title: TIBCO Vocabulary
description: >-
  Domain vocabulary for TIBCO Software APIs covering cloud integration,
  API management, analytics, and enterprise messaging.
provider: TIBCO
created: '2026-05-03'
modified: '2026-05-03'
tags:
  - Analytics
  - API Management
  - Cloud Integration
  - Enterprise Software
  - Integration
  - Messaging

terms:
  - term: Flogo
    label: Flogo
    definition: >-
      TIBCO's open-source, event-driven IoT and integration framework for
      building lightweight microservices and integration flows. Used as a
      low-code app type in TIBCO Cloud Integration.
    tags:
      - Integration
      - Low-Code
      - Microservices

  - term: TCI
    label: TIBCO Cloud Integration
    definition: >-
      TIBCO's iPaaS platform for application integration, API management, and
      business process automation in the cloud. Supports Flogo and Business
      Studio app types.
    tags:
      - Cloud Integration
      - iPaaS
      - Platform

  - term: Mashery
    label: TIBCO Mashery
    definition: >-
      TIBCO's API management platform (formerly acquired from Mashery Inc.)
      that provides API gateway, portal, analytics, and developer ecosystem
      management capabilities.
    tags:
      - API Gateway
      - API Management
      - Developer Portal

  - term: Spotfire
    label: TIBCO Spotfire
    definition: >-
      TIBCO's analytics and data visualization platform offering interactive
      dashboards, predictive analytics, and embedded analytics capabilities
      for business intelligence.
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Business Intelligence
      - Visualization

  - term: EMS
    label: TIBCO Enterprise Message Service
    definition: >-
      TIBCO's enterprise messaging middleware that implements JMS (Java Message
      Service) standards for reliable, asynchronous message exchange between
      applications.
    tags:
      - JMS
      - Messaging
      - Middleware

  - term: FTL
    label: TIBCO FTL
    definition: >-
      TIBCO's Fast Transport Layer messaging technology designed for
      ultra-low latency, high-throughput messaging in financial services
      and other latency-sensitive workloads.
    tags:
      - Low Latency
      - Messaging
      - Real-Time

  - term: BusinessEvents
    label: TIBCO BusinessEvents
    definition: >-
      TIBCO's complex event processing (CEP) and decision management engine
      for real-time business operations, fraud detection, and predictive
      analytics.
    tags:
      - CEP
      - Decision Management
      - Event Processing

  - term: SCIM
    label: SCIM
    definition: >-
      System for Cross-domain Identity Management standard used in the Mashery
      API for developer and member provisioning.
    tags:
      - Identity
      - Provisioning
      - Standard

  - term: Flow
    label: Flogo Flow
    definition: >-
      A Flogo application's processing pipeline, consisting of triggers,
      activities, and error handlers that define the integration logic.
    tags:
      - Flogo
      - Integration

  - term: Connector
    label: TIBCO Connector
    definition: >-
      A reusable adapter component in TIBCO Cloud Integration that provides
      pre-built connectivity to external systems such as Salesforce, SAP,
      databases, and cloud services.
    tags:
      - Cloud Integration
      - Integration

  - term: Plan
    label: Mashery API Plan
    definition: >-
      A configuration in Mashery that defines rate limits, quotas, and access
      rules for a package of API services. Developers access APIs through plans.
    tags:
      - API Management
      - Rate Limiting

  - term: Service
    label: Mashery API Service
    definition: >-
      A logical representation of an API in Mashery consisting of one or more
      endpoints that expose backend services through the Mashery API gateway.
    tags:
      - API Gateway
      - API Management

  - term: DXP
    label: Spotfire DXP File
    definition: >-
      The native TIBCO Spotfire analysis file format (.dxp) that encapsulates
      data, visualizations, filters, and analysis configurations.
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Spotfire

  - term: Library
    label: Spotfire Library
    definition: >-
      The centralized repository in TIBCO Spotfire Server that stores and
      manages analysis files, data connections, color schemes, and other
      shared assets.
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Spotfire

  - term: Decision Table
    label: Decision Table
    definition: >-
      A tabular representation of business rules in TIBCO BusinessEvents that
      maps input conditions to output actions, enabling rule-based decision
      automation.
    tags:
      - BusinessEvents
      - Decision Management