------------ README.NAMES ------------ (30 September 1999: REVIEWED - no changes) DIRECTORIES * The top directory of the server is "pub" * The second level of the directory hierarchy consists of: authors titles introductory filetypes languages compilations All directories other than the authors directory contain symbolic links which point to files under the authors hierarchy, and serve as cross-references. * The third level of the directory hierarchy includes the categories of authors along with doctrinal description. A message at this directory level provides the following doctrinal description: bahaullah Baha'u'llah, Founder of the Baha'i Faith. bab The Bab, Forerunner of the Baha'i Dispensation. abdulbaha Abdu'l-Baha, son of Baha'u'llah. shoghi_effendi Shoghi Effendi, grandson of Abdu'l-Baha. house_justice The Universal House of Justice. other Other Baha'i authors. This message is automatically displayed whenever a user changes into this directory for the first time in the session. * The next level of the directory hierarchy is the titles of works. This is an abbreviated version of the name of the book, from 5 - 12 characters in length which uses a period as a lexical divider, where appropriate. Example: tab.div.plan for Tablets of the Divine Plan Note: "other" contains author directories; the titles are below the authors. * Etext files are found below the title directories. A methodology of file naming has been used to keep file names brief, legible, descriptive, unique and evolutionary. Filenames include codes to distinguish: Unique titles Volume numbers Languages File format{~ Version numbers File types Example: tab1-eng-ps02.zip In the above example, "tab1" would already be identified in the titles directory as "tab.abd.1" for Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha, volume 1. Following is a breakdown description of the above example: tab Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha 1 first volume eng English language ps postscript file format 02 second version zip a zip archive (see TYPES). The rules established for filenames are as follows: Titles of works are identified by a unique letter code, 2-4 characters in length. Volume number (if any) come after the title code, and are followed by a hyphen. Languages are identified by a unique letter code, 3-4 characters in length, and are be followed by a hyphen. File format is identified by a unique 2-3 letter code. Version number follows the file format code. All versions are be numbered, including the first. The version number is be followed by a period. File type follows the period and is identified by a unique 1-3 letter code. Etext Account Manager Baha'i World Centre Library email: etext@bwc.org --------------------------------END----------------------------------