Looking for definitions on view "Targets"

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The Target enum lists a bunch of different targets for explaining how content is being viewed. I think that I understand what most of them are for, but there are a couple of questions. 
 Both of these are coming up when I'm working with Mentionables, Peekables, and Searchables. What is the difference between them? I can't quite get a handle on the difference of when they are used. 
 
 Web 
 WebQuote 
 
 I think I know what these are for, but I'd like to get confirmation. 
 
 Syndication - RSS feeds? 
 Print - When you print a page from your web browser. 
 Nntp - Network News protocol? What in Verint uses NNTP? 
 Email - When rendered in an email. 
 WebServices - When rendered in the results of a REST call? 
 
 I'm not sure when these might be used, are there any common examples? 
 
 Unknown 
 Offline 
 Other 
 
 Thanks. 
 Doc Ref: community.telligent.com/.../target-plugin-supplementary-type

Ben Tiedt · Accepted Answer

Many of these are present for legacy support going back to the early 2000s. Here is a brief description of the expectations of each render type. Know that many of these are not used by default. 
 
 Unknown: Just that, unknown. 
 Web: Normal rendering in a fully featured web browser with the community client API 
 Syndication: Primarily RSS or any shipping of content to another location where a fully featured web browser is not expected 
 Offline: Offline. File references would not be expected. 
 Other: Similar to unknown. 
 Print: For printing. Scripting and interaction would not be expected. 
 Nntp: Yes, NNTP. This is mostly present for legacy support. Many years ago, there was an NNTP integration for forums. 
 Email: Rendering in an Email client. Email clients are not fully featured web browsers and may want to limit interactivitiy. 
 WebQuote: Used to reference otherwise web-rendered content. While the content will be rendered in a fully functional web browser, this should limit interactivity since the content is being referenced and is not the primary focus. 
 WebServices: Default for rendering from the REST API. Rendering would not expect to be within a fully functional web browser.

Looking for definitions on view "Targets"

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