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   3         <title>Glossary</title>
   4         <abstract>
   5                 <para>In this section we expand acronyms, define terms, and generally try
   6                 to explain concepts used by Evergreen software.</para>
   7         </abstract>
   8         <glossdiv>
   9                 <title>A</title>
  10                 <glossentry xml:id="Apache">
  11                         <glossterm>Apache</glossterm>
  12                         <indexterm>
  13                                 <primary>Apache</primary>
  14                         </indexterm>
  15                         <glossdef>
  16                                 <para>Open-source web server software used to serve both static
  17                                 content and dynamic web pages in a secure and reliable way. More
  18                                 information is available at
  19                                 <ulink url="http://apache.org">http://apache.org</ulink>.</para>
  20                         </glossdef>
  21                 </glossentry>
  22         </glossdiv>
  23         <glossdiv>
  24                 <title>B</title>
  25                 <glossentry xml:id="Book_Bags">
  26                         <glossterm>Bookbags</glossterm>
  27                         <indexterm>
  28                                 <primary>bookbags</primary>
  29                         </indexterm>
  30                         <glossdef>
  31                                 <para>Bookbags are lists of items that can be used for any number of
  32                                 purposes. For example, to keep track of what books you have read,
  33                                 books you would like to read, to maintain a class reading list, to
  34                                 maintain a reading list for a book club, to keep a list of books you
  35                                 would like for your birthday. There are an unlimited number of
  36                                 uses.</para>
  37                         </glossdef>
  38                 </glossentry>
  39         </glossdiv>
  40         <glossdiv>
  41                 <title>C</title>
  42                 <glossentry xml:id="CentOS">
  43                         <glossterm>CentOS</glossterm>
  44                         <indexterm>
  45                                 <primary>Linux</primary>
  46                                 <secondary>CentOS</secondary>
  47                         </indexterm>
  48                         <glossdef>
  49                                 <para>A popular open-source operating system based on Red Hat
  50                                 Enterprises <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>
  51                                 (also known as "RHEL") and often used for in web servers. More
  52                                 information is available at
  53                                 <ulink url="http://www.centos.org">http://www.centos.org</ulink>.</para>
  54                         </glossdef>
  55                 </glossentry>
  56                 <glossentry xml:id="closure">
  57                         <glossterm>Closure Compiler</glossterm>
  58                         <glossdef>
  59                                 <para>A suite of open-source tools used to build web applications with
  60                                 <application>Javascript</application>; originally developed by Google.
  61                                 It is used to create special builds of the Evergreen Staff Client.
  62                                 More information is available at
  63                                 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/">
  64                                 http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/</ulink>.</para>
  65                         </glossdef>
  66                 </glossentry>
  67                 <glossentry xml:id="CPAN">
  68                         <glossterm>CPAN</glossterm>
  69                         <indexterm>
  70                                 <primary>Perl</primary>
  71                                 <secondary>CPAN</secondary>
  72                         </indexterm>
  73                         <glossdef>
  74                                 <para>An open-source archive of software modules written in
  75                                 <application>Perl</application>. More information is available at
  76                                 <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org">http://www.cpan.org</ulink>.</para>
  77                                 <glossseealso otherterm="Perl"/>
  78                         </glossdef>
  79                 </glossentry>
  80         </glossdiv>
  81         <glossdiv>
  82                 <title>D</title>
  83                 <glossentry xml:id="Debian">
  84                         <glossterm>Debian</glossterm>
  85                         <indexterm>
  86                                 <primary>Linux</primary>
  87                                 <secondary>Debian</secondary>
  88                         </indexterm>
  89                         <glossdef>
  90                                 <para>One of the most popular open-source operating system using the
  91                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel that provides
  92                                 over 25000 useful precompiled software packages. Also known as
  93                                 <systemitem class="osname">Debian GNU/Linux</systemitem>. More
  94                                 information is available at
  95                                 <ulink url="http://www.debian.org">http://www.debian.org</ulink>.</para>
  96                         </glossdef>
  97                 </glossentry>
  98                 <glossentry>
  99                         <glossterm>Domain name</glossterm>
 100                         <indexterm>
 101                                 <primary>domain name</primary>
 102                         </indexterm>
 103                         <glossdef>
 104                                 <para>A unique set of case-insensitive, alphanumeric strings
 105                                 separated by periods that are used to name organizations, web sites
 106                                 and addresses on the Internet (e.g.:
 107                                 <uri>www.esilibrary.com</uri>). Domain names can be reserved via
 108                                 third-party registration services, and can be associated with a
 109                                 unique IP address or suite of IP addresses.</para>
 110                                 <glossseealso otherterm="ipaddress"/>
 111                         </glossdef>
 112                 </glossentry>
 113         </glossdiv>
 114         <glossdiv>
 115                 <title>E</title>
 116                 <glossentry xml:id="ejabberd">
 117                         <glossterm>ejabberd</glossterm>
 118                         <indexterm>
 119                                 <primary>ejabberd</primary>
 120                         </indexterm>
 121                         <glossdef>
 122                                 <para>An open-source Jabber/XMPP instant messaging server that is
 123                                 used for client-server message passing within Evergreen. It runs
 124                                 under popular operating systems (e.g.,
 125                                 <systemitem class="osname">Mac OSX</systemitem>,
 126                                 <systemitem class="osname">GNU/Linux</systemitem>, and
 127                                 <systemitem class="osname">Microsoft Windows</systemitem>). One
 128                                 popular use is to provide <application>XMPP</application> messaging
 129                                 services for a <application>Jabber</application> domain across an
 130                                 extendable cluster of cheap, easily-replaced machine nodes. More
 131                                 information is available at
 132                                 <ulink url="http://www.ejabberd.im/">http://www.ejabberd.im</ulink>.</para>
 133                                 <glossseealso otherterm="Jabber"/>
 134                                 <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/>
 135                         </glossdef>
 136                 </glossentry>
 137         </glossdiv>
 138         <glossdiv>
 139                 <title>F</title>
 140                 <glossentry></glossentry>
 141         </glossdiv>
 142         <glossdiv>
 143                 <title>G</title>
 144                 <glossentry xml:id="Gentoo">
 145                         <glossterm>Gentoo</glossterm>
 146                         <indexterm>
 147                                 <primary>Linux</primary>
 148                                 <secondary>Gentoo</secondary>
 149                         </indexterm>
 150                         <glossdef>
 151                                 <para>A popular open-source operating system built on the
 152                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel. More
 153                                 information is available at
 154                                 <ulink url="http://www.gentoo.org">http://www.gentoo.org</ulink>.</para>
 155                         </glossdef>
 156                 </glossentry>
 157         </glossdiv>
 158         <glossdiv>
 159                 <title>H</title>
 160                 <glossentry></glossentry>
 161         </glossdiv>
 162         <glossdiv>
 163                 <title>I</title>
 164                 <glossentry xml:id="ipaddress">
 165                         <glossterm>IP Address</glossterm>
 166                         <indexterm>
 167                                 <primary>IP Address</primary>
 168                         </indexterm>
 169                         <glossdef>
 170                                 <para>(Internet Protocol address) A numerical label consisting of
 171                                 four numbers separated by periods (e.g., "192.168.1.15") assigned to
 172                                 individual members of networked computing systems. It uniquely
 173                                 identifies each system on the network and allows controlled
 174                                 communication between such systems. The numerical label scheme must
 175                                 adhere to a strictly defined naming convention that is currently
 176                                 defined and overseen by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
 177                                 and Numbers ("ICANN").</para>
 178                         </glossdef>
 179                 </glossentry>
 180                 <glossentry xml:id="Item_Buckets">
 181                         <glossterm>Item/copy Buckets</glossterm>
 182                         <indexterm>
 183                                 <primary>copy buckets</primary>
 184                                 <seealso>item buckets</seealso>
 185                         </indexterm>
 186                         <indexterm>
 187                                 <primary>item buckets</primary>
 188                                 <seealso>copy buckets</seealso>
 189                         </indexterm>
 190                         <glossdef>
 191                                 <para>Virtual <quote>containers</quote> to use in batch processing
 192                                 of item or copy records. They can be used to perform various
 193                                 cataloging/holdings maintenance tasks in batch.</para>
 194                         </glossdef>
 195                 </glossentry>
 196         </glossdiv>
 197         <glossdiv>
 198                 <title>J</title>
 199                 <glossentry xml:id="Jabber">
 200                         <glossterm>Jabber</glossterm>
 201                         <indexterm>
 202                                 <primary>jabber</primary>
 203                                 <seealso>XMPP</seealso>
 204                         </indexterm>
 205                         <glossdef>
 206                                 <para>The communications protocol used for client-server message
 207                                 passing within Evergreen. Now known as XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and
 208                                 Presence Protocol), it was originally named "Jabber".</para>
 209                                 <glossseealso otherterm="XMPP"/>
 210                                 <glossseealso otherterm="ejabberd"/>
 211                         </glossdef>
 212                 </glossentry>
 213         </glossdiv>
 214         <glossdiv>
 215                 <title>K</title>
 216                 <glossentry></glossentry>
 217         </glossdiv>
 218         <glossdiv>
 219                 <title>L</title>
 220                 <glossentry></glossentry>
 221         </glossdiv>
 222         <glossdiv>
 223                 <title>M</title>
 224                 <glossentry xml:id="MARC">
 225                         <glossterm>MARC</glossterm>
 226                         <indexterm>
 227                                 <primary>MARC</primary>
 228                         </indexterm>
 229                         <glossdef>
 230                                 <para>The MARC formats are standards for the representation and
 231                                 communication of bibliographic and related information in
 232                                 machine-readable form.</para>
 233                         </glossdef>
 234                 </glossentry>
 235                 <glossentry xml:id="MARCXML">
 236                         <glossterm>MARCXML</glossterm>
 237                         <indexterm>
 238                                 <primary>MARCXML</primary>
 239                         </indexterm>
 240                         <glossdef>
 241                                 <para>Framework for working with MARC data in a XML environment.</para>
 242                         </glossdef>
 243                 </glossentry>
 244                 <glossentry xml:id="McCoy">
 245                         <glossterm>McCoy</glossterm>
 246                         <glossdef>
 247                                 <para>An open-source application that allows add-on authors to
 248                                 provide secure updates to their users. It is used to create special
 249                                 builds of the Evergreen Staff Client. More information is available
 250                                 at <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy">
 251                                 http://developer.mozilla.org/en/McCoy</ulink>.</para>
 252                         </glossdef>
 253                 </glossentry>
 254                 <glossentry xml:id="memcached">
 255                         <glossterm>memcached</glossterm>
 256                         <indexterm>
 257                                 <primary>memcached</primary>
 258                         </indexterm>
 259                         <glossdef>
 260                                 <para>A general-purpose distributed memory caching system, usually
 261                                 with a client-server architecture spread over multiple computing
 262                                 systems. It reduces the number of times a data source (e.g., a
 263                                 database) must be directly accessed by temporarily caching data in
 264                                 memory, therefore dramatically speeding up database-driven web
 265                                 applications.</para>
 266                         </glossdef>
 267                 </glossentry>
 268         </glossdiv>
 269         <glossdiv>
 270                 <title>N</title>
 271                 <glossentry xml:id="netaddr">
 272                         <glossterm>Network address</glossterm>
 273                         <indexterm>
 274                                 <primary>network address</primary>
 275                                 <seealso>ip address</seealso>
 276                         </indexterm>
 277                         <glossdef>
 278                                 <para>Also known as an IP address (Internet Protocol address).</para>
 279                                 <glossseealso otherterm="ipaddress"/>
 280                         </glossdef>
 281                 </glossentry>
 282                 <glossentry xml:id="nsis">
 283                         <glossterm>nsis</glossterm>
 284                         <glossdef>
 285                                 <para>An open-source software tool used to create Windows
 286                                 installers. It is used to create special builds of the Evergreen
 287                                 Staff Client. More information is available at
 288                                 <ulink url="http://nsis.sourceforge.net">
 289                                 http://nsis.sourceforge.net</ulink>.</para>
 290                         </glossdef>
 291                 </glossentry>
 292         </glossdiv>
 293         <glossdiv>
 294                 <title>O</title>
 295                 <glossentry xml:id="OPAC">
 296                         <glossterm>OPAC</glossterm>
 297                         <indexterm>
 298                                 <primary>OPAC</primary>
 299                         </indexterm>
 300                         <glossdef>
 301                                 <para>The "Online Public Access Catalog"; an online database of a
 302                                 library's holdings; used to find resources in their collections;
 303                                 possibly searchable by keyword, title, author, subject or call
 304                                 number.</para>
 305                         </glossdef>
 306                 </glossentry>
 307                 <glossentry xml:id="OpenSRF">
 308                         <glossterm>OpenSRF</glossterm>
 309                         <indexterm>
 310                                 <primary>OpenSRF</primary>
 311                         </indexterm>
 312                         <glossdef>
 313                                 <para>The "Open Scalable Request Framework" (pronounced 'open surf')
 314                                 is a stateful, decentralized service architecture that allows
 315                                 developers to create applications for Evergreen with a minimum of
 316                                 knowledge of its structure.</para>
 317                         </glossdef>
 318                 </glossentry>
 319         </glossdiv>
 320         <glossdiv>
 321                 <title>P</title>
 322                 <glossentry xml:id="Perl">
 323                         <glossterm>Perl</glossterm>
 324                         <indexterm>
 325                                 <primary>Perl</primary>
 326                         </indexterm>
 327                         <glossdef>
 328                                 <para>The high-level scripting language in which most of the business logic of Evergreen is written.</para>
 329                                 <glossseealso otherterm="CPAN"/>
 330                         </glossdef>
 331                 </glossentry>
 332                 <glossentry xml:id="PKI">
 333                         <glossterm>PKI</glossterm>
 334                         <indexterm>
 335                                 <primary>PKI</primary>
 336                         </indexterm>
 337                         <glossdef>
 338                                 <para>Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) describes the schemes needed
 339                                 to generate and maintain digital SSL Certificates.</para>
 340                                 <glossseealso otherterm="SSL_Certificate"/>
 341                         </glossdef>
 342                 </glossentry>
 343                 <glossentry xml:id="PostgreSQL">
 344                         <glossterm>PostgreSQL</glossterm>
 345                         <indexterm>
 346                                 <primary>databases</primary>
 347                                 <secondary>PostgreSQL</secondary>
 348                         </indexterm>
 349                         <glossdef>
 350                                 <para>A popular open-source object-relational database management
 351                                 system that underpins Evergreen software.</para>
 352                         </glossdef>
 353                 </glossentry>
 354                 <glossentry xml:id="putty">
 355                         <glossterm>PuTTY</glossterm>
 356                         <indexterm>
 357                                 <primary>SSH</primary>
 358                                 <secondary>Putty</secondary>
 359                         </indexterm>
 360                         <glossdef>
 361                                 <para>A popular open-source telnet/ssh client for the Windows and
 362                                 Unix platforms. As used in Evergreen, a handy utility used to create
 363                                 an SSH Tunnel for connecting Staff Clients to Evergreen servers over
 364                                 insecure networks. More information is available at
 365                                 <ulink url="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">
 366                                 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/</ulink>.</para>
 367                                 <glossseealso otherterm="sshtunnel"/>
 368                         </glossdef>
 369                 </glossentry>
 370         </glossdiv>
 371         <glossdiv>
 372                 <title>Q</title>
 373                 <glossentry></glossentry>
 374         </glossdiv>
 375         <glossdiv>
 376                 <title>R</title>
 377                 <glossentry xml:id="Resource_Hacker">
 378                         <glossterm>Resource Hacker</glossterm>
 379                         <glossdef>
 380                                 <para>An open-source utility used to view, modify, rename, add,
 381                                 delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables. It is
 382                                 used to create special builds of the Evergreen Staff Client. More
 383                                 information is available at
 384                                 <ulink url="http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/">
 385                                 Resource Hacker</ulink></para>
 386                         </glossdef>
 387                 </glossentry>
 388                 <glossentry xml:id="RHEL">
 389                         <glossterm>RHEL</glossterm>
 390                         <indexterm>
 391                                 <primary>Linux</primary>
 392                                 <secondary>RHEL</secondary>
 393                         </indexterm>
 394                         <glossdef>
 395                                 <para>Also known as "Red Hat Enterprises
 396                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>". An official
 397                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> distribution that is
 398                                 targeted at the commercial market. It is the basis of other popular
 399                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> distributions, e.g.,
 400                                 <systemitem class="osname">CentOS</systemitem>. More information is
 401                                 available at
 402                                 <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com">http://www.redhat.com</ulink>.</para>
 403                         </glossdef>
 404                 </glossentry>
 405         </glossdiv>
 406         <glossdiv>
 407                 <title>S</title>
 408                 <glossentry xml:id="SIP2">
 409                         <glossterm>SIP</glossterm>
 410                         <indexterm>
 411                                 <primary>SIP</primary>
 412                         </indexterm>
 413                         <glossdef>
 414                                 <para>SIP (Standard Interchange Protocol) is a communications
 415                                 protocol used within Evergreen for transferring data to and from
 416                                 other third party devices, such as RFID and barcode scanners that
 417                                 handle patron and library material information. Version 2.0 (also
 418                                 known as "SIP2") is the current standard. It was originally
 419                                 developed by the 3M Corporation.</para>
 420                         </glossdef>
 421                 </glossentry>
 422                 <glossentry xml:id="srfsh">
 423                         <indexterm>
 424                                 <primary>srfsh</primary>
 425                         </indexterm>
 426                         <glossterm>srfsh</glossterm>
 427                         <glossdef>
 428                                 <para>A command language interpreter (shell) that executes commands
 429                                 read from the standard input. It is used to test the Open Service
 430                                 Request Framework (OpenSRF).</para>
 431                         </glossdef>
 432                 </glossentry>
 433                 <glossentry xml:id="SRU">
 434                         <glossterm>SRU</glossterm>
 435                         <indexterm>
 436                                 <primary>SRU</primary>
 437                         </indexterm>
 438                         <glossdef>
 439                                 <para>SRU (Search &amp; Retrieve URL Service) is a search protocol
 440                                 used in web search and retrieval. It expresses queries in Contextual
 441                                 Query Language (CQL) and transmits them as a URL, returning XML data
 442                                 as if it were a web page.</para>
 443                                 <glossseealso otherterm="SRW"/>
 444                         </glossdef>
 445                 </glossentry>
 446                 <glossentry xml:id="SRW">
 447                         <glossterm>SRW</glossterm>
 448                         <indexterm>
 449                                 <primary>SRW</primary>
 450                         </indexterm>
 451                         <glossdef>
 452                                 <para>SRW (Search &amp; Retrieve Web Service), also known as "SRU
 453                                 via HTTP SOAP", is a search protocol used in web search and
 454                                 retrieval. It uses a SOAP interface and expresses both the query and
 455                                 result as XML data streams.</para>
 456                                 <glossseealso otherterm="SRU"/>
 457                         </glossdef>
 458                 </glossentry>
 459                 <glossentry xml:id="ssh">
 460                         <glossterm>SSH</glossterm>
 461                         <indexterm>
 462                                 <primary>SSH</primary>
 463                         </indexterm>
 464                         <glossdef>
 465                                 <para>An encrypted network protocol using public-key cryptography
 466                                 that allows secure communications between systems on an insecure
 467                                 network. Typically used to access shell accounts but also supports
 468                                 tunneling, forwarding TCP ports and X11 connections, and
 469                                 transferring files.</para>
 470                         </glossdef>
 471                 </glossentry>
 472                 <glossentry xml:id="sshproxy">
 473                         <glossterm>SSH proxy</glossterm>
 474                         <indexterm>
 475                                 <primary>SSH</primary>
 476                                 <secondary>proxy</secondary>
 477                         </indexterm>
 478                         <glossdef>
 479                                 <para>As used in Evergreen, a method of allowing one or more Staff
 480                                 Clients to communicate with one or more Evergreen servers over an
 481                                 insecure network by sending data through a secure SSH tunnel. It
 482                                 also buffers and caches all data travelling to and from Staff
 483                                 Clients to speed up access to resources on Evergreen servers.</para>
 484                                 <glossseealso otherterm="ssh"/>
 485                                 <glossseealso otherterm="tunneling"/>
 486                                 <glossseealso otherterm="sshtunnel"/>
 487                         </glossdef>
 488                 </glossentry>
 489                 <glossentry xml:id="sshtunnel">
 490                         <glossterm>SSH tunnel</glossterm>
 491                         <indexterm>
 492                                 <primary>SSH</primary>
 493                                 <secondary>tunneling</secondary>
 494                         </indexterm>
 495                         <glossdef>
 496                                 <para>An encrypted data channel existing over an SSH network
 497                                 connection. Used to securely transfer unencrypted data streams over
 498                                 insecure networks.</para>
 499                                 <glossseealso otherterm="ssh"/>
 500                                 <glossseealso otherterm="tunneling"/>
 501                         </glossdef>
 502                 </glossentry>
 503                 <glossentry xml:id="SSL_Certificate">
 504                         <glossterm>SSL Certificate</glossterm>
 505                         <indexterm>
 506                                 <primary>SSL</primary>
 507                         </indexterm>
 508                         <glossdef>
 509                                 <para>As used in Evergreen, it is a method of ensuring that Staff
 510                                 Clients are able to connect to legitimate Evergreen servers.</para>
 511                                 <para>In general, it is a special electronic document used to
 512                                 guarantee authenticity of a digital message. Also known as a "public
 513                                 key", or "identity" or "digital" certificate. It combines an
 514                                 identity (of a person or an organization) and a unique public key to
 515                                 form a so-called digital signature, and is used to verify that the
 516                                 public key does, in fact, belong with that particular
 517                                 identity.</para>
 518                                 <glossseealso otherterm="PKI"/>
 519                         </glossdef>
 520                 </glossentry>
 521         </glossdiv>
 522         <glossdiv>
 523                 <title>T</title>
 524                 <glossentry xml:id="tunneling">
 525                         <glossterm>tunneling</glossterm>
 526                         <indexterm>
 527                                 <primary>tunneling</primary>
 528                                 <seealso>SSH tunneling</seealso>
 529                         </indexterm>
 530                         <glossdef>
 531                                 <para>As used in Evergreen, it is a method of allowing Staff Clients
 532                                 to securely connect to legitimate Evergreen servers.</para>
 533                                 <para>In general, it is a method of encapsulating data provided in
 534                                 one network protocol (the "delivery"protocol), within data in a
 535                                 different network protocol (the "tunneling" protocol). Used to
 536                                 provide a secure path and secure communications through an insecure
 537                                 or incompatible network. Can be used to bypass firewalls by
 538                                 communicating via a protocol the firewall normally blocks, but
 539                                 "wrapped" inside a protocol that the firewall does not block.</para>
 540                                 <glossseealso otherterm="sshtunnel"/>
 541                         </glossdef>
 542                 </glossentry>
 543         </glossdiv>
 544         <glossdiv>
 545                 <title>U</title>
 546                 <glossentry xml:id="Ubuntu">
 547                         <glossterm>Ubuntu</glossterm>
 548                         <indexterm>
 549                                 <primary>Linux</primary>
 550                                 <secondary>Ubuntu</secondary>
 551                         </indexterm>
 552                         <glossdef>
 553                                 <para>A popular open-source operating system using the
 554                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> kernel that was
 555                                 originally based on the
 556                                 <systemitem class="osname">Debian GNU/Linux</systemitem>
 557                                 operating system. More information is available at
 558                                 <ulink url="http://www.ubuntu.com">http://www.ubuntu.com</ulink>.</para>
 559                                 <glossseealso otherterm="Debian"/>
 560                         </glossdef>
 561                 </glossentry>
 562         </glossdiv>
 563         <glossdiv>
 564                 <title>V</title>
 565                 <glossentry xml:id="virtualization">
 566                         <glossterm>Virtualization</glossterm>
 567                         <indexterm>
 568                                 <primary>virtualization</primary>
 569                         </indexterm>
 570                         <glossdef>
 571                                 <para>A method of executing software in a special environment that
 572                                 is partitioned or separated from the real underlying hardware and
 573                                 software resources. In typical usage, it allows a
 574                                 <emphasis>host</emphasis> operating system to encapsulate or emulate
 575                                 a <emphasis>guest</emphasis> operating system environment in such a
 576                                 way that the emulated environment is completely unaware of the
 577                                 hosting environment. As used in Evergreen, it enables a copy of the
 578                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> operating system
 579                                 running Evergreen software to execute within a
 580                                 <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem> environment.</para>
 581                                 <glossseealso otherterm="virtualbox"/>
 582                                 <glossseealso otherterm="virtualpc"/>
 583                                 <glossseealso otherterm="vmware"/>
 584                         </glossdef>
 585                 </glossentry>
 586                 <glossentry xml:id="virtualbox">
 587                         <glossterm>VirtualBox</glossterm>
 588                         <indexterm>
 589                                 <primary>virtualization software</primary>
 590                                 <secondary>VirtualBox</secondary>
 591                         </indexterm>
 592                         <glossdef>
 593                                 <para>A popular commercial package of virtualization software that
 594                                 emulates the x86 microprocessor architecture. It can be installed on
 595                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>,
 596                                 <systemitem class="osname">Mac OS X</systemitem>,
 597                                 <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem> or
 598                                 <systemitem class="osname">Solaris</systemitem> "host" operating
 599                                 systems and allows other "guest" (typically including
 600                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> and
 601                                 <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem>) operating systems
 602                                 to be loaded and executed.</para>
 603                                 <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/>
 604                         </glossdef>
 605                 </glossentry>
 606                 <glossentry xml:id="virtualpc">
 607                         <glossterm>Virtual PC</glossterm>
 608                         <indexterm>
 609                                 <primary>virtualization software</primary>
 610                                 <secondary>Virtual PC</secondary>
 611                         </indexterm>
 612                         <glossdef>
 613                                 <para>A popular commercial package of virtualization software that
 614                                 emulates the x86 microprocessor architecture. It is installed on a
 615                                 Windows "host" operating system and allows other "guest" (typically
 616                                 including <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> and
 617                                 <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem>) operating systems
 618                                 to be loaded and executed.</para>
 619                                 <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/>
 620                         </glossdef>
 621                 </glossentry>
 622                 <glossentry xml:id="vmware">
 623                         <glossterm>VMware</glossterm>
 624                         <indexterm>
 625                                 <primary>virtualization software</primary>
 626                                 <secondary>VMware</secondary>
 627                         </indexterm>
 628                         <glossdef>
 629                                 <para>A popular commercial package of virtualization software that
 630                                 emulates the x86 microprocessor architecture. It can be installed on
 631                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem>,
 632                                 <systemitem class="osname">Mac OS X</systemitem>,
 633                                 <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem> or
 634                                 <systemitem class="osname">Solaris</systemitem> "host" operating systems
 635                                 and allows other "guest" (typically including
 636                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> and
 637                                 <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem>) operating systems
 638                                 to be loaded and executed.</para>
 639                                 <glossseealso otherterm="virtualization"/>
 640                         </glossdef>
 641                 </glossentry>
 642                 <glossentry xml:id="Volume_Buckets">
 643                         <glossterm>Volume Buckets</glossterm>
 644                         <indexterm>
 645                                 <primary>volume buckets</primary>
 646                         </indexterm>
 647                         <glossdef>
 648                                 <para>Virtual <quote>containers</quote> to use in batch processing
 649                                 of multiple volumes. They can be used to perform various
 650                                 cataloging/holdings maintenance tasks in batch.</para>
 651                         </glossdef>
 652                 </glossentry>
 653         </glossdiv>
 654         <glossdiv>
 655                 <title>W</title>
 656                 <glossentry xml:id="wine">
 657                         <glossterm>Wine</glossterm>
 658                         <indexterm>
 659                                 <primary>Linux</primary>
 660                                 <secondary>Wine</secondary>
 661                         </indexterm>
 662                         <glossdef>
 663                                 <para>A popular open-source application that allows
 664                                 <systemitem class="osname">Linux</systemitem> and
 665                                 <systemitem class="osname">Unix</systemitem>
 666                                 systems to run <systemitem class="osname">Windows</systemitem>
 667                                 executables. More information is available at
 668                                 <ulink url="http://www.winehq.org/">http://www.winehq.org/</ulink>.</para>
 669                         </glossdef>
 670                 </glossentry>
 671         </glossdiv>
 672         <glossdiv>
 673                 <title>X</title>
 674                 <glossentry xml:id="xml">
 675                         <glossterm>XML</glossterm>
 676                         <indexterm>
 677                                 <primary>XML</primary>
 678                         </indexterm>
 679                         <glossdef>
 680                                 <para>The eXtensible Markup Language, a subset of SGML; a set of
 681                                 rules for encoding information in a way that is both human- and
 682                                 machine-readable. It is primarily used to define documents but can
 683                                 also be used to define arbitrary data structures. It was originally
 684                                 defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).</para>
 685                         </glossdef>
 686                 </glossentry>
 687                 <glossentry xml:id="XMPP">
 688                         <glossterm>XMPP</glossterm>
 689                         <indexterm>
 690                                 <primary>XMPP</primary>
 691                                 <seealso>jabber</seealso>
 692                         </indexterm>
 693                         <glossdef>
 694                                 <para>The open-standard communications protocol (based on XML) used
 695                                 for client-server message passing within Evergreen. It supports the
 696                                 concept of a consistent <emphasis>domain</emphasis> of message types
 697                                 that flow between software applications, possibly on different
 698                                 operating systems and architectures. More information is available
 699                                 at <ulink url="http://xmpp.org">http://xmpp.org</ulink>.</para>
 700                                 <glossseealso otherterm="Jabber"/>
 701                                 <glossseealso otherterm="ejabberd"/>
 702                         </glossdef>
 703                 </glossentry>
 704                 <glossentry xml:id="xpath">
 705                         <glossterm>xpath</glossterm>
 706                         <indexterm>
 707                                 <primary>xpath</primary>
 708                         </indexterm>
 709                         <glossdef>
 710                                 <para>The XML Path Language, a query language based on a tree
 711                                 representation of an XML document. It is used to programmatically
 712                                 select nodes from an XML document and to do minor computation
 713                                 involving strings, numbers and Boolean values. It allows you to
 714                                 identify parts of the XML document tree, to navigate around the
 715                                 tree, and to uniquely select nodes. The currently version is "XPath
 716                                 2.0". It was originally defined by the World Wide Web Consortium
 717                                 (W3C).</para>
 718                         </glossdef>
 719                 </glossentry>
 720                 <glossentry xml:id="xul">
 721                         <glossterm>XUL</glossterm>
 722                         <indexterm>
 723                                 <primary>xUL</primary>
 724                         </indexterm>
 725                         <glossdef>
 726                                 <para>The XML User Interface Language, a specialized interface
 727                                 language that allows building cross-platform applications that drive
 728                                 <application>Mozilla</application>-based browsers such as
 729                                 <application>Firefox</application>. More information is available at
 730                                 <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL">
 731                                 https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL</ulink>.</para>
 732                         </glossdef>
 733                 </glossentry>
 734                 <glossentry xml:id="xulrunner">
 735                         <glossterm>xulrunner</glossterm>
 736                         <indexterm>
 737                                 <primary>XULRunner</primary>
 738                         </indexterm>
 739                         <glossdef>
 740                                 <para>A specialized run-time application environment that provides
 741                                 support for installing, upgrading and uninstalling
 742                                 <application>XUL</application> applications. It operates with
 743                                 <application>Mozilla</application>-based applications such as the
 744                                 <application>Firefox</application> browser. More information is
 745                                 available at
 746                                 <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner">
 747                                 https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XULRunner</ulink>.</para>
 748                                 <glossseealso otherterm="xul"/>
 749                         </glossdef>
 750                 </glossentry>
 751         </glossdiv>
 752         <glossdiv>
 753                 <title>Y</title>
 754                 <glossentry xml:id="YAZ">
 755                         <glossterm>YAZ</glossterm>
 756                         <indexterm>
 757                                 <primary>yaz</primary>
 758                         </indexterm>
 759                         <glossdef>
 760                                 <para>A programmers’ toolkit supporting the development of
 761                                 Z39.50 / SRW / SRU clients and servers.</para>
 762                                 <glossseealso otherterm="SRU"/>
 763                                 <glossseealso otherterm="SRW"/>
 764                                 <glossseealso otherterm="Z39.50"/>
 765                         </glossdef>
 766                 </glossentry>
 767                 <glossentry xml:id="yaz-client">
 768                         <indexterm>
 769                                 <primary>yaz</primary>
 770                         </indexterm>
 771                         <glossterm>yaz-client</glossterm>
 772                         <glossdef>
 773                                 <para>A Z39.50/SRU client for connecting to YAZ servers.
 774                                 More information is available at
 775                                 <ulink url="http://www.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/yaz-client.html">
 776                                 http://www.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/yaz-client.html</ulink></para>
 777                                 <glossseealso otherterm="SRU"/>
 778                         </glossdef>
 779                 </glossentry>
 780         </glossdiv>
 781         <glossdiv>
 782                 <title>Z</title>
 783                 <glossentry xml:id="Z39.50">
 784                         <glossterm>Z39.50</glossterm>
 785                         <indexterm>
 786                                 <primary>Z39.50</primary>
 787                         </indexterm>
 788                         <glossdef>
 789                                 <para>An international standard client–server protocol for
 790                                 communication between computer systems, primarily library and
 791                                 information related systems.</para>
 792                                 <glossseealso otherterm="SRU"/>
 793                         </glossdef>
 794                 </glossentry>
 795         </glossdiv>
 796 </glossary>