rendition

A version's display format, such as Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, or HTML. A rendition can be composed of one or more content files. For example, an HTML rendition could consist of the HTML file and several image files.

DSRendition - a rendition consists of rendition properties and one or more ContentElements. Renditions are first class DSObjects that include a handle and ACL.

RMI (Remote Method Invocation)

A set of protocols developed by Sun's JavaSoft division that enables Java objects to communicate remotely with other Java objects. RMI is a relatively simple protocol, but unlike more complex protocols such as CORBA and DCOM, it works only with Java objects. CORBA and DCOM are designed to support objects created in any language.

RDBMS (Relational Database Management System)

A type of database management system (DBMS) that stores data in the form of related tables. Relational databases are powerful because they require few assumptions about how data is related or how it will be extracted from the database. As a result, the same database can be viewed in many different ways.

RSS (RDF Site Summary)

RSS (formerly called Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a method of describing news or other web content that is available for distribution or syndication (feeding) from an online publisher to Web users. RSS is an application of the Extensible Markup Language (XML) that adheres to the World Wide Web Consortium's Resource Description Framework (RDF).