• The published output as specified by the publishing rule, which is one of the following, depending on the type of publishing operation:

◦ a standalone file, such as PDF or HTML Help output.

◦ a file with an additional directory, such as HTML File or RTF output. The directory, named filename_files, contains graphics and other external references if they exist. The directory is not produced if the published content has no external references.

◦ an output directory containing output files and subdirectories for Web output. The directory contains the set of files comprising the content and a set of subdirectories containing supporting files, such as graphics and CSS stylesheets.

• an optional rule log that is placed in the same directory as the published output for the rule. It contains information about the publishing process, including the part of the Event Log that describes the execution of the publishing rule. The log name will be the same as the rule's output file name (including file extension) or directory name with an appended .rulelog.xml extension.