Section 0.1: Glossary & Acronym Reference

This guide defines key terms, concepts, and acronyms used throughout the ABRAM Network documentation.

1. Platform & AI Assistant

• Abram: The AI assistant built into ABRAM Network. Abram can answer questions, help draft briefs, review uploaded documents, and assist with matching and scoping suggestions within your permissions.
• ABRAM Memory: Your personal AI memory, found in Settings, that stores context from your own projects and conversations so Abram's suggestions become more tailored to how you work over time.
• Organization Brain: The shared knowledge base for your organization, found under Organization → Documents, that stores historical projects, templates, and reference material so Abram can ground its suggestions in your company's own standards.

2. Industry & Platform Terminology

• Call Sheet: A daily schedule document for a shoot day, listing crew, cast, call times, locations, and contact details, distributed to everyone working that day.
• Client Portal: A dedicated, shareable view where a client can track project progress, deliverables, and approvals without accessing your full project workspace. Available starting on the Solo Pro plan, with the number of portals available increasing on higher tiers.
• Day Out of Days (DOOD): A schedule that shows which days each cast or crew member is needed across the full run of a shoot.
• Deliverable: A specific piece of finished work — such as an edited video, photo set, or document — tracked through to completion within a Work Order or Work Package.
• Freelancer / Crew: A creative professional (e.g., Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer) who delivers creative services and receives payouts.
• Intake Form / Project Request: A customizable form used to collect structured project details from a client or requester before a project is created. Custom intake forms require the Solo Pro plan or higher.
• Master Book of Elements: A master reference list of every scene, cast member, prop, and location in a production, used to keep scheduling and budgeting consistent across a project.
• Milestone: A specific checkpoint or deadline in a project. In ABRAM, milestones can be tied to percentage-based payment releases (e.g., "Script Approval: 25% budget release").
• Needs Repair Lockout: A safety feature that prevents damaged or checked-back equipment from being assigned to any active project schedules until it has been inspected and cleared by inventory managers.
• Producer: An agency, studio, or production company that posts projects, budgets work, and hires freelancers.
• Purchase Order (PO): An invoice-style payment request generated when a freelancer is booked, placing a temporary hold on the producer's funding source.
• Quote: A cost estimate prepared for a client outlining a project's scope and pricing before work begins.
• ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) Estimate: A high-level budget forecast representing the minimum and maximum boundaries of project costs based on initial complexity, before detailed line-item scoping is completed.
• Roster: A private directory of freelancers and production companies curated by a Producer organization, used for internal crew matching.
• Run of Show: A minute-by-minute timeline outlining the order of activities for an event or shoot day.
• Stripboard: A production scheduling tool that lays out scenes or shoot days as ordered, color-coded strips, used to plan and reorder a shooting schedule.
• Timesheet Variance: The difference between the scheduled/planned hours for a crew member and the actual hours they logged on their timesheet.
• Transit Buffer Days: A logistical setting in organization settings that automatically reserves equipment for extra days before and after a shoot to accommodate shipping, prep, and returns.
• Work Order: A container booking specific crew members or hardware kits for a work package, detailing rates, dates, and terms.
• Work Package: A structured phase of a project containing specific deliverables, tasks, and budgets (e.g., Pre-Production, Shoot, Post-Production).

3. Billing, Credits & Plans

• AI Credits: The usage-based currency that AI features (such as brief analysis, matching suggestions, and the Abram assistant) draw from. Each paid plan includes a monthly credit allowance, and additional credit packs can be purchased separately. Actual credit cost varies by task length and complexity.
• Plan Tiers: ABRAM Network is offered across several subscription tiers — Free, Solo Lite, Solo Pro, Team, Studio, and Enterprise — each unlocking additional seats, AI credits, storage, and features such as calendar sync, integrations, and client portals. See the Billing & Plans guide for full pricing and feature details.
• Utilization: A measure of how much of a crew member's or resource's available time is currently booked, shown as stat cards on the Schedule page.

4. Technical & Integration Acronyms

• SSO (Single Sign-On): A secure authentication method available exclusively on the Enterprise tier, allowing team members to log in using their organization's central identity credentials (e.g., Okta, Microsoft, or Google Workspace). Setup is managed securely by your organization's IT department in coordination with our support team.
• SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management): A standard directory integration available on the Enterprise tier, used by corporate IT departments to automatically manage team member accounts and access permissions in ABRAM based on their corporate directory. For members managed via directory sync, account access details are controlled directly through your IT department portal.
• SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) & OIDC (OpenID Connect): Standard security protocols used by identity providers to securely pass authentication data between your corporate login portal and ABRAM.
• Context-Aware Document Search: The AI technology that enables the chatbot to review, search, and answer questions about uploaded project briefs and resumes.
• Recurring Calendar Rule (RRULE): The standard pattern used by digital calendars (like Google and Outlook) to specify repeating events.
• SSN (Social Security Number) & EIN (Employer Identification Number): Tax identifiers required by Stripe Connect to verify the identity of individual freelancers (SSN) or registered business entities (EIN) before transferring payouts.
• Stripe Express Connect: The onboarding portal and account type used by freelancers to link bank accounts, verify identity details (SSN/EIN), and receive direct automated payouts.
• Form 1099-NEC: The US tax form used to report non-employee compensation. ABRAM and Stripe Connect utilize verified SSN/EIN details to generate and distribute these tax documents automatically at the end of the fiscal year.
• Frame.io Workspace: The collaborative video review integration that auto-provisions shared review links and frame-accurate comments for media deliverables directly inside the project view.