Pipeline: is a business process or workflow that can be broken down into simpler sub-processes or tasks. It is the basic processing unit of the Valuekeep Integrator platform.

Handler: a task or activity of the business process which has a specific implementation.

Integration.config: is the definition of a solution, with the declaration of all the components which are necessary to execute one or more business processes (pipelines).

Host: is the process runtime that instantiates the Valuekeep Integrator engine (Pipeline Engine) to execute the pipelines. The platform provides a Windows Service.

Worker: is the background thread (Worker) that executes each pipeline that has a scheduler defined. The host (Windows Service) is the manager of all workers.

Scheduler: is the component that defines the execution frequency of the worker and therefore of the pipeline. The platform provides an assistant scheduler.

Logger: is the component that receives all the events (LogEvent) coming from the pipelines' execution and can also interact (IInteractive) with the host to start/stop the running workers (ServiceRunner). The platform provides some loggers, but allows the extension of others.

Licenser: is the component that controls the use of plugins subject to licensing. The platform provides a solution licenser, but allows the extension of others.