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Trove Design Document

by Eric S. Raymond

$Id: trove-design.m4,v 1.16 1998/06/25 15:49:23 esr Exp $

Trove is a next-generation Internet software archiving facility, intended to supplant the classical FTP-tree-with-decorations model. This document describes the history, design, architecture, and user interface of Trove. It is a work in progress, intended both to guide implementation and to document the project.

1. Introduction

1.1 Why Trove?
1.2 Terminology

2. Objectives and Architecture

2.1 Objectives
2.2 Architectural Implications
2.3 Architecture
2.4 Architecture Open Issues

3. User Interface Design

3.1 User Roles
3.2 Searching and Browsing
3.3 Sketch of Interface Design

4. Security and Authentication

4.1 Security through Visibility
4.2 Security through Authentication
4.3 How To Authenticate Requests
4.4 Package Authentication

5. TRL Language Reference

5.1 TRL Reference
5.2 TRL Future Directions

6. Data Formats

6.1 Text Field Rules
6.2 Mappings between Trove and RPM metadata
6.3 Mappings between Debian and RPM metadata
6.4 Comparison with Dublin Core metadata

7. Recent Changes

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