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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>
+ </abstract>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>A</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Apache">
+ <glossterm>Apache</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>B</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Book_Bags">
+ <glossterm>Bookbags</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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 birthday. There are an unlimited number of
+ uses.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>C</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="CentOS">
+ <glossterm>CentOS</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Linux</primary>
+ <secondary>CentOS</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A popular open-source operating system based on Red Hat
+ Enterprises <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>
+ (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>
+ <glossentry xml: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.
+ It is used to create special builds of the Evergreen Staff Client.
+ More information is available at
+ <ulink url="http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/">
+ http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/</ulink>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="CPAN">
+ <glossterm>CPAN</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Perl</primary>
+ <secondary>CPAN</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An open-source archive of software modules written in
+ <application>Perl</application>. More information is available at
+ <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org">http://www.cpan.org</ulink>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="Perl"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>D</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Debian">
+ <glossterm>Debian</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Linux</primary>
+ <secondary>Debian</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>One of the most popular open-source operating system based on 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>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="Fedora"/>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="Ubuntu"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Domain name</glossterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>E</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="ejabberd">
+ <glossterm>ejabberd</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>ejabberd</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <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">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>
+ <title>F</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Fedora">
+ <glossterm>Fedora</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Linux</primary>
+ <secondary>Fedora</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A popular open-source operating system based on the
+ <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel.
+ More information is available at
+ <ulink url="http://http://fedoraproject.org/">http://fedoraproject.org/</ulink>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="Debian"/>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="Ubuntu"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>G</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Gentoo">
+ <glossterm>Gentoo</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Linux</primary>
+ <secondary>Gentoo</secondary>
+ </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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>H</title>
+ <glossentry></glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>I</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="ipaddress">
+ <glossterm>IP Address</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Item_Buckets">
+ <glossterm>Item/copy Buckets</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>copy buckets</primary>
+ <seealso>item buckets</seealso>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>item buckets</primary>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>J</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Jabber">
+ <glossterm>Jabber</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>jabber</primary>
+ <seealso>XMPP</seealso>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The communications protocol used for client-server message
+ passing within Evergreen. Now known as XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and
+ Presence Protocol), it was originally named "Jabber".</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="ejabberd"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>K</title>
+ <glossentry></glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>L</title>
+ <glossentry></glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>M</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="MARC">
+ <glossterm>MARC</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="MARCXML">
+ <glossterm>MARCXML</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>MARCXML</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Framework for working with MARC data in a XML environment.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="McCoy">
+ <glossterm>McCoy</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An open-source application that allows add-on authors to
+ provide secure updates to their users. It is used to create special
+ builds of the Evergreen Staff Client. More information is available
+ at <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy">
+ http://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy</ulink>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="memcached">
+ <glossterm>memcached</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>N</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="netaddr">
+ <glossterm>Network address</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>network address</primary>
+ <seealso>ip address</seealso>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Also known as an IP address (Internet Protocol address).</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="ipaddress"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="nsis">
+ <glossterm>nsis</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An open-source software tool used to create Windows
+ installers. It is used to create special builds of the Evergreen
+ Staff Client. More information is available at
+ <ulink url="http://nsis.sourceforge.net">
+ http://nsis.sourceforge.net</ulink>.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>O</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="OPAC">
+ <glossterm>OPAC</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="OpenSRF">
+ <glossterm>OpenSRF</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>P</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Perl">
+ <glossterm>Perl</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Perl</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The high-level scripting language in which most of the business logic of
+ Evergreen is written.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="CPAN"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="PKI">
+ <glossterm>PKI</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>PKI</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) describes the schemes needed
+ to generate and maintain digital SSL Certificates.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="SSL_Certificate"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="PostgreSQL">
+ <glossterm>PostgreSQL</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>databases</primary>
+ <secondary>PostgreSQL</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A popular open-source object-relational database management
+ system that underpins Evergreen software.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="putty">
+ <glossterm>PuTTY</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>SSH</primary>
+ <secondary>Putty</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A popular open-source telnet/ssh client for the Windows and
+ Unix platforms. As used in Evergreen, a handy utility used to create
+ an SSH Tunnel for connecting Staff Clients to Evergreen servers over
+ insecure networks. 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>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="sshtunnel"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>Q</title>
+ <glossentry></glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>R</title>
+ <glossentry xml: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. It is
+ used to create special builds of the Evergreen Staff Client. More
+ information is available at
+ <ulink url="http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/">
+ Resource Hacker</ulink></para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="RHEL">
+ <glossterm>RHEL</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Linux</primary>
+ <secondary>RHEL</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>S</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="SIP2">
+ <glossterm>SIP</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>SIP</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>SIP (Standard Interchange Protocol) is a communications
+ protocol used within Evergreen for transferring data to and from
+ other third party devices, such as RFID and barcode scanners that
+ handle patron and library material information. Version 2.0 (also
+ known as "SIP2") is the current standard. It was originally
+ developed by the 3M Corporation.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="srfsh">
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>srfsh</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossterm>srfsh</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A command language interpreter (shell) that executes commands
+ read from the standard input. It is used to test the Open Service
+ Request Framework (OpenSRF).</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="SRU">
+ <glossterm>SRU</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>SRU</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <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">
+ <glossterm>SSH</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="sshproxy">
+ <glossterm>SSH proxy</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="sshtunnel">
+ <glossterm>SSH tunnel</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="SSL_Certificate">
+ <glossterm>SSL Certificate</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="PKI"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="SuperCat">
+ <glossterm>SuperCat</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>SuperCat</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A popular commercial utility used to catalog, search and manage the
+ contents of media such as CDs and DVDs.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="PKI"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>T</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="tunneling">
+ <glossterm>tunneling</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>U</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Ubuntu">
+ <glossterm>Ubuntu</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Linux</primary>
+ <secondary>Ubuntu</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A popular open-source operating system based on 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
+ <ulink url="http://www.ubuntu.com">http://www.ubuntu.com</ulink>.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="Debian"/>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="Fedora"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>V</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="virtualization">
+ <glossterm>Virtualization</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>virtualization</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A method of executing software in a special environment that
+ 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
+ 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">
+ <glossterm>VirtualBox</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>virtualization software</primary>
+ <secondary>VirtualBox</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <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">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="virtualpc">
+ <glossterm>Virtual PC</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>virtualization software</primary>
+ <secondary>Virtual PC</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="vmware">
+ <glossterm>VMware</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>virtualization software</primary>
+ <secondary>VMware</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <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">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>
+ <glossentry xml:id="wine">
+ <glossterm>Wine</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Linux</primary>
+ <secondary>Wine</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A popular open-source application that allows
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>X</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="xml">
+ <glossterm>XML</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="XMPP">
+ <glossterm>XMPP</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>XMPP</primary>
+ <seealso>jabber</seealso>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The open-standard communications protocol (based on XML) used
+ for client-server message passing within Evergreen. 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"/>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="ejabberd"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="xpath">
+ <glossterm>xpath</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="xul">
+ <glossterm>XUL</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>xUL</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The XML User Interface Language, a specialized interface
+ language that allows 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>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="xulrunner">
+ <glossterm>xulrunner</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>XULRunner</primary>
+ </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>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="xul"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>Y</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="YAZ">
+ <glossterm>YAZ</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>yaz</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>A programmers’ toolkit supporting the development of
+ 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">
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>yaz</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossterm>yaz-client</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <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>
+ <glossdiv>
+ <title>Z</title>
+ <glossentry xml:id="Z39.50">
+ <glossterm>Z39.50</glossterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Z39.50</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>An international standard client–server protocol for
+ communication between computer systems, primarily library and
+ information related systems.</para>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="SRU"/>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossdiv>
+</glossary>
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