The Encyclopedia volume is the main repository for applications and data. Operations exist to control data on the volume as well as the volume itself.

Encyclopedia volume administrators use Administrate to create, delete, update, copy, and move items within an Encyclopedia volume. An administrator manages the following items:

The Administrate operation supports the ability to create composite operations that combine several transactions into one SOAP message. Grouping transactions reduces network traffic by streamlining the request and response process. This technique results in lower bandwidth use and increased throughput.

Update Administrate operations are also capable of acting as a composite. This feature supports the ability to implement multiple updates of Encyclopedia content in one SOAP message. A single SOAP message can contain multiple update operations, with each update operation having multiple updates within it. The following Administrate operations support multiple operations:

Typically, only an Encyclopedia volume administrator or a user in the Administrator role uses Administrate operations. The exception is that all users can change some of their own properties and all users can modify items they create.

Table 3‑3 lists the operations that work with Encyclopedia volumes.