[Debtags-commits] [svn] r1528 - vocabulary/trunk

Torsten Marek shlomme-guest at costa.debian.org
Thu Nov 24 15:30:45 UTC 2005 

Author: shlomme-guest
Date: Thu Nov 24 15:30:44 2005
New Revision: 1528

Modified:
   vocabulary/trunk/debian-packages
Log:
The great protocol review
* added protocol::tcp, protocol::bittorrent, protocol::udp
* obsoleted protocol::pop, becomes protocol::pop3
* obsoleted protocol::lp, becomes protocol::lpr
* obsoleted protocol::icq, protocol::aol-messenger, become protocol::oscar
* added works-with::im:<im-network>


Modified: vocabulary/trunk/debian-packages
==============================================================================
--- vocabulary/trunk/debian-packages	(original)
+++ vocabulary/trunk/debian-packages	Thu Nov 24 15:30:44 2005
@@ -927,6 +927,26 @@
 Tag: works-with::font
 Description: Fonts
 
+Tag: works-with::im:aim
+Description: AIM network
+ The package can be used to connect to the AIM network.
+
+Tag: works-with::im:icq
+Description: ICQ network
+ The package can be used to connect to the ICQ network.
+ 
+Tag: works-with::im:jabber
+Description: Jabber network
+ The package can be used to connect to the Jabber network.
+
+Tag: works-with::im:msn
+Description: MSN instant messaging network
+ The package can be used to connect to the MSN instant messaging network.
+
+Tag: works-with::im:yahoo
+Description: Yahoo! instant messaging network
+ The package can be used to connect to the Yahoo! instant messaging network.
+
 Tag: works-with::logfile
 Description: System logs
 
@@ -1461,112 +1481,456 @@
 Description: Network protocol
 
 Tag: protocol::aol-messenger
-Description: AOL Instant Message
+Description: [obsolete, please use protocol::oscar/OSCAR] AIM
+ This tag is obsolete, because protocol::aol-messenger is incorrect. A package
+ that supports connections to the AIM network should get the tags
+ protocol::oscar (which is the correct name of the protocol) and
+ works-with::im:aim.
+ .
+ This tag will disappear in the near future, and the vocabulary maintainers
+ will make sure that the tags are converted.
 
 Tag: protocol::atm
-Description: ATM network protocol
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode network protocol
+Description: ATM
+ Asynchronous Transfer Mode, a high speed protocol for communication between
+ computers in a network.
+ .
+ While ATM is used to implement *DSL networks, it has never gained widespread
+ use as a technology for building local area networks (LANs), for which it was
+ originally intended.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode
+
+Tag: protocol::bittorrent
+Description: BitTorrent
+ BitTorrent is a protocol for peer-to-peer based file distribution over
+ network.
+ .
+ Although the actual data transport happens between BitTorrent clients, one
+ central node, the so-called trackers, is needed to keep a list of all clients
+ that download or provide the same file.
+ .
+ Link: http://www.bittorrent.com/
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent
 
 Tag: protocol::corba
 Description: CORBA
- Orbs, development libraries, IDL compilers, and other packages
- related to the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
+ Common Object Request Broker Architecture, a standard for interoperability
+ between programs written in different languages and running on different 
+ hardware platforms. CORBA includes a client-server network protocol for
+ distributed computing.
+ .
+ With this network protocol, CORBA clients on different computers and written
+ in different languages can exchange objects over a CORBA server such as orbit2
+ or omniORB.
+ .
+ Link: http://www.corba.org/
 
 Tag: protocol::dhcp
-Description: IP auto configuration with DHCP and BOOTP
+Description: DHCP
+ Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a client-server network protocol for
+ automatic assignment of dynamic IP addresses to computers in a TCP/IP network,
+ rather than giving each computer a static IP address.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::dns
-Description: Domain Name System (DNS)
+Description: DNS
+ Domain Name System, a protocol to request information associated with domain
+ names (like "www.debian.org"), most prominently the IP address. The protocol
+ is used in communication with a DNS server (like BIND).
+ .
+ For the Internet, there are 13 root DNS servers around the world that keep the
+ addresses of all registered domain names and provide this information to the
+ DNS servers of Internet service providers.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System
 
 Tag: protocol::ethernet
-Description: Ethernet protocol
+Description: Ethernet
+ Ethernet is the most popular networking technology for creating local area
+ networks (LANs).
+ .
+ The computers in an Ethernet network communicate over twisted-pair or fibre
+ cables and are identified by their MAC address. Several different types of
+ Ethernet exist, distinguishable by the maximum connection speed. The most
+ widespread types today are 100MBit/s (100BASE-*) or 1GBit/s (1000BASE-*).
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet
 
 Tag: protocol::fidonet
-Description: Fidonet
+Description: FidoNet
+ FidoNet is a mailbox system that enjoyed large popularity in the 1980s and
+ 1990s.
+ .
+ The communication between the clients and FidoNet servers  was usually carried
+ out over the telephone network using modems and could be used for transferring
+ messages (comparable to email) and files.
+ .
+ Link: http://www.fidonet.org/
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidonet
 
 Tag: protocol::finger
 Description: Finger
+ The Name/Finger protocol is a simple network protocol to provide extensive, 
+ public information about users of a computer, such as email address, telephone
+ numbers, full names etc.
+ .
+ Due to privacy concerns, the Finger protocol is not widely used any more,
+ while it widespread distribution in the early 1990s.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1288.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::ftp
-Description: File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
+Description: FTP
+ File Transfer Protocol, a protocol for exchanging and manipulation files over
+ networks and extensively used on the Internet.
+ .
+ The communication between FTP servers and clients uses two channels, the
+ control and the data channel. While FTP was originally used with
+ authentication only, most FTP servers on the Internet provide anonymous,
+ passwordless access. Since FTP does not support encryption, sensitive data
+ transfer is carried out over SFTP today.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0959.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::http
-Description: HTTP HyperText Transport Protocol
+Description: HTTP
+ HyperText Transfer Protocol, one of the most important protocols for the
+ World Wide Web.
+ .
+ It controls the data transfer between HTTP servers such as Apache and HTTP
+ clients, which are web browsers in most cases. HTTP resources are requested
+ via URLs (Universal Resource Locators). While HTTP normally only supports file
+ transfer from server to client, the protocol supports sending information to
+ HTTP servers, most prominently used in HTML forms.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::icq
-Description: ICQ Instant Message
+Description: [obsolete, please use protocol::oscar/OSCAR] ICQ
+ This tag is obsolete, because protocol::icq is an outdated protocol that is
+ not used anymore to connect to the ICQ network. A package that supports
+ connections to the ICQ network should get the tags protocol::oscar (which is
+ the correct name of the protocol) and works-with::im:icq.
+ .
+ This tag will disappear in the near future, and the vocabulary maintainers
+ will make sure that the tags are converted.
 
 Tag: protocol::ident
 Description: Ident
+ The Ident Internet protocol helps to identify or authenticate the user of
+ a network connection.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ident
 
 Tag: protocol::imap
 Description: IMAP
+ Internet Message Access Protocol, a protocol used for accessing email on a
+ server from a email client such as KMail or Evolution.
+ .
+ When using IMAP, emails stay on the server and can be categorized, edited,
+ deleted etc. there, instead of having the user download all messages onto
+ the local computer, as POP3 does.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol
 
 Tag: protocol::ip
-Description: IP Internet Protocol
+Description: IP
+ Internet Protocol (v4), a core protocol of the Internet protocol suite and
+ the very basis of the Internet.
+ .
+ Every computer that is connected to the Internet has an IP address (a 4-byte
+ number, typically represented in dotted notation like 192.25.206.10).
+ Internet IP addresses are given out by the Internet Corporation for Assigned
+ Names and Numbers (ICANN). Normally, computers on the Internet are not
+ accessed by their IP address, but by their domain name.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc791.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::ipv6
-Description: Next Generation IP Internet Protocol
- Use this for packages that can use the IPv6 protocol
+Description: IPv6
+ Internet Protocol (v6), the next-generation Internet protocol, which overcomes
+ the restrictions of IP (v4), like shortage of IP addresses, and is supposed to
+ form the new basis of the Internet in the future, replacing IP (v4).
+ .
+ Many programs already support IPv6 along with IP (v4), although it is still
+ seldomly used.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
+ Link: http://www.ipv6.org/
 
 Tag: protocol::irc
-Description: Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
+Description: IRC
+ Internet Relay Chat, a protocol for text chatting over network, extensively
+ used on the Internet. It supports chat rooms, so-called channels, as well as
+ private, one-to-one communication.
+ .
+ IRC servers are organized in networks, so that a client can connect to a
+ geographically near IRC server, that itself is connected to other IRC servers
+ spread over the whole world.
+ .
+ The official Debian channel is #debian on the freenode network.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
 
 Tag: protocol::jabber
-Description: Jabber Instant Message
+Description: Jabber
+ The Jabber protocol is an instant messaging protocol on the basis of the XMPP
+ protocol. Additionally to private one-to-one communication, it also supports
+ chat rooms, and it is used in the Jabber IM network as well as for the IM
+ capabilities for the new GoogleTalk network.
+ .
+ In contrast to other IM networks like MSN, ICQ or AIM, the Jabber servers are
+ free software and can be used to create a private chat platform or have an own
+ server to connect to the Jabber network.
+ .
+ Link: http://www.jabber.org
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabber
 
 Tag: protocol::kerberos
-Description: Kerberos authentication
+Description: Kerberos
+ Kerberos is a authentication protocol for computer networks for secure
+ authentication over an otherwise insecure network, using symmetric
+ cryptography and a third party service provider, that is trusted both by
+ client and server.
+ . 
+ The authentication mechanism provided by Kerberos is mutual, so that not only
+ a server can be sure of a client's identity, but also a client can be sure a
+ connection to a server is not intercepted.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerberos_%28protocol%29
+ Link: http://http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4120.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::lp
-Description: Unix lp printing protocol
+Description: [obsolete, use protocol::lpr/LPR] LP
+ This tag is misnamed and will disappear. Please use protocol::lpr instead.
+ The vocabulary maintainers will make sure that the tags are converted.
+
+Tag: protocol::lpr
+Description: LPR
+ The Line Printer Daemon protocol, a protocol used for accessing or providing
+ network print services in a Unix network, but also used for local setups.
+ .
+ CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, was developed to replace the old
+ LPD/LPR system, while maintaining backwards compatibility.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Printer_Daemon_protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1179.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::msn-messenger
-Description: MSN Instant Message
+Description: MSN Messenger
+ The MSN messenger protocol is the protocol that is used by Microsoft's own
+ instant messaging network.
+ .
+ The protocol is a proprietary protocol. Although Microsoft once send a draft
+ of the protocol specification to the IETF, it has since dated out and clients
+ that connect to the MSN Messenger network have to rely on reverse-engineered
+ information.
+ .
+ Link: http://www.hypothetic.org/docs/msn/
 
 Tag: protocol::nntp
-Description: News (NNTP, USENET)
+Description: NNTP
+ Network News Transfer Protocol, a protocol for reading in writing Usenet
+ articles (a Usenet article is comparable with an email), but also used
+ among NNTP servers to transfer articles. 
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_News_Transfer_Protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc977.txt
+
+Tag: protocol::oscar
+Description: OSCAR (AIM/ICQ)
+ Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime, an instant messaging used by
+ AOL's instant messaging network (AIM). The protocol versions 7, 8 and 9
+ of the ICQ IM network are also instances of the OSCAR protocol.
+ .
+ OSCAR is a binary proprietary proton. Since there is no official documentation,
+ clients that connect to AIM or ICQ have to rely on information that has
+ been reverse-engineered.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR_protocol
+ Link: http://www.oilcan.org/oscar/
 
 Tag: protocol::pop
-Description: Mail access via POP3
+Description: [obsolete, use protocol::pop3/POP3] POP
+ This tag is misnamed and will disappear. Please use protocol::pop3 instead.
+ The vocabulary maintainers will make sure that the tags are converted.
+
+Tag: protocol::pop3
+Description: POP3
+ Post Office Protocol, a protocol to download emails from a mail server,
+ designed for users that have only intermittent connection to the Internet.
+ .
+ In contrast to IMAP server, messages that are downloaded via POP3 are not
+ supposed to stay on the server afterwards, since POP3 does not support
+ multiple mailboxes for one account on the server.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1939.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::radius
-Description: RADIUS authentication
+Description: RADIUS
+ Remote Authentication Dial In User Service, a protocol for authentication,
+ authorization and accounting of network access, mostly used by Internet
+ service providers handle handle dial-up Internet connections.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADIUS
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2865.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::sftp
-Description: Secure File Transfer Protocol
+Description: SFTP
+ SSH File Transfer Protocol, a protocol for secure, encrypting file exchange
+ and manipulation over insecure networks, using the SSH protocol.
+ .
+ SFTP provides a complete set of file system operations, different from its
+ predecessor SCP, which only allowed file transfer. It is not, other than the
+ name might suggest, the a version of the FTP protocol executed through an
+ SSH channel.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol
 
 Tag: protocol::smb
-Description: Windows file and printer sharing (SMB)
+Description: SMB
+ Server Message Block, a protocol for providing file access and printer sharing
+ over network, mainly used by Microsoft Windows(tm). CIFS (Common Internet File
+ System) is a synonym for SMB
+ .
+ Although SMB is a proprietary protocol, the Samba project reverse-engineered
+ the protocol and developed both client and server programs for better
+ interoperability in mixed Unix/Windows networks.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block
+ Link: http://www.samba.org/
 
 Tag: protocol::smtp
-Description: SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol
+Description: SMTP
+ Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a protocol or for transmitting emails over the
+ Internet.
+ .
+ Every SMTP server utilizes SMTP to hand on emails to the next mail server
+ until an email arrives at its destination, from where it is usually retrieved
+ via POP3 or IMAP 
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::snmp
-Description: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
+Description: SNMP
+ Simple Network Management Protocol, a member of the Internet protocol suite
+ and used for monitoring or configuring network devices.
+ .
+ SNMP servers normally run on network equipment like routers.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3411.txt
+
 
 Tag: protocol::soap
-Description: Web Services
- Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Web Services Description
- Language (WSDL).
+Description: SOAP
+ Simple Object Access Protocol, a protocol for exchanging messages between
+ different computers in a network. The messages are encoded in XML and usually
+ sent over HTTP.
+ .
+ SOAP is used to provide APIs to web services, such as the Google API to
+ utilize Google's searching engine from client applications.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP
+ Link: http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/
 
 Tag: protocol::ssh
-Description: Secure Shell Protocol
+Description: SSH
+ Secure Shell, a protocol for secure, encrypted network connections. SSH can
+ be used to execute programs on a remote host with an SSH server over secure
+ otherwise insecure protocols through an SSH channel. The main use is, as the
+ name suggest, to provide encrypted login and shell access on remote servers.
+ .
+ SSH authentication can be done with password or, which is the preferred
+ mechanism, via asymmetric public/private key cryptography.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell
 
 Tag: protocol::ssl
-Description: SSL Secure Socket Layer
+Description: SSL/TLS
+ Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security, a protocol that provides 
+ secure encrypted communication on the Internet. It is used to authenticate
+ the identity of a service provider (such as a Internet banking server) and
+ to secure the communications channel.
+ .
+ Otherwise insecure protocols such as FTP, HTTP, IMAP or SMTP can be
+ transmitted over SSL/TLS to secure the transmitted data. In this case, an
+ "S" is added to the protocol name, like HTTPS, FTPS etc.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer
+
+Tag: protocol::tcp
+Description: TCP
+ Transport Control Protocol, a core protocol of the Internet protocol suite
+ and used for data transport.
+ .
+ TCP is used as the transport protocol for many services on the Internet,
+ such as FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, NNTP etc.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc793.txt
+
+Tag: protocol::udp
+Description: UDP
+ User Datagram Protocol, a core protocol of the Internet protocol suite
+ and used for data transport.
+ .
+ UDP is not as reliable as TCP, but faster and thus better fit for
+ time-sensitive purposes, like the DNS protocol and VoIP.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc768.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::voip
-Description: Telephony and Voice-over-IP software
+Description: VoIP
+ Voice over IP, a general term for protocols that route voice conversations
+ over the Internet.
+ .
+ Popular VoIP protocols are SIP, H.323 and IAX.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP
 
 Tag: protocol::webdav
 Description: WebDAV
+ Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning, a extension of the HTTP
+ protocol to support creating and changing documents on an HTTP server. Thus,
+ the client can access the documents on an HTTP server as it would those on the
+ local file system.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV
+ Link: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2518.txt
 
 Tag: protocol::xmlrpc
 Description: XML-RPC
+ XML Remote Procedure Call, a simple protocol for remote procedure calls that
+ uses XML for encoding and the HTTP protocol for transport.
+ .
+ SOAP, which is a considerably more sophisticated protocol, was developed from
+ XML-RPC.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML-RPC
+ Link: http://www.xmlrpc.com/
 
 Tag: protocol::yahoo-messenger
-Description: Yahoo Instant Message
+Description: Yahoo! Messenger
+ The Yahoo! Messenger protocol is used to connect to Yahoo!'s instant messaging
+ network.
+ .
+ This a proprietary binary protocol without any official documentation. Clients
+ that connect to the Yahoo! Messenger network have to rely on reverse-engineered
+ information.
+ .
+ Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger
+ Link: http://www.venkydude.com/articles/yahoo.htm
 
 Tag: protocol::TODO
 Description: Need an extra tag

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