From dff378eab55348beafa011e7d6f81183be2b5f8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erik Wilson Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:06:35 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Adds CORS definition to glossary for CORS End User Guide topic With the moving of the Object Storage API content from a long-form dev guide to a specification, some topics needed To be added to the End User Guide. Change-Id: Ib07ba734090e4e8881184085e24665bc5eb78bad Partial-bug: 1392382 --- doc/glossary/glossary-terms.xml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/glossary/glossary-terms.xml b/doc/glossary/glossary-terms.xml index 30d2b36f84..f092614100 100644 --- a/doc/glossary/glossary-terms.xml +++ b/doc/glossary/glossary-terms.xml @@ -2081,18 +2081,30 @@ VM instance being requested. - credentials - credentials - - + credentials + - Data that is only known to or accessible by a user and used to - verify that the user is who he says he is. Credentials are presented - to the server during authentication. Examples include a password, - secret key, digital certificate, and fingerprint. + Data that is only known to or accessible by a user and + used to verify that the user is who he says he is. + Credentials are presented to the server during + authentication. Examples include a password, secret key, + digital certificate, and fingerprint. + + + + Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) + + Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) + + + A mechanism that allows many resources (for example, + fonts, JavaScript) on a web page to be requested from + another domain outside the domain from which the resource + originated. In particular, JavaScript's AJAX calls can use + the XMLHttpRequest mechanism.