1.1 Terminology

This section gives you essential information about terminology used with SAP and the SAP Portal driver.

ABAP: Advanced Business Application Programming. A programming language designed for creating large-scale business applications.

BAPI: Business APIs for the SAP business object types.

CUA: Central User Administration.

SPML: Service Provisioning Markup Language. An XML-based framework for managing the provisioning and allocation of identity information and system resources within and between organizations.

UME: User Management Engine.