From a12e3b4182d8ffcefb544200736a0a50c0c904f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Sheppard <ssheps@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:06:44 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] update glossary; --- 1.6/appendices/glossary.xml | 141 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) diff --git a/1.6/appendices/glossary.xml b/1.6/appendices/glossary.xml index 31d6cde9f6..59c3a16342 100644 --- a/1.6/appendices/glossary.xml +++ b/1.6/appendices/glossary.xml @@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ <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 + information is available at <ulink url="http://apache.org">http://apache.org</ulink>.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> </glossdiv> <glossdiv> <title>B</title> - <glossentry xml:id="Book Bags"> + <glossentry xml:id="Book_Bags"> <glossterm>Bookbags</glossterm> <indexterm> <primary>bookbags</primary> @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ <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 + (also known as "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> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ <para>A suite of open-source tools used to build web applications with <application>Javascript</application>; originally developed by Google. It is used to create special builds of the Evergreen Staff Client. - More information is available at + More information is available at <ulink url="http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/"> http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/</ulink>.</para> </glossdef> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ </indexterm> <glossdef> <para>An open-source archive of software modules written in - <application>Perl</application>. More information is available at + <application>Perl</application>. More information is available at <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org">http://www.cpan.org</ulink>.</para> <glossseealso otherterm="Perl"/> </glossdef> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ <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 + information is available at <ulink url="http://www.debian.org">http://www.debian.org</ulink>.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> @@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ <para>An open-source Jabber/XMPP instant messaging server that is used for client-server message passing within Evergreen. It runs under popular operating systems (e.g., - <systemitem class="osname">Mac OSX</systemitem>, - <systemitem class="osname">GNU/Linux</systemitem>, and + <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 + information is available at <ulink url="http://www.ejabberd.im/">http://www.ejabberd.im</ulink>.</para> <glossseealso otherterm="Jabber"/> <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ <glossdef> <para>A popular open-source operating system built on the <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel. More - information is available at + information is available at <ulink url="http://www.gentoo.org">http://www.gentoo.org</ulink>.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ and Numbers ("ICANN").</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> - <glossentry xml:id="Item Buckets"> + <glossentry xml:id="Item_Buckets"> <glossterm>Item/copy Buckets</glossterm> <indexterm> <primary>copy buckets</primary> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ </glossdiv> <glossdiv> <title>R</title> - <glossentry xml:id="Resource Hacker"> + <glossentry xml:id="Resource_Hacker"> <glossterm>Resource Hacker</glossterm> <glossdef> <para>An open-source utility used to view, modify, rename, add, @@ -392,13 +392,13 @@ <secondary>RHEL</secondary> </indexterm> <glossdef> - <para>Also known as "Red Hat Enterprises - <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>". An official + <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 + available at <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com">http://www.redhat.com</ulink>.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> @@ -436,9 +436,24 @@ <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 (Search & Retrieve URL Service) is a search protocol + used in web search and retrieval. It expresses queries in Contextual + Query Language (CQL) and transmits them as a URL, returning XML data + as if it were a web page.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="SRW"/> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry xml:id="SRW"> + <glossterm>SRW</glossterm> + <indexterm> + <primary>SRW</primary> + </indexterm> + <glossdef> + <para>SRW (Search & Retrieve Web Service), also known as "SRU + via HTTP SOAP", is a search protocol used in web search and + retrieval. It uses a SOAP interface and expresses both the query and + result as XML data streams.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="SRU"/> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry xml:id="ssh"> @@ -485,7 +500,7 @@ <glossseealso otherterm="tunneling"/> </glossdef> </glossentry> - <glossentry xml:id="SSL Certificate"> + <glossentry xml:id="SSL_Certificate"> <glossterm>SSL Certificate</glossterm> <indexterm> <primary>SSL</primary> @@ -535,11 +550,11 @@ <secondary>Ubuntu</secondary> </indexterm> <glossdef> - <para>A popular open-source operating system using the + <para>A popular open-source operating system using the <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel that was - originally based on the - <systemitem class="osname">Debian GNU/Linux</systemitem> - operating system. More information is available at + originally based on the + <systemitem class="osname">Debian GNU/Linux</systemitem> + operating system. More information is available at <ulink url="http://www.ubuntu.com">http://www.ubuntu.com</ulink>.</para> <glossseealso otherterm="Debian"/> </glossdef> @@ -557,11 +572,15 @@ is partitioned or separated from the real underlying hardware and software resources. In typical usage, it allows a <emphasis>host</emphasis> operating system to encapsulate or emulate - another operating system environment in such a way that the emulated - environment is completely unaware of the hosting environment. For - instance, it allows a <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> - application to execute within a + a <emphasis>guest</emphasis> operating system environment in such a + way that the emulated environment is completely unaware of the + hosting environment. As used in Evergreen, it enables a copy of the + <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> operating system + running Evergreen software to execute within a <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem> environment.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="virtualbox"/> + <glossseealso otherterm="virtualpc"/> + <glossseealso otherterm="vmware"/> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry xml:id="virtualbox"> @@ -575,10 +594,10 @@ 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">Windows</systemitem> or + <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 + 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"/> @@ -600,17 +619,6 @@ <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/> </glossdef> </glossentry> - <glossentry xml:id="Volume Buckets"> - <glossterm>Volume Buckets</glossterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>volume buckets</primary> - </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> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> <glossentry xml:id="vmware"> <glossterm>VMware</glossterm> <indexterm> @@ -620,17 +628,28 @@ <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">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 + <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> <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/> </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry xml:id="Volume_Buckets"> + <glossterm>Volume Buckets</glossterm> + <indexterm> + <primary>volume buckets</primary> + </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> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> </glossdiv> <glossdiv> <title>W</title> @@ -642,10 +661,10 @@ </indexterm> <glossdef> <para>A popular open-source application that allows - <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> and + <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 + 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> </glossdef> </glossentry> @@ -739,7 +758,10 @@ </indexterm> <glossdef> <para>A programmersâ toolkit supporting the development of - Z39.50/SRW/SRU clients and servers.</para> + Z39.50 / SRW / SRU clients and servers.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="SRU"/> + <glossseealso otherterm="SRW"/> + <glossseealso otherterm="Z39.50"/> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry xml:id="yaz-client"> @@ -748,10 +770,11 @@ </indexterm> <glossterm>yaz-client</glossterm> <glossdef> - <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> + <para>A Z39.50/SRU client for connecting to YAZ servers. + More information is available at + <ulink url="http://www.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/yaz-client.html"> + http://www.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/yaz-client.html</ulink></para> + <glossseealso otherterm="SRU"/> </glossdef> </glossentry> </glossdiv> @@ -763,8 +786,10 @@ <primary>Z39.50</primary> </indexterm> <glossdef> - <para>A clientâserver protocol for searching and retrieving - information from remote computer databases.</para> + <para>An international standard clientâserver protocol for + communication between computer systems, primarily library and + information related systems.</para> + <glossseealso otherterm="SRU"/> </glossdef> </glossentry> </glossdiv> -- 2.11.0