Public
Definitions and usage guidance for terminology used throughout VAOD.
Definition
A company record that is currently available for normal administration and has not been placed in the deleted-company state.
Usage Guidance
Use in administrative contexts when distinguishing current company records from Deleted Companies. Publication status is a separate concept.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Active Provider
Definition
another Edited Dictionary Test
Usage Guidance
another Edited Dictionary Test
Aliases / Alternate Terms
another Edited Dictionary Test
Definition
The VAOD review used to determine whether a claimant has sufficient authority to act for a company in the listing-claim process.
Usage Guidance
Keep this separate from the final decision to assign Company Listing Ownership. Authorization of the claimant does not by itself assign listing ownership.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Claimant Authority Verification
Definition
The VAOD action that starts a request for authorized control of an existing unclaimed company listing.
Usage Guidance
Use for the public claim action. It initiates the Company Listing Ownership Claim process and does not immediately transfer control.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Claim Listing
Definition
A person requesting authority to control an existing company listing in VAOD.
Usage Guidance
Use for the person making a Company Listing Ownership Claim until the claim and required authority checks are resolved.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Listing Claimant
Definition
The VAOD commercial record or status associated with a company's paid plans, charges, or other commercial participation.
Usage Guidance
Use Company Commercial Account when referring to the company's commercial relationship with VAOD. Do not use it for the company's ordinary user login account.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Company Commercial Account; Provider Commercial Account
Definition
A business or organization represented by a company record in VAOD.
Usage Guidance
Use Company when referring to the business entity or its VAOD company record. The public directory may present companies as providers.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Provider Company
Definition
Authorized control over the company's listing and its content within VAOD.
Usage Guidance
Use for authorized management of a VAOD company listing, not legal or actual ownership of the business itself.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Listing Ownership; VAOD Listing Ownership
Definition
A request to obtain authorized control of an existing company listing in VAOD.
Usage Guidance
Use for the VAOD claim workflow. Approval assigns control of the listing; it does not determine legal ownership of the company.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Listing Claim; Provider Company Listing Ownership Claim
Definition
Legal or actual ownership of the business itself.
Usage Guidance
Distinguish Company Ownership from authorized control over the company's VAOD listing. A VAOD listing claim does not by itself establish legal ownership of the business.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Business Ownership; Legal Ownership
Definition
A VAOD subscription or commercial plan that can be assigned to a company.
Usage Guidance
Use Company Plan for plan assignment and subscription administration. Provider Plan may appear in legacy or internal workflow names.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Provider Plan; Subscription Plan
Definition
A company record placed in VAOD's recoverable deleted state rather than permanently removed.
Usage Guidance
Use for companies managed through the Deleted Companies administration workflow. Restoration returns the record to active administration.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Deleted Provider
Definition
Changed Temporary Dictionary test definition.
Usage Guidance
Temporary entry used to verify Dictionary administration.
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Test Term
Definition
A regression test result indicating that an assertion is applicable to the current VAOD baseline but did not complete successfully.
Usage Guidance
Use FAIL only for an applicable current requirement that does not satisfy its regression assertion and therefore requires investigation.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Failed
Definition
A company marked for featured presentation within VAOD.
Usage Guidance
Use for the VAOD featured status. Do not treat featured status as verification, sponsorship, or an independent quality judgment unless the applicable workflow explicitly establishes that meaning.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Featured Provider
Definition
A VAOD record representing a prospective customer opportunity associated with a request for services.
Usage Guidance
Use Lead for the opportunity record created from requester activity and used in matching or commercial workflows.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Customer Lead; Service Lead
Definition
An association between a lead and a company identified as a potential provider for that opportunity.
Usage Guidance
Use for the VAOD matching record connecting a Lead with a company. A match does not by itself mean the company accepted or won the opportunity.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Provider Match; Lead Provider Match
Definition
A regression test result indicating that a historical assertion is no longer applicable to the current VAOD baseline because it has been intentionally superseded or made obsolete.
Usage Guidance
Use N/A only after confirming that the historical assertion is no longer applicable. N/A must not be used to hide, dismiss, or bypass an unresolved current failure.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Not Applicable
Definition
A regression test result indicating that an assertion is applicable to the current VAOD baseline and completed successfully.
Usage Guidance
Use PASS when the tested requirement remains applicable to the current VAOD baseline and the assertion succeeds.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Passed
Definition
A company that offers services represented in the VAOD Providers directory.
Usage Guidance
Use Provider when referring to a company in its service-provider role or to established VAOD provider-side workflows. Use Company when referring specifically to the business entity or company record.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Service Provider
Definition
A non-public company profile being prepared or reviewed before publication in the VAOD directory.
Usage Guidance
Use Provider Draft as the formal VAOD workflow term for an unpublished provider profile. Reviewing or editing a draft does not publish it.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Draft Provider Profile; Company Draft
Definition
The collection of company information presented or prepared as a provider profile in VAOD.
Usage Guidance
Use Provider Profile when referring to the profile as a whole, including during research and publication workflows. Use Company for the underlying business entity.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Company Profile; Listing Profile
Definition
The VAOD workflow for gathering, reviewing, and consolidating information about a provider from research sources.
Usage Guidance
Use Provider Research for the formal research workflow and its records, evidence, proposals, and review steps.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Company Research; Research
Definition
A response submitted on behalf of a company to a review in VAOD.
Usage Guidance
Use Provider Response as the established VAOD term for a company's response within the review workflow.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Company Response; Review Response
Definition
An association indicating that a company offers a particular VAOD service.
Usage Guidance
Use when referring to the relationship between a company and a Service, especially in provider-side or database workflow contexts.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Company Service; Offered Service
Definition
A VAOD classification that describes the general type of services or delivery model associated with a provider.
Usage Guidance
Use Provider Type for the formal VAOD classification assigned to a company. Do not use it as a substitute for an individual service.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Provider Classification
Definition
The VAOD workflow for reviewing a company verification application and its supporting information.
Usage Guidance
Use Provider Verification as the formal VAOD workflow name. Do not confuse it with Claim Authority Verification or Publication Authorization.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Company Verification
Definition
Documented authorization from an appropriate company representative permitting VAOD to publish an unclaimed company listing.
Usage Guidance
Use for the authorization required by VAOD before publishing an unclaimed researched listing. Keep it separate from Company Listing Ownership and Provider Verification.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Provider Publication Authorization
Definition
The VAOD checks that determine whether a Provider Draft satisfies the requirements that must be met before publication.
Usage Guidance
Use for the formal readiness checks. Passing readiness does not bypass the publication boundary or any required authorization.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Readiness Checks; Provider Publication Readiness
Definition
A VAOD request through which a requester seeks pricing or service proposals from suitable companies.
Usage Guidance
Use for the requester-facing quote-request process. It may generate leads and provider matches as part of the VAOD workflow.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
RFQ; Quote Request; Request Quotes
Definition
A VAOD user seeking services, information, or quotes from companies in the directory.
Usage Guidance
Use Requester for the customer-side VAOD role, including account and Request for Quotes workflows.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Customer; Service Requester
Definition
The VAOD process of reviewing research proposals, resolving conflicts, and determining which values should be applied to a Provider Draft.
Usage Guidance
Use for the formal consolidation stage between collected research and the resulting draft profile.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Provider Research Consolidation
Definition
Source material or documented information used to support a proposed provider profile value during Provider Research.
Usage Guidance
Use for evidence attached to research proposals or consolidation decisions. Evidence should identify the source supporting the proposed information.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Provider Research Evidence
Definition
A proposed provider profile value created during Provider Research for review before it is applied.
Usage Guidance
Use for candidate research values before they are accepted, edited, ignored, or applied to a Provider Draft.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Provider Research Proposal
Definition
Feedback submitted about a company or its services through the VAOD review system.
Usage Guidance
Use Review for the customer review record and its moderation workflow. Distinguish it from an Administrator Review of an application or claim.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Company Review; Provider Review
Definition
A defined category of work or capability that companies may offer through VAOD.
Usage Guidance
Use Service for the standardized VAOD service definition. A company's association with a service is represented separately from the service definition itself.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
VAOD Service
Definition
A VAOD commercial placement that gives an eligible company designated sponsored visibility within the directory.
Usage Guidance
Use for paid or administratively assigned sponsored positioning. Sponsored status should remain distinguishable from organic directory information.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Company Sponsored Placement; Provider Sponsored Placement
Definition
A VAOD company listing that has not been assigned to an authorized company account through the listing-ownership claim process.
Usage Guidance
Use to describe listing-control status. An unclaimed listing may still be published when VAOD publication requirements and authorization are satisfied.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Unclaimed Company Listing; Unclaimed Provider Listing
Definition
A company-submitted request for review under the VAOD Provider Verification workflow.
Usage Guidance
Use for the application record being reviewed. Keep it distinct from Claim Authority Verification and Publication Authorization.
Aliases / Alternate Terms
Provider Verification Application; Company Verification Application