Glossary entry

Definition

A single term and corresponding definition in the glossary.

Used in

Glossary, documentation pages, tooltips.

Structure

Data

The data underlying our glossary lives with YAML files in the /data/glossary/* ↗ folder.

Each file should be structured similar to the following:

---
productName: DNS
entries:
- term: active zone
  general_definition: |-
    a DNS zone that is active on Cloudflare requires changing its nameservers to Cloudflare's for management.
  associated_products:
    - Cloudflare One

- term: apex domain
  general_definition: |-
    apex domain is used to refer to a domain that does not contain a subdomain part, such as `example.com` (without `www.`). It is also known as "root domain" or "naked domain".

- term: DNS over HTTPS
  general_definition: |-
    DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is a standard for encrypting DNS traffic, preventing tracking and spoofing of DNS queries.
  associated_products:
    - 1.1.1.1
    - Cloudflare One

- term: DNS over TLS
  general_definition: |-
    DNS over TLS (DoT) is a standard for encrypting DNS traffic using its own port (853) and TLS encryption.
  associated_products:
    - 1.1.1.1
    - Cloudflare One

Relevant values include the following:

productName string required
- Core product associated with this file. Should always match the same formatting / styling used in associated_products.
entries object required
- term string required
  - The glossary term itself.
- general_definition string required
  - Definition of the term. Should be general enough to apply to multiple products. Should also start with a lowercase letter unless starting with a proper noun.
- associated_products array optional
  - If the term is associated with other products. Any names used should correspond to the productName of that associated file.

Usage

Because of the structured data associated with our glossaries, we can pull these terms into multiple places.

Product-level glossary

A product-level glossary includes all terms associated with a particular product, which will pull in terms directly in that product’s glossary file and any terms that include the product in its associated_products.

---
title: Glossary
pcx_content_type: glossary
layout: wide
---

# Glossary

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's DNS documentation.

{{</*glossary product="DNS"*/>}}

Glossary definition

Pull glossary definitions directly into your Markdown by using the {{</*glossary-definition*/>}} component.

A DNS zone that is active on Cloudflare requires changing its nameservers to Cloudflare's for management.

Is a quoted definition that comes from:

{{</*glossary-definition term_id="active zone" prepend="An active zone is "*/>}}

Properties are:

term_id string required
- Should match a term within an existing glossary YAML file.
prepend string optional
- Text to add before a definition.
length string default: long
- If specified as short, will only pull the definition text before the first line break in the definition.

Pull component definitions into a focusable tooltip for a specific phrase by using the {{</*glossary-tooltip*/>}} component.

Here’s a tooltip example.

Here's a {{</*glossary-tooltip term_id="active zone">}}tooltip{{</glossary-tooltip*/>}} example.