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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Happy Path Test

Business Definition: Testing to be performed on an application and it comes under the category of positive testing. In happy path testing, the focus is on running carefully scripted test scenarios, which should be the same as an end-user would perform when they use the application in a regular way. The purpose is not to "break" the functionality, but to see a product or procedure work as it has been designed to. Technical Definition: A default scenario featuring no exceptional or error conditions. The happy path would be where none of the validation rules raise an error, thus letting execution continue successfully to the end, generating a positive response. Happy path testing is a well-defined test case using known input, which executes without exception and produces an expected output. 

Hardening Sprint

A hardening sprint is an additional sprint, placed after the regular development sprints, that the team uses to perform quality activities to stabilize the code and ensure that the system is ready prior to being released and deployed on customer environments.

Hash

An algorithm performed on data such as a file or message to produce a number called a hash (sometimes called a checksum). The hash is used to verify that data is not modified, tampered with, or corrupted. In other words, you can verify the data has maintained integrity.

Health Level-7 (HL7)

Refers to a set of international standards for transfer of clinical and administrative data between hospital information systems. These standards focus on the application layer, which is "layer 7." These standards define how information is packaged and communicated from one party to another, setting the language, structure, and data types required for seamless integration between systems.

Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)

HVAC stands for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. HVAC refers to the different systems used for moving air between indoor and outdoor areas, along with heating and cooling both residential and commercial buildings.

Heterosexual

​A person whose emotional, romantic or sexual attractions are to people of another gender.

High-level Objects (HLO)

Delivered business functionality that are cost drivers. Acceptable HLOs include pages, reports, and interfaces.

Home

A place of residence for a family or a residential facility providing 24-hour care and supervision to children.

Host County

The county in which the legal residence of the Resource Family is located.

Hotline

Dedicated emergency response reporting telephone numbers and the county child welfare agency infrastructure that supports the receipt of verbal, electronic and written communications regarding suspected child abuse, neglect, or exploitation.