3.5. Pre-defined entities in the library¶

The library defines a set of entity schemas that are required by the system or commonly used in CubicWeb instances.

3.5.1. Entity types used to store the schema¶

CWEType, entity type
CWRType, relation type
CWRelation, relation definition
CWAttribute, attribute relation definition
CWConstraint, CWConstraintType, RQLExpression

3.5.2. Entity types used to manage users and permissions¶

CWUser, system users
CWGroup, users groups

3.5.3. Entity types used to manage workflows¶

Workflow, workflow entity, linked to some entity types which may use this workflow
State, workflow state
Transition, workflow transition
TrInfo, record of a transition trafic for an entity

3.5.4. Other entity types¶

CWCache, cache entities used to improve performances
CWProperty, used to configure the instance
EmailAddress, email address, used by the system to send notifications to the users and also used by others optionnals schemas
Bookmark, an entity type used to allow a user to customize his links within the instance
ExternalUri, used for semantic web site to indicate that an entity is the same as another from an external site