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== Taxonomy List (rough) == | == Taxonomy List (rough) == | ||
=== External Standards === | |||
; CSS : Cascading Style Sheets. | ; CSS : Cascading Style Sheets. | ||
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; DOM : "The Document Object Model is an API for HTML and XML documents. It does two things for web developers: it provides a structural representation of the document, and it defines the way that that structure is to be accessed from script, allowing you to get at the web page as a structured group of nodes, which we will discuss shortly. Essentially, it connects web pages to scripts or programming languages." | ; DOM : "The Document Object Model is an API for HTML and XML documents. It does two things for web developers: it provides a structural representation of the document, and it defines the way that that structure is to be accessed from script, allowing you to get at the web page as a structured group of nodes, which we will discuss shortly. Essentially, it connects web pages to scripts or programming languages." | ||
; | ; HTML : Hypertext Markup Language. | ||
; JavaScript : Scripting language. | |||
; RDF : Resource Description Framework, W3C technology. | |||
; | ; Web Standards : Web standards, best practices, using standards in web development, etc. | ||
; | ; SVG : ... | ||
; | ; XML : Extensible Markup Language. | ||
; | ; XSL : Extensible Stylesheet Language. | ||
; | ; XSLT : XSL Transformations language. | ||
; | === Internal === | ||
; AOM : Application Object Model. | |||
; | ; Gecko : Browser engine. | ||
; Necko (?) : "The network library (Necko) provides a platform-independent API for several layers of networking ranging from transport to presentation layers. This API is used in the Mozilla client and can be used for writing other networking clients." | ; Necko (?) : "The network library (Necko) provides a platform-independent API for several layers of networking ranging from transport to presentation layers. This API is used in the Mozilla client and can be used for writing other networking clients." | ||
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; NSPR : "Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides a platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions. The API is used in the Mozilla client, many of Netscape/AOL/iPlanet's and other software offerings." | ; NSPR : "Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides a platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions. The API is used in the Mozilla client, many of Netscape/AOL/iPlanet's and other software offerings." | ||
; | ; XPToolkit : ... | ||
; XBL : Extensible Binding Language, used in describing bindings that can be attached to elements in other documents. | |||
; | ; XPCOM : Cross Platform Component Object Model. | ||
; | ; XPInstall : Cross Platform Installer (presumably). | ||
; | ; XUL : XML User Interface Language. | ||
=== Aspects === | |||
; | ; Accessibility : Assistive technologies and related development efforts. | ||
; | ; Embedding Mozilla : Embeddable browser and HTML editor SDK. | ||
; | ; Extensions : Small add-ons for extending the functionality of Mozilla applications. | ||
; | ; Layout : ??? | ||
; | ; Mozilla as a Platform : Developing applications using the Mozilla platform. | ||
; | ; Mozilla Hacking : Developing Mozilla technologies. | ||
; | ; Open Source Development : Open Source development practices and such. | ||
; | ; Plugins : Plugin development docs. | ||
; | ; Remote Applications : Development of remote applications. | ||
; | ; Scripting : General topic, not sure if this belongs on the list. | ||
; | ; Security : Anything and everything related to security technologies in Mozilla. | ||
; | ; Testing (QA, etc) : Docs related to QA, testing, bug reporting, etc. | ||
; | ; Themes : Theme development docs. | ||
; | ; Toolkit Apps : Dev docs related to Firefox, Calendar, Thunderbird. | ||
; | ; Tools : Any documentation related to development tools such as Bugzilla, Bonsai, LXR, etc. | ||
== Other Stuff == | == Other Stuff == | ||