Target Plugin Supplementary Type

Definition

enum Target
{
	Unknown,
	Web,
	Syndication,
	Offline,
	Other,
	Print,
	Nntp,
	Email,
	WebQuote,
	WebServices
}

Many of these are present for legacy support going back to the early 2000s. Below 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.