CWDS Glossary
The CWDS Glossary includes a List of Acronyms and defined terms captured from various models, reports, and other artifacts pertaining to the Child Welfare System – California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES) Project. The Glossary standardizes terms used across the various project disciplines; each term is defined with its meaning specific to the project domain.
The State may update the CWDS Glossary at any time. Any questions please contact CWDS Communications.
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Configuration Management (Software Development)
In the context of software development using open source tools, a process of automating the replication of a server image from a script, using tools such as Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible.
Consortium IV (of SAWS) (C-IV)
C-IV consists of 39 counties that represent over 27 percent of the State's* welfare caseload. C-IV is also the name of the system used by the C-IV consortium.
Contact
Documentation to memorialize service and communication with a client and anyone affiliated with a client. Contacts may include in-person, written, or telephone or electronic communications by a social worker or other persons authorized pursuant to regulations or designated to provide services to a child, youth, parent(s), guardian(s), out-of-home care providers or other persons involved in child welfare services.
Containerization
A method of deploying software within a container. A container, in general, is an isolation implementation within a virtualized operating system. Specific implementations of containerization include Docker, LXC, Rkt, and Warden.
Content Management System
A system used to manage the content of a website. Typically, a Content Management System consists of two elements: the content management application and the content delivery application.
Context-sensitive
A kind of online help that is obtained from a specific point in the state of the software, providing help for the situation that is associated with that state. Context-sensitive help, as opposed to general online help or online manuals, doesn't need to be accessible for reading as a whole.
Continuous Quality improvement (CQI)
An approach to quality management that builds upon traditional quality assurance methods by emphasizing the organization and systems. Focuses on "process" rather than the individual. Recognizes both internal and external customers. Promotes the need for objective data to analyze and improve processes.
Conversion
The process of migrating data from a Legacy System to the CWS-CARES.
Converted Data
Data that has been successfully converted by Contractor* for processing by the CWS-CARES or any component thereof.
Core Constituent Group
A group comprised of the CALS Core County Group and representatives of CCLD who support the CALS team from their remote locations on activities such as user research, user testing, and who prepare and support the Digital Service implementation at their respective offices.
NOTE: This term is no longer applicable. It is covered in the term “Core Constituents.”