User guide

Appendix C: Glossary
Glossary
Node
A reusable user interface component for processing a Katana Scene Graph in a deferred manner. A node contains
parameters.
Asset Fields
A dictionary containing the minimum components needed to retrieve an Asset from an Asset Management System.
The fields may contain a name, version, the name of a parent directory or anything else needed to locate the asset.
Asset ID
A single string representing the serialization of an Asset’s Fields.
Asset Widget Delegate
A Python class that implements methods for customizing the Asset Management System user interface inside of
Katana.
Widget
A user interface component that implements a mechanism for displaying and editing data. All Katana widgets inherit
from QT Qwidget.