downloaded.
  • Administrator - A person with management responsibility for the repository. Usually a person with a "superuser" or "manager" role.
  • Collection - a pcdm:Collection that indirectly contains zero or more Works and zero or more Collections.
  • Aggregation - Aggregated statistics represent the total number of single counts of views or downloads for child works or containers.
  • Depositor - Person who uploaded the item to the repository.
  • Accessed - Number of times the unique items were viewed (see definition of View above).
    • Collections - a pageview on a collection homepage
    • Works - a pageview or download on the work
  • Investigation - a term used for reporting COUNTER statistics - equivalent to the sum of Downloads and Views
  • Request - a term used for reporting COUNTER statistics - equivalent to Download


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