name: Seismic Vocabulary
description: >-
  Vocabulary and taxonomy for the Seismic sales enablement platform, covering
  content management, dynamic document generation, analytics, and user management concepts.
created: "2026-05-02"
modified: "2026-05-02"

terms:
  # Core Platform Concepts
  - term: Content Item
    definition: >-
      A digital asset stored in the Seismic content library, such as a presentation,
      document, video, or other sales material. Content items have versions, properties,
      and associated metadata.
    aliases:
      - Content
      - Asset
      - Sales Asset
    related:
      - Content Profile
      - Content Property
      - Folder

  - term: Content Profile
    definition: >-
      A configuration template that defines the type and structure of content items,
      including allowed file types and associated custom properties. Content profiles
      standardize how content is categorized and managed.
    aliases:
      - Content Type
    related:
      - Content Item
      - Content Property

  - term: Content Property
    definition: >-
      A custom metadata field associated with content items. Content properties allow
      organizations to add structured metadata such as region, product line, or
      audience type to content for filtering and reporting.
    aliases:
      - Metadata Field
      - Custom Field
    related:
      - Content Profile
      - Content Item

  - term: Folder
    definition: >-
      A hierarchical container used to organize content items in the Seismic content
      library. Folders can be nested to create organizational structures aligned with
      business units, regions, or content types.
    aliases:
      - Content Folder
    related:
      - Content Item

  - term: LiveDoc
    definition: >-
      A dynamically generated document created by merging data from CRM systems or
      manual inputs into a predefined template. LiveDocs enable automated creation of
      personalized proposals, presentations, and sales materials.
    aliases:
      - Dynamic Document
      - Personalized Document
    related:
      - LiveDoc Template
      - Generation Job
      - Data Source

  - term: LiveDoc Template
    definition: >-
      A reusable document template with defined input fields that can be populated
      with dynamic data during LiveDoc generation. Templates support multiple output
      formats including PPTX, PDF, DOCX, and XLSX.
    aliases:
      - Template
      - Document Template
    related:
      - LiveDoc
      - Template Input
      - Data Source

  - term: Template Input
    definition: >-
      A field definition within a LiveDoc template that specifies what data must be
      provided for document generation. Inputs have types (text, number, date, image,
      table), validation rules, and can be mapped to CRM data source fields.
    aliases:
      - Input Field
      - Merge Field
    related:
      - LiveDoc Template

  - term: Generation Job
    definition: >-
      An asynchronous task that tracks the progress of a LiveDoc generation request.
      Large or complex documents are processed asynchronously, and generation jobs
      provide status updates and result access when complete.
    aliases:
      - Document Generation Job
      - Async Job
    related:
      - LiveDoc

  - term: Data Source
    definition: >-
      A configured integration with an external data system (e.g., Salesforce,
      Microsoft Dynamics, HubSpot) that provides records and data for automatic
      population of LiveDoc template inputs.
    aliases:
      - CRM Integration
      - Data Connection
    related:
      - LiveDoc Template
      - LiveDoc

  # Analytics Concepts
  - term: Content Analytics
    definition: >-
      Metrics and data about how content items are used by sales teams, including
      views, downloads, shares, engagement scores, and completion rates over time.
    aliases:
      - Usage Analytics
      - Content Performance
    related:
      - Delivery Analytics
      - User Analytics
      - Engagement Score

  - term: Engagement Score
    definition: >-
      A calculated metric (0-100) that measures how effectively a content item engages
      viewers, based on view duration, completion rate, and interaction signals.
    aliases:
      - Engagement
    related:
      - Content Analytics

  - term: Delivery Analytics
    definition: >-
      Analytics on content that has been shared with buyers or external recipients,
      including open rates, view durations, and engagement scores from the recipient's
      perspective.
    aliases:
      - Buyer Engagement Analytics
    related:
      - Content Analytics

  - term: User Analytics
    definition: >-
      Metrics on individual user activity within the Seismic platform, including
      login frequency, content viewed, content downloaded, and adoption scores.
    aliases:
      - Adoption Analytics
    related:
      - Adoption Score

  - term: Adoption Score
    definition: >-
      A metric (0-100) measuring how actively a user adopts and uses the Seismic
      platform relative to their peers, based on login frequency and content interactions.
    related:
      - User Analytics

  # User Management Concepts
  - term: Role
    definition: >-
      A named set of permissions that can be assigned to users, controlling what
      actions they can perform within the Seismic platform. Roles may be system-defined
      (e.g., Admin, Manager, Rep) or custom.
    aliases:
      - User Role
      - Permission Set
    related:
      - User
      - Group

  - term: Group
    definition: >-
      A named collection of users that can be used for access control, content
      targeting, and analytics segmentation. Groups can be hierarchical (parent/child).
    aliases:
      - User Group
      - Team Group
    related:
      - User
      - Role

  - term: Team
    definition: >-
      An organizational unit within Seismic that groups users under a team manager.
      Teams are used for reporting hierarchies and content access scoping.
    related:
      - User
      - Group

categories:
  - name: Content Management
    description: Concepts related to organizing and managing sales content.
    terms:
      - Content Item
      - Content Profile
      - Content Property
      - Folder

  - name: Document Generation
    description: Concepts related to LiveDocs and dynamic document creation.
    terms:
      - LiveDoc
      - LiveDoc Template
      - Template Input
      - Generation Job
      - Data Source

  - name: Analytics
    description: Concepts related to measuring content effectiveness and adoption.
    terms:
      - Content Analytics
      - Engagement Score
      - Delivery Analytics
      - User Analytics
      - Adoption Score

  - name: User Management
    description: Concepts related to users, roles, and organizational structure.
    terms:
      - Role
      - Group
      - Team