A SharePoint site refers to a collection of lists, libraries, pages, and other functionality.
Site is a technical term that has changed meaning from version 2 to version 3 of the SharePoint platform. In version 2, meaning WSS2 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003, the term refered to a collection of webs, with a web being a collection of lists, libraries, and pages as described above.
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This post was written by furuknap on December 7, 2008
A SharePoint list is a collection of similar items. A list contains columns or fields that define the item data or metadata schema. Each item stored in a list shares the same schema.
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A SharePoint library is a specialized form of SharePoint lists that are used to store document type data rather than metadata based items. The main difference is that in a normal list the metadata is what defines an item in the list while in a library the document is the main focus. Libraries do support metadata, however.
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A SharePoint document is an specialized item stored in a SharePoint library. A SharePoint document is different from a SharePoint item in that documents play the main role in a library while a SharePoint item is the main content of a SharePoint list.
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SharePoint Wiki is one of the included site definitions in version 3 of the SharePoint platform. SharePoint can also refer to a Wiki page library, which is a specialized document library used to host wiki-style pages and content.
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SharePoint Workflow is the process in which behavior is attached to SharePoint data.
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This post was written by furuknap on December 7, 2008