update Glossary;
authorSteve Sheppard <ssheps@gmail.com>
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:22:24 +0000 (13:22 -0500)
committerSteve Sheppard <ssheps@gmail.com>
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:22:24 +0000 (13:22 -0500)
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 <glossary xml:id="Glossary" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
        <title>Glossary</title>
        <abstract>
-               <para>In this section we expand acronyms, define terms, and generally try to explain concepts used by Evergreen software.</para>
+               <para>In this section we expand acronyms, define terms, and generally try
+               to explain concepts used by Evergreen software.</para>
        </abstract>
        <glossdiv>
                <title>A</title>
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@
                                <primary>Apache</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>Open-source web server software used to serve both static content and dynamic web pages in a
-                               secure and reliable way. More information is available at 
-                               <ulink url="http://apache.org">http://apache.org</ulink>.</para>
+                               <para>Open-source web server software used to serve both static content and
+                               dynamic web pages in a secure and reliable way. More information is available
+                               at <ulink url="http://apache.org">http://apache.org</ulink>.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
                                <primary>bookbags</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>Bookbags are lists of items that can be used for any number of purposes. For example, to
-                               keep track of what books you have read, books you would like to read, to maintain a class reading
-                               list, to maintain a reading list for a book club, to keep a list of books you would like for your
+                               <para>Bookbags are lists of items that can be used for any number of
+                               purposes. For example, to keep track of what books you have read, books you
+                               would like to read, to maintain a class reading list, to maintain a reading
+                               list for a book club, to keep a list of books you would like for your
                                birthday. There are an unlimited number of uses.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                                <secondary>CentOS</secondary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>A popular open-source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprises <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> (a.k.a. "RHEL") and often used for in web
-                               servers. More information is available at 
-                               <ulink url="http://www.centos.org">http://www.centos.org</ulink>.</para>
+                               <para>A popular open-source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprises
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> (a.k.a. "RHEL") and often used
+                               for in web servers. More information is available at <ulink url="http://www.centos.org">http://www.centos.org</ulink>.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="closure">
                        <glossterm>Closure Compiler</glossterm>
                        <glossdef>
                                <para>A suite of open-source tools used to build web applications with
-                               <application>Javascript</application>; originally developed by Google. More information
-                               is available at 
-                               <ulink url="http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/">http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/</ulink>.</para>
+                               <application>Javascript</application>; originally developed by Google. 
+                               More information is available at 
+                               <ulink url="http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/">
+                               http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/</ulink>.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="CPAN">
                                <secondary>Debian</secondary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>One of the most popular open-source operating system using the <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel that provides over 25000 useful precompiled
-                               software packages. Also known as <systemitem class="osname">Debian
-                               GNU/Linux</systemitem>. More information is available at 
-                               <ulink url="http://www.debian.org">http://www.debian.org</ulink>.</para>
+                               <para>One of the most popular open-source operating system using the
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel that provides over 25000
+                               useful precompiled software packages. Also known as 
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Debian GNU/Linux</systemitem>. More information is 
+                               available at <ulink url="http://www.debian.org">http://www.debian.org</ulink>.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry>
                        <indexterm>
                                <primary>domain name</primary>
                        </indexterm>
-                       <glossdef><para>A unique set of case-insensitive, alphanumeric strings separated by periods that
-                               are used to name organizations, web sites and addresses on the Internet (e.g.:
-                               <uri>www.esilibrary.com</uri>). Domain names can be reserved via third-party
-                               registration services, and can be associated with a unique IP address or suite of IP
-                               addresses.</para> <glossseealso otherterm="ipaddress"/></glossdef>
+                       <glossdef>
+                               <para>A unique set of case-insensitive, alphanumeric strings separated by
+                               periods that are used to name organizations, web sites and addresses on the
+                               Internet (e.g.: <uri>www.esilibrary.com</uri>). Domain names can be reserved
+                               via third-party registration services, and can be associated with a unique IP
+                               address or suite of IP addresses.</para>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="ipaddress"/>
+                       </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
        <glossdiv>
                        <indexterm>
                                <primary>ejabberd</primary>
                        </indexterm>
-                       <glossdef><para>An open-source Jabber/XMPP instant messaging server that runs under popular
+                       <glossdef>
+                               <para>An open-source Jabber/XMPP instant messaging server that runs under popular
                                operating systems (e.g., <systemitem class="osname">Mac OSX</systemitem>, 
-                               <systemitem class="osname">GNU/Linux</systemitem>, and <systemitem class="osname">Microsoft Windows</systemitem>). One popular use is to provide
-                               <application>XMPP</application> messaging services for a
-                               <application>Jabber</application> domain across an extendable cluster of cheap,
-                               easily-replaced machine nodes. More information is available at 
-                               <ulink url="http://www.ejabberd.im/">http://www.ejabberd.im</ulink>.</para><glossseealso otherterm="Jabber"/> <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/></glossdef>
+                               <systemitem class="osname">GNU/Linux</systemitem>, and
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Microsoft Windows</systemitem>). One popular use is
+                               to provide <application>XMPP</application> messaging services for a
+                               <application>Jabber</application> domain across an extendable cluster of
+                               cheap, easily-replaced machine nodes. More information is available at 
+                               <ulink url="http://www.ejabberd.im/">http://www.ejabberd.im</ulink>.</para>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="Jabber"/>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/>
+                       </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
        <glossdiv>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
                                <para>A popular open-source operating system built on the 
-                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel. More information is available at
-                               <ulink url="http://www.gentoo.org">http://www.gentoo.org</ulink>.</para>
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel. More information is available 
+                               at <ulink url="http://www.gentoo.org">http://www.gentoo.org</ulink>.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
                                <primary>IP Address</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>(Internet Protocol address) A numerical label consisting of four numbers separated
-                               by periods (e.g., "192.168.1.15") assigned to individual members of networked computing
-                               systems. It uniquely identifies each system on the network and allows controlled
-                               communication between such systems. The numerical label scheme must adhere to a strictly
-                               defined naming convention that is currently defined and overseen by the Internet
-                               Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN").</para>
+                               <para>(Internet Protocol address) A numerical label consisting of four numbers
+                               separated by periods (e.g., "192.168.1.15") assigned to individual members of
+                               networked computing systems. It uniquely identifies each system on the network
+                               and allows controlled communication between such systems. The numerical label
+                               scheme must adhere to a strictly defined naming convention that is currently
+                               defined and overseen by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
+                               Numbers ("ICANN").</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="Item Buckets">
                                <seealso>copy buckets</seealso>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>Virtual <quote>containers</quote> to use in batch processing of item or copy
-                               records. They can be used to perform various cataloging/holdings maintenance tasks in
-                               batch.</para>
+                               <para>Virtual <quote>containers</quote> to use in batch processing of item or
+                               copy records. They can be used to perform various cataloging/holdings
+                               maintenance tasks in batch.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
                                <primary>jabber</primary>
                                <seealso>XMPP</seealso>
                        </indexterm>
-                       <glossdef><para>Now known as XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), it was originally
-                               named "Jabber".</para> <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/></glossdef>
+                       <glossdef>
+                               <para>Now known as XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), it was
+                               originally named "Jabber".</para>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/>
+                       </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
        <glossdiv>
                                <primary>MARC</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication of
-                               bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form.</para>
+                               <para>The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication
+                               of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="MARCXML">
                <glossentry id="McCoy">
                        <glossterm>McCoy</glossterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>An open-source application that allows add-on authors to provide secure updates to
-                               their users. More information is available at 
-                               <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy">http://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy</ulink>.</para>
+                               <para>An open-source application that allows add-on authors to provide secure
+                               updates to their users. More information is available at 
+                               <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy">
+                               http://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy</ulink>.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="memcached">
                                <primary>memcached</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>A general-purpose distributed memory caching system, usually with a client~server
-                               architecture spread over multiple computing systems. It reduces the number of times a
-                               data source (e.g., a database) must be directly accessed by temporarily caching data in
-                               memory, therefore dramatically speeding up database-driven web applications.</para>
+                               <para>A general-purpose distributed memory caching system, usually with a
+                               client~server architecture spread over multiple computing systems. It reduces
+                               the number of times a data source (e.g., a database) must be directly accessed
+                               by temporarily caching data in memory, therefore dramatically speeding up
+                               database-driven web applications.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
                                <primary>OPAC</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>The "Online Public Access Catalog"; an online database of a library's holdings;
-                               used to find resources in their collections; possibly searchable by keyword, title,
-                               author, subject or call number.</para>
+                               <para>The "Online Public Access Catalog"; an online database of a library's
+                               holdings; used to find resources in their collections; possibly searchable by
+                               keyword, title, author, subject or call number.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="OpenSRF">
                                <primary>OpenSRF</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>The "Open Scalable Request Framework" (pronounced 'open surf') is a stateful,
-                               decentralized service architecture that allows developers to create applications for
-                               Evergreen with a minimum of knowledge of its structure.</para>
+                               <para>The "Open Scalable Request Framework" (pronounced 'open surf') is a
+                               stateful, decentralized service architecture that allows developers to create
+                               applications for Evergreen with a minimum of knowledge of its
+                               structure.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
                                <primary>PKI</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) describes the schemes needed to generate and maintain
-                               digital SSL Certificates.</para>
+                               <para>Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) describes the schemes needed to generate
+                               and maintain digital SSL Certificates.</para>
                                <glossseealso otherterm="SSL Certificate"/>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                                <secondary>PostgreSQL</secondary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>A popular open-source object-relational database management system that underpins
-                               Evergreen software.</para>
+                               <para>A popular open-source object-relational database management system that
+                               underpins Evergreen software.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="putty">
                                <secondary>Putty</secondary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>A popular open-source telnet/ssh client for the Windows and Unix platforms.
-                               More information is available at 
-                               <ulink url="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/</ulink>.</para>
+                               <para>A popular open-source telnet/ssh client for the Windows and Unix
+                               platforms.  More information is available at
+                               <ulink url="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">
+                               http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/</ulink>.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
                <glossentry id="Resource Hacker">
                        <glossterm>Resource Hacker</glossterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>An open-source utility used to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract
-                               resources in 32bit Windows executables</para>
+                               <para>An open-source utility used to view, modify, rename, add, delete and
+                               extract resources in 32bit Windows executables.
+                               More information is available at
+                               <ulink url="http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/">Resource Hacker</ulink></para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="RHEL">
                        <glossdef>
                                <para>Also known as "Red Hat Enterprises 
                                <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>". An official 
-                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> distribution that is targeted at 
-                               the commercial market. It is the basis of other popular <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>
-                               distributions, e.g., <systemitem class="osname">CentOS</systemitem>. More information is
-                               available at <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com">http://www.redhat.com</ulink>.</para>
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> distribution that is targeted 
+                               at  the commercial market. It is the basis of other popular 
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> distributions, e.g., 
+                               <systemitem class="osname">CentOS</systemitem>. More information is available
+                               at <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com">http://www.redhat.com</ulink>.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
                                <primary>SRU</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>SRU is a standard XML-focused search protocol for Internet search queries,
-                               utilizing CQL (Contextual Query Language), a standard syntax for representing
-                               queries.</para>
+                               <para>SRU is a standard XML-focused search protocol for Internet search
+                               queries, utilizing CQL (Contextual Query Language), a standard syntax for
+                               representing queries.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="ssh">
                                <primary>SSH</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>An encrypted network protocol using public-key cryptography that allows secure
-                               communications between systems on an insecure network. Typically used to access shell
-                               accounts but also supports tunneling, forwarding TCP ports and X11 connections, and
-                               transferring files.</para>
+                               <para>An encrypted network protocol using public-key cryptography that allows
+                               secure communications between systems on an insecure network. Typically used
+                               to access shell accounts but also supports tunneling, forwarding TCP ports and
+                               X11 connections, and transferring files.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="sshproxy">
                                <primary>SSH</primary>
                                <secondary>proxy</secondary>
                        </indexterm>
-                       <glossdef><para>As used in Evergreen, a method of allowing one or more Staff Clients to
-                               communicate with one or more Evergreen servers over an insecure network by sending data
-                               through a secure SSH tunnel. It also buffers and caches all data travelling to and from
-                               Staff Clients to speed up access to resources on Evergreen servers.</para><glossseealso otherterm="ssh"/> <glossseealso otherterm="tunneling"/><glossseealso otherterm="sshtunnel"/></glossdef>
+                       <glossdef>
+                               <para>As used in Evergreen, a method of allowing one or more Staff Clients to
+                               communicate with one or more Evergreen servers over an insecure network by
+                               sending data through a secure SSH tunnel. It also buffers and caches all data
+                               travelling to and from Staff Clients to speed up access to resources on
+                               Evergreen servers.</para>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="ssh"/>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="tunneling"/>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="sshtunnel"/>
+                       </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="sshtunnel">
                        <glossterm>SSH tunnel</glossterm>
                                <primary>SSH</primary>
                                <secondary>tunneling</secondary>
                        </indexterm>
-                       <glossdef><para>An encrypted data channel existing over an SSH network connection. Used to
-                               securely transfer unencrypted data streams over insecure networks.</para><glossseealso otherterm="ssh"/> <glossseealso otherterm="tunneling"/></glossdef>
+                       <glossdef>
+                               <para>An encrypted data channel existing over an SSH network connection. Used
+                               to securely transfer unencrypted data streams over insecure networks.</para>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="ssh"/>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="tunneling"/>
+                       </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="SSL Certificate">
                        <glossterm>SSL Certificate</glossterm>
                                <primary>SSL</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>As used in Evergreen, it is a method of ensuring that Staff Clients are able to
-                               connect to legitimate Evergreen servers.</para>
-                               <para>In general, it is a special electronic document used to guarantee authenticity of
-                               a digital message. Also known as a "public key", or "identity" or "digital"
-                               certificate. It combines an identity (of a person or an organization) and a unique
-                               public key to form a so-called digital signature, and is used to verify that the public
-                               key does, in fact, belong with that particular identity.</para>
+                               <para>As used in Evergreen, it is a method of ensuring that Staff Clients are
+                               able to connect to legitimate Evergreen servers.</para>
+                               <para>In general, it is a special electronic document used to guarantee
+                               authenticity of a digital message. Also known as a "public key", or "identity"
+                               or "digital" certificate. It combines an identity (of a person or an
+                               organization) and a unique public key to form a so-called digital signature,
+                               and is used to verify that the public key does, in fact, belong with that
+                               particular identity.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
                                <primary>tunneling</primary>
                                <seealso>SSH tunneling</seealso>
                        </indexterm>
-                       <glossdef><para>As used in Evergreen, it is a method of allowing Staff Clients to securely
-                               connect to legitimate Evergreen servers.</para><para>In general, it is a method of encapsulating data provided in one network protocol
-                               (the "delivery"protocol), within data in a different network protocol (the "tunneling"
-                               protocol). Used to provide a secure path and secure communications through an insecure
-                               or incompatible network. Can be used to bypass firewalls by communicating via a protocol
-                               the firewall normally blocks, but "wrapped" inside a protocol that the firewall does not
-                               block.</para> <glossseealso otherterm="sshtunnel"/></glossdef>
+                       <glossdef>
+                               <para>As used in Evergreen, it is a method of allowing Staff Clients to securely
+                               connect to legitimate Evergreen servers.</para>
+                               <para>In general, it is a method of encapsulating data provided in one network
+                               protocol (the "delivery"protocol), within data in a different network protocol
+                               (the "tunneling" protocol). Used to provide a secure path and secure
+                               communications through an insecure or incompatible network. Can be used to
+                               bypass firewalls by communicating via a protocol the firewall normally blocks,
+                               but "wrapped" inside a protocol that the firewall does not block.</para>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="sshtunnel"/>
+                       </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
        <glossdiv>
                                <primary>virtualization software</primary>
                                <secondary>Virtual PC</secondary>
                        </indexterm>
-                       <glossdef><para>A popular commercial package of virtualization software that emulates the x86
+                       <glossdef>
+                               <para>A popular commercial package of virtualization software that emulates the x86
                                microprocessor architecture. It is installed on a Windows "host" operating system and
                                allows other "guest" (typically including <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>
                                and <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem>) operating systems to be loaded and
-                               executed.</para> <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/></glossdef>
+                               executed.</para>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/>
+                       </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="Volume Buckets">
                        <glossterm>Volume Buckets</glossterm>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
                                <para>Virtual <quote>containers</quote> to use in batch processing of multiple
-                               volumes. They can be used to perform various cataloging/holdings maintenance tasks in
-                               batch.</para>
+                               volumes. They can be used to perform various cataloging/holdings maintenance
+                               tasks in batch.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="vmware">
                        <glossdef>
                                <para>A popular commercial package of virtualization software that emulates the x86
                                microprocessor architecture. It can be installed on
-                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>, <systemitem class="osname">Mac OS X</systemitem>,
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>, 
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Mac OS X</systemitem>,
                                <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem> or 
-                               <systemitem class="osname">Solaris</systemitem> "host" operating systems and 
-                               allows other "guest" (typically including <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>
-                               and <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem>) operating systems to be loaded
-                               and executed.</para>
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Solaris</systemitem> "host" operating systems and
+                               allows other "guest" (typically including 
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> and 
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem>) operating systems to be
+                               loaded and executed.</para>
                                <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
                                <para>A popular open-source application that allows
-                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> and <systemitem class="osname">Unix</systemitem>
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> and 
+                               <systemitem class="osname">Unix</systemitem>
                                systems to run <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem> executables. 
                                More information is available at 
                                <ulink url="http://www.winehq.org/">http://www.winehq.org/</ulink>.</para>
                                <primary>XML</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>The eXtensible Markup Language, a subset of SGML; a set of rules for encoding
-                               information in a way that is both human- and machine-readable. It is primarily used to
-                               define documents but can also be used to define arbitrary data structures. It was
-                               originally defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).</para>
+                               <para>The eXtensible Markup Language, a subset of SGML; a set of rules for
+                               encoding information in a way that is both human- and machine-readable. It is
+                               primarily used to define documents but can also be used to define arbitrary
+                               data structures. It was originally defined by the World Wide Web Consortium
+                               (W3C).</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="XMPP">
                                <primary>XMPP</primary>
                                <seealso>jabber</seealso>
                        </indexterm>
-                       <glossdef><para>An open-standard communications protocol, based on XML, used in message-oriented
-                               middleware. It supports the concept of a consistent <emphasis>domain</emphasis> of
-                               message types that flow between software applications, possibly on different operating
-                               systems and architectures. More information is available at 
-                               <ulink url="http://xmpp.org">http://xmpp.org</ulink>.</para> <glossseealso otherterm="Jabber"/></glossdef>
+                       <glossdef>
+                               <para>An open-standard communications protocol, based on XML, used in
+                               message-oriented middleware. It supports the concept of a consistent
+                               <emphasis>domain</emphasis> of message types that flow between software
+                               applications, possibly on different operating systems and architectures. 
+                               More information is available at 
+                               <ulink url="http://xmpp.org">http://xmpp.org</ulink>.</para>
+                               <glossseealso otherterm="Jabber"/>
+                       </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="xpath">
                        <glossterm>xpath</glossterm>
                                <primary>xpath</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>The XML Path Language, a query language based on a tree representation of an XML
-                               document. It is used to programmatically select nodes from an XML document and to do
-                               minor computation involving strings, numbers and Boolean values. It allows you to
-                               identify parts of the XML document tree, to navigate around the tree, and to uniquely
-                               select nodes. The currently version is "XPath 2.0". It was originally defined by the
-                               World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).</para>
+                               <para>The XML Path Language, a query language based on a tree representation
+                               of an XML document. It is used to programmatically select nodes from an XML
+                               document and to do minor computation involving strings, numbers and Boolean
+                               values. It allows you to identify parts of the XML document tree, to navigate
+                               around the tree, and to uniquely select nodes. The currently version is "XPath
+                               2.0". It was originally defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="xul">
                                building cross-platform applications that drive <application>Mozilla</application>
                                -based browsers such as <application>Firefox</application>. More information is
                                available at 
-                               <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL">https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL</ulink>.</para>
+                               <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL">
+                               https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL</ulink>.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="xulrunner">
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
                                <para>A specialized run-time application environment that provides support for
-                               installing, upgrading and uninstalling <application>XUL</application> applications. It
-                               operates with <application>Mozilla</application>-based applications such as the
-                               <application>Firefox</application> browser. More information is available at 
-                               <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner">https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner</ulink>.</para>
+                               installing, upgrading and uninstalling <application>XUL</application>
+                               applications. It operates with <application>Mozilla</application>-based
+                               applications such as the <application>Firefox</application> browser. 
+                               More information is available at
+                               <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner">
+                               https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner</ulink>.</para>
                                <glossseealso otherterm="xul"/>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                                <primary>yaz</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>A programmers’ toolkit supporting the development of Z39.50/SRW/SRU clients and
-                               servers.</para>
+                               <para>A programmers’ toolkit supporting the development of Z39.50/SRW/SRU
+                               clients and servers.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
                <glossentry id="yaz-client">
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossterm>yaz-client</glossterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>Z39.50/SRU client for connecting to YAZ servers.</para>
+                               <para>Z39.50/SRU client for connecting to YAZ servers. 
+                               More information is available at 
+                               <ulink url="http://www.indexdata.com/yaz">http://www.indexdata.com/yaz</ulink></para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>
                                <primary>Z39.50</primary>
                        </indexterm>
                        <glossdef>
-                               <para>A client–server protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote
-                               computer databases.</para>
+                               <para>A client–server protocol for searching and retrieving information from
+                               remote computer databases.</para>
                        </glossdef>
                </glossentry>
        </glossdiv>