Glossary

	Activation	Refers to the generation of a license code or file for a product.

	Activation ID (AID)	Refers to the unique identifier for an activation.

	Admin	Refers to the default user in Sentinel EMS. The Admin is a super user (with all permissions in Sentinel EMS) and can managing access rights of other users. His primary responsibilities are managing users, roles, namespaces, custom reports, templates, and file import.

	Allow Grace	The grace time period allows running the network application for a limited period (days/hours) even when the network is not accessible. It provides the convenience of using the application under unprepared circumstances, such as enterprise network break-down or when users are at home.

	Allow VM detection	Specifies if the license tokens will be issued if the License Manager is found running on a virtual machine.

	Auto-checkout	Refers to the Repository license model of Sentinel RMS, which has the following characteristics: >Network license: Concurrent user licenses or "floating" licenses for users in a network. Anyone on the network can use the application. The number of users can be up to the limit specified in the license file. >Automatically commutable: Means that the licensed application can run on the local system even beyond network because it can be automatically commuted (without requiring a formal checking out process).
	Authentication profile	Associated with webhooks to control how client applications are authenticated.

	Batch Code Also known as Namespace	In Sentinel EMS, a Sentinel LDK batch code is known as a namespace. A batch code (or namespace) represents your company's unique vendor code. When you order Sentinel protection keys from Thales, you specify your batch code, which is both written to the keys before dispatch and printed on the outside of each Sentinel HL key. Your company can have one or more batch codes. The batch code for Sentinel protection keys with a demo vendor code is DEMOMA.

	Batch Entitlement or “in batch”	Refers to the generation of multiple entitlements at one go. Batch entitlements enable software vendors to create large batches of products so that the entitlement IDs can be printed right on the box and sold through various channels without knowing the end user.

	Batch ID	Refers to the unique identifier corresponding to multiple entitlements generated in a batch.

	Billing address	Billing address is the address registered on your credit card. In simple words, it is the address where you receive the statements for your credit card. For your order to be approved when shopping online, the billing address provided by you has to match this address.

	C2V file	Customer-to-Vendor file. A file that is sent by the customer to the vendor prior to activating a product. The file may contain data about the customer's computer for identification purposes and/or license information. C2V files do not contain private customer information and can safely be sent by email.

	Catalog	Refers to the namespaces, features, license models, and products available in a Sentinel EMS deployment.

	Catalog Permissions	Permissions for viewing, editing, adding, and deleting features, and products in a namespace. You can define catalog permissions in roles.

	Channel Partner	Refers to an organization that is allowed to re-sell the software vendors products. End users can buy directly from software vendors or from the channel partners.

	Channel Partner User	Refers to an individual user who belongs to a channel partner. Such users can manage the entitlements associated with their channel partner.

	Cloud Licensing Permissions	Refer to the permissions that enable a customer's end users to access protected applications on CL keys. Relevant only for service-hosted cloud licensing on a Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server. See also: > Cloud Licensing Permissions >Machine Accounts

	Cloud Licensing Server	Refers to the Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server that manages CL keys. See also: Machine Accounts

	Commit Entitlement	After an entitlement is created and every Line Item is configured, the entitlement can be committed. Committing an entitlement freezes the entitlement from further changes, and emails a copy of the entitlement certificate (if so configured) to the end user (if specified).

	Complete state	In this state, a product cannot be edited and is ready to be included in an entitlement.
	Compliance	Refers to conforming the terms and conditions of the end user license agreement (EULA).

	Contact	See User.

	Copy Product / Entitlement	A new product or entitlement can be created by editing a copy of an existing item.

	Custom Attribute	Refers to the custom attributes that can be created under the Template menu.

	Custom Reports	Help the software vendor to generate customized reports (in addition to the predefined reports).

	Customer	Refers to the organization that owns an entitlement. A customer can have multiple users.

	Deployed	A product (and the features it contains) is defined as Deployed if it was added to any entitlement. A deployed product or feature cannot be deleted.

	Draft state (for an entitlement)	When an entitlement is first created, it remains in draft state. In this state the entitlement can be edited and each Line Item can be configured. Draft entitlements cannot be viewed or activated by the end user or channel partner.

	Draft state (for a product)	When a product is first created, it remains in draft state. In this state, the item can be edited and is not yet available for entitlements.

	Electronic Software Delivery (ESD)	Delivering software packages and updates via the Internet as opposed to the shipping of physical media such as CDs, DVDs, and flash drives.

	End Date (for an entitlement line item)	The date after which no operations, such as login by product key or activation, are allowed on an entitlement Line Item. NOTE As one line item can have multiple licenses for multiple features, specifying a license end date different from the line item end date helps in addressing different end dates for multiple features.

	End Date (for an entitlement)	The date after which operations, such as login by EID or activation, are not allowed on an entitlement.

	End User	Refers to the ultimate user of the products. Also referred to as “contact" in the Sentinel EMS REST API.

	End-of-Life or EOL state	When a product is no longer in use, its state can be changed to End of Life (EOL). In this state the product will no longer be available for new entitlements. However, the item remains in the system for pre-existing entitlements.

	Enforcement	The licensing technology that controls and secures the software vendor's application, such as Sentinel LDK.

	Entitlement	Refers to the rights of an end user to use a software package. An entitlement includes information such as who can use it and for what duration. An end user can activate an entitlement to generate a license to use the software conforming to the defined terms.

	Entitlement Lifecycle	Refers to the series of changes in the state of an entitlement, from creation and activation through upgrading, renewing, and revoking.

	Feature	A feature is a distinct functionality of a software application that can be independently licensed. Features are the basic building blocks of a product.

	Fulfillment	The complete process through which the customer gets the product and license.

	Global Permissions	Refers to the general permissions in Sentinel EMS such as view, edit, add, delete. These permissions define the rights to use various functionalities in Sentinel EMS.
	Identity Code	A unique, read-only, 7-character string. An identity code is part of the full identity string that specifies the client identity for the machine account as defined in the Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server database. Used with a machine account. See also: Machine Accounts

	Identity Link / Identity String	An identity link contains the identity string that identifies an end user that accesses licenses for protected applications from the Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server. An end user installs the identity string on the client machine by clicking the identity link supplied by the customer. This enables the machine to communicate with the license manager server. Example of identity string: FFSTQYU:oBWAAQCBEFPxvWKzIBicixs/v0rerEA@licenseserver.example.com Example of identity link: https://cloudportal.example.com/_int_/install.html?identity=FFSTQYU:oBWAAQCBEFPxvWKzIBicixs/v0rerEA@licenseserver.example.com See also: Machine Accounts


	License	A file or string generated by the software vendor that contains the conditions under which the software can run on the customer’s machine. License is the final outcome of an entitlement.

	License Model	A license model is a combination of various parameters that define the type of license to be generated. License models define a broad category of licenses that can be further customized by editing their attribute values. License models can be included with features.

	Line Item	A product in an entitlement. Various business operations, such as activation, re-charging, and renewal, are performed on line items.

	Machine Account	Created for a customer's end user, a machine account represents a set of cloud licensing permissions that grant authorization rights to access protected applications. Machine accounts are an integral part of cloud licensing (also known as CL). See also: Machine Accounts

	Market Group	A market group provides an added layer of access control that enables you to increase the operational efficiency of Sentinel EMS by segregating data access according to geographical location or business unit.

	Memory file	A memory file is a data file that is used for storing strings in a Sentinel key. Usage examples might include migrating existing license data to Sentinel EMS, storing homegrown license data, or usage counters.

	Namespace Also known as Batch Code	A Sentinel EMS namespace is known as a batch code in Sentinel LDK. A namespace (batch code) represents your company's unique vendor code. When you order Sentinel protection keys from Thales, you specify your namespace, which is both written to the keys before dispatch and printed on the outside of each Sentinel HL key. Your company can have one or more namespaces. The namespace for Sentinel protection keys with a demo vendor code is DEMOMA. In Sentinel EMS, a namespace also acts as a workspace, differentiating between separate storage locations. If you have multiple namespaces, the features, memory files, and products in each namespace are available only to those users who have permissions for that namespace. Users with roles that have entitlement-related permissions (such as order takers) can access these items from all namespaces.


	Permissions	Permissions define different levels of access to use various functionalities of Sentinel EMS. Permissions are not assigned to users directly, but are grouped into roles, and users can be assigned roles. See also: Role

	Product	A product is a software application that can be ordered or licensed. It is a combination of individual features and is associated with one or more license models.

	Product Family	Group of products derived from a common product platform. These goods or services use similar or same production processes, have similar physical characteristics, and may share customer segments, distribution channels, pricing methods, promotional campaigns, and other elements of the marketing mix. Products comprising a family are usually priced and discounted as a package. Several product families make up a product portfolio.
	Product Key	A unique string that identifies a Line Item in an entitlement. Product keys can be used to log in and activate the relevant line item. Every product key is unique across entitlements.

	Publisher	Refers to the organization who may be a or a hardware manufacturer, who wants to protect his products using software license or hardware key and manage entitlements for them.

	Quantity	Each product is added to an entitlement with a Quantity.

	Registered Machine	A client device that accesses licenses for protected applications from the Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server. Used with a machine account. See also: Machine Accounts

	Regular Expression	A regular expression can be specified for an attribute in a template to define some restrictions for the input type of the attribute. Example of a Regular expression is [-a-z0-9]+(\.[-a-z0-9]+)*

	Reports	Sentinel EMS reports provide access to selected current information from the Sentinel EMS database. Different predefined reports are available to meet various requirements. The reports provide information in tabular form and, where applicable, in a graphical chart.

	Role	A set of permissions that can be linked with users to manage their access rights. See also: Permissions

	Run-time Environment (RTE)	System component that enables communication between a Sentinel protection key and a protected application or data file. The Run-time Environment also contains Sentinel Admin Control Center.

	Sentinel HL key	The hardware-based protection and licensing component of Sentinel—a physical Sentinel HL key (such as a dongle). >Sentinel HL Basic key. Standard Sentinel HL local key that is used to protect software, and has a perpetual license. This key: •Does not have any memory functionality. •Does not support concurrency or remote desktops. •Does not support V‑Clock. >Sentinel HL network key. Any Sentinel HL key that supports concurrency. This includes the following keys: •Sentinel HL Net key •Sentinel HL NetTime key •Any Sentinel HL (Driverless configuration) key except for Sentinel HL Basic keys >Sentinel HL (Driverless configuration) key Sentinel HL key that does not require the Run-time Environment to protect an application or data file on a Windows machine. >Sentinel HL (HASP configuration) key. Sentinel HL key that is fully compatible with protected applications that require the older HASP HL keys. For more information about Sentinel HL keys, see Sentinel LDK Software Licensing and Protection Guide and Sentinel Hardware Protection Keys.

	Sentinel LDK Cloud Licensing (CL)	Thales-hosted cloud licensing service that enables your customers' end users to consume licenses anywhere, anytime, from any machine, without the need for performing activation or storing licenses locally.

	Sentinel SL key	The software-based protection and licensing component of Sentinel—a virtual Sentinel HL key. Product activation is instantaneous. End users can immediately start using the software with its fully-licensed functionality. The online connection with end users can enable user registration data to be collected and used for marketing purposes.

	Shipping address	The address where you want to receive your orders is called the Shipping Address. It could be your home or office.

	Start Date (for an entitlement line item)	The date before which no operations, such as login by product key or activation, are allowed on an entitlement Line Item. NOTE As one line item can have multiple licenses for multiple features, specifying a license start date different from the line item start date helps in addressing different start dates for multiple features.

	Start Date (for an entitlement)	The date before which operations, such as login by EID or activation, are not allowed on an entitlement.

	State of a Product	The different states of a product are: >Draft >Complete >End of Life (EOL)

	Template	A template is a set of custom attributes that create placeholders to store or input additional information for features, products, customers, users, entitlements, or batch entitlements.

	Test Entitlement	A test entitlement lets you make sure that the products, features, and license models are defined in an appropriate manner before deploying them to production. The process of generating a test entitlement is similar to that of a normal entitlement. However you can create a test entitlement using products that are in either the draft or complete state. You can activate and revoke test entitlements, but their data is excluded from Reports.
	User	Either an end user, or a user in the customer organization that manages entitlements for end users in that organization. A user can receive email notifications about entitlements, activations, and so on. A user often activates entitlements in the Sentinel EMS customer portal. For retail customers, it is suitable to create users and generate entitlements for them. Also known as contact.

	User ID or User Name	A unique identifier for a user in Sentinel EMS.

	User registration	The process by which the end user provides general information when logging on to the Sentinel EMS customer portal for the first time. For more information, see Guide to the Sentinel EMS Customer Portal .

	V2CP file	Vendor-to-Customer package file. A file that contains license information for an activated product. The V2CP file is available for download at the end of the activation process. For offline activations, the vendor or end user (customer) uses the V2CP file to apply the encoded license on the relevant computer. V2CP files can safely be sent by email. You can customize the V2CP file name format, if needed. For details, see License File Name (V2CP) Configuration.


	Vendor User	Refers to the employee of the software vendor who is responsible for performing various entitlement-related tasks in Sentinel EMS.

	Version	Versions can be defined when creating features and products. Features can have the same name but different versions. This is useful when a new or different version of your product is to be made available. NOTE This is different from license version.

	Virtual Clock	Virtual clock that is available in Sentinel SL keys and Sentinel HL (Driverless configuration) keys. In Sentinel LDK, also known as V-Clock.
	Webhook	Notifies client applications about an update to a Sentinel EMS entity.