data: GAL – Global Address List
authorFrantišek Kučera <franta-hg@frantovo.cz>
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:13:55 +0100
changeset 148f252a8afb258
parent 147 51c1badc200a
child 149 11aa00e57a38
data: GAL – Global Address List
data/dictionary.xml
     1.1 --- a/data/dictionary.xml	Wed Jan 15 11:11:40 2014 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/data/dictionary.xml	Thu Mar 06 17:13:55 2014 +0100
     1.3 @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     1.4  					IM messages,
     1.5  					presence information (statuses like: online, busy, away etc.),
     1.6  					contact list (called roster here) management,
     1.7 -					singaling of VoIP and video, file transfers etc.;
     1.8 +					signaling of VoIP and video, file transfers etc.;
     1.9  				can be also used as generic messaging protocol for connecting computer systems (not only human-human interaction)
    1.10  				or for human-computer interaction (for accessing services like dictionaries, weather forecast or TV guide)
    1.11  			</text>
    1.12 @@ -2038,6 +2038,25 @@
    1.13  		<tag>protocol</tag>
    1.14  	</concept>
    1.15  	<concept>
    1.16 +		<term abbreviation="GAL" completeForm="global address list" language="en"/>
    1.17 +		<explanation language="en">
    1.18 +			<text>
    1.19 +				The Global Address List is a term used in groupware software
    1.20 +				and means the shared address book which contains usually all people of given organization (company, school etc.).
    1.21 +				This address book is accessed over the computer network using LDAP protocol, CardDAV or other electronic way (it is not a printed book).
    1.22 +				The GAL is usually read-only for users – only administrators adds or updates the items.
    1.23 +				Users can search it, lookup other people (employees, students, members etc.)
    1.24 +				and obtain information about them like e-mail address, phone number, work position, office location and others.
    1.25 +				The common usage of GAL is
    1.26 +					if the user is writing an e-mail,
    1.27 +					knows recipient's name,
    1.28 +					but don't know his e-mail address
    1.29 +					– the groupware or e-mail client (e.g. SOGo, Zimbra or Thunderbird) can lookup the e-mail address in the GAL while user is writing only a part of recipient's name.
    1.30 +			</text>
    1.31 +		</explanation>
    1.32 +		<tag>computer</tag>
    1.33 +	</concept>
    1.34 +	<concept>
    1.35  		<term abbreviation="" completeForm="white pages" language="en"/>
    1.36  		<explanation language="en">
    1.37  			<text>