Glossary

  • RegEx: Regular Expression, a sequence or pattern that is searched for in text. Ex-ID uses Java RegEx notation.
  • Rules: Instructions for Ex-ID about what to do when a RegEx is detected in a file.
  • Pattern: The RegEx and rules associated with its detection.
  • Pattern Name: Used to identify the pattern when it is detected.
  • Classification: Tags that help secure documents and other files. e.g. Public, Internal, and Confidential.
  • Compliance: Tags that help organizations conform to certain regulatory regimes. By applying compliance tags such as GDPR/PII to RegEx such as Social Security number, organizations can identify all related documents.
  • Distribution: Tags that specify how a file should be moved either within or outside an organization.
  • Category: From ML model. These are groupings of information based on their use. e.g. Finance, HR, or Technical Documents.
  • Subcategory: From ML model. These are sub-groupings of information based on their particular use. e.g. CV (resume), Code, or Sales Agreement.
  • Publish: The action of pushing the enabled patterns to be used. As some parts of the system need to be restarted in order to take on a new pattern matching configuration, we allow users to choose when to enact the configuration so as not to impact the workflow of others.
  • Unpublished: A pattern that has been created, changed, or edited but has not been pushed to the pattern matching system.
  • Published: A pattern that is currently part of the pattern matching configuration.
  • Disabled: A pattern that is currently part of the pattern matching configuration but is not to be detected.
  • Enabled: An active pattern. One that is part of the configuration and will be used by the pattern matching system.
  • Hide RegEx: Ex-ID allows for RegEx notations to be obfuscated for security and intellectual property reasons.