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      <terms>

        <term termId="ConceptualBuild">conceptual build</term>

      </terms>



      <definition>

        <para>A build that uses Sandcastle to produce help file topics using

information extracted from conceptual content topics and their related files.</para>

      </definition>



      <relatedEntry termId="ReferenceBuild" />

      <relatedEntry termId="Sandcastle" />

    </glossaryEntry>



    <glossaryEntry>

      <terms>

        <term>conceptual content</term>

      </terms>



      <definition>

        <para>A topic file that contains conceptual content.  These can be used

to add usage notes, walkthroughs, tutorials, etc. to a help file.</para>

      </definition>

    </glossaryEntry>



    <glossaryEntry>

      <terms>

        <term>Globally Unique Identifier</term>

        <term>GUID</term>

      </terms>



      <definition>

        <para>A unique value that is associated with each conceptual topic

and image in a project.  When inserting links to topics or images, the ID is

used to refer to them.  This allows you to alter the names or locations of the

topic files without having to change the name or location in each topic that

references them.</para>

      </definition>

    </glossaryEntry>



    <glossaryEntry>

      <terms>

        <term>MAML</term>

      </terms>



      <definition>

        <para>An acronym that stands for Microsoft Assistance Markup

Language.  Conceptual content topics are composed of MAML elements.</para>

      </definition>

    </glossaryEntry>



    <glossaryEntry>

      <terms>

        <term>media content file</term>

      </terms>



      <definition>

        <para>This file contains information about the images referenced in

<codeInline>mediaLink</codeInline> and <codeInline>mediaLinkInline</codeInline>

elements in conceptual content.</para>

      </definition>

    </glossaryEntry>



    <glossaryEntry>

      <terms>

        <term termId="ReferenceBuild">reference build</term>

      </terms>



      <definition>

        <para>A build that uses Sandcastle to produce help file topics using

information extracted from managed assemblies and their associated XML comments

files.</para>

      </definition>



      <relatedEntry termId="ConceptualBuild" />

      <relatedEntry termId="Sandcastle" />

    </glossaryEntry>



    <glossaryEntry>

      <terms>

        <term termId="Sandcastle">Sandcastle</term>

      </terms>



      <definition>

        <para><token>Sandcastle</token> is a set of tools produced by

Microsoft that can be used to build help files for .NET managed libraries,

conceptual content, or a mix of both.</para>

      </definition>



      <relatedEntry termId="SHFB" />

    </glossaryEntry>



    <glossaryEntry>

      <terms>

        <term termId="SHFB">Sandcastle Help File Builder</term>

        <term>SHFB</term>

      </terms>



      <definition>

          <para>The <token>SHFB</token> is a standalone tool used to automate

Sandcastle.  It consists of a GUI front end that helps you manage and build

help file projects.  It uses a standard MSBuild format project file which can

also by built from the command line using MSBuild or integrated into Visual

Studio builds or other build scripts to produce a help file when your

application projects are built.  In addition, it provides a set of additional

features beyond those supplied with Sandcastle that can improve your help file

and make it easier to deploy.</para>

      </definition>



      <relatedEntry termId="Sandcastle" />

    </glossaryEntry>



    <glossaryEntry>

      <terms>

        <term>token</term>

        <term>token file</term>

      </terms>



      <definition>

        <para>A token is used as a replaceable tag within a topic and is

represented using a <codeInline>token</codeInline> element.  The inner

text of the element is a token name.  The tokens are defined in a separate

token file.  They are an easy way to represent common items that you use

regularly such as a common phrase or external link.</para>

      </definition>



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