Glossary and terminology used  in tmail

Date and Time

• Scheduled at: the time at which a task is scheduled. 
• To be finished by: the time at which the task needs follow up. After this time the task appears in the "Tasks needing follow up" list.
• Entered at: the time at which a stage is entered.
• Aborted at: the time at which the initiator requests to abort a task.
• Submitted at: the time at which a stage is exited.
  
• Closed at: the time at which the initiator closes the task.

Status of a task 

The status of a task can be one of the following: 

• open: ready to be executed by the current executor.
• waiting: waiting for subtasks to be closed.

• aborting: abortion requested by the initiator; the current executor of the task has to close it.

• finished: finished all the stages, but yet to be closed by the initiator.

• closed: closed by the initiator.