Carbide.v Concepts
Configuration
The settings and all their selectable values available for a software Variant.
cpf
The container of the settings with their values and resources of one software variant as one file.
Resource
An asset such as picture, sound, animation, video or theme included in the variant proposal.
Setting
One customizable element in Software Configuration; a setting encloses both the information on the current value and for instance description (field help), available options, or minimum and maximum values.
Vanilla Variant Proposal
The software configuration in the initial CPF, and its settings that will be used as Default Settings for further customization. It is initially created by a Phone Program and used as a base for for instance country or operator specific software variant proposal by an OPM or Operator.
Variant
The phone, its sales package, memory card, physical phone settings and software image that will be sent to production line. Carbide.v is the tool for creating software variant proposal.
Variant Proposal
The 'order form' that includes software setting values and references to resources. Prepared in Carbide.v and processed as an attachment in MDC.