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| − | + | The architecture page for KDE4 is very much work in progress. Let's try to get a good overview and a table of contents as a starting point. | |
| − | + | == Draft Table of Contents == | |
| − | + | ;Desktop | |
| + | * Plasma - The desktop | ||
| + | * KWin - Advanced window management including compositing | ||
| + | * Strigi - Desktop search engine | ||
| + | * Nepomuk - Meta Data library | ||
| − | + | ;Multimedia & Communication | |
| − | + | * Phonon - Multimedia framework | |
| − | + | * Decibel - Framework for real time communication | |
| + | * Akonadi - Centralized PIM storage solution | ||
| + | * DNSSD - DNS-based Service Discovery Protocol, also known as Bonjour or Zeroconf | ||
| − | + | ;Core Technologies | |
| + | * KParts - KDE's component architecture (e.g. Kate, KHTML, Dolphin) | ||
| + | * KIO - KDE's network transparent input/output system | ||
| + | * Kross - Scripting framework | ||
| + | * D-Bus - Full support for Inter Process Communication (IPC) | ||
| + | * Services - Plugin System | ||
| + | * MimeTypes - File associations and content/data types | ||
| − | -- | + | ;Hardware Awareness |
| + | * Solid - Hardware and network awareness | ||
| + | * ThreadWeaver - Multithreading framework | ||
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| + | ;Specials | ||
| + | * Localization - Language support | ||
| + | * Standard Compliance (fd.o) | ||
| + | * KNewStuff2 - Collaborative data sharing | ||
| + | * Sonnet - Spell- and grammar-checking technology | ||
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| + | ;Further Highlights | ||
| + | * KGGZ - Simple access to the GGZ Gaming Zone, a free online gaming centre | ||
| + | * KOffice Architecture | ||
| + | * KDevelop - Development Platform and IDE | ||
| + | * Kdepim Suite - Private Information Management | ||
| + | * Amarok | ||
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| + | == Article Content == | ||
| + | As rule of thumb all articles should be easy to read especially for users/developers new to KDE. As such, every article should roughly cover the following parts | ||
| + | ;Introduction | ||
| + | :Quick overview of what this is about (easy understandable!) | ||
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| + | ;Highlights, interaction with other components, ... | ||
| + | :Why is this cool, i.e. worth to be listed in the KDE4 architecture page (easy to read, not too much internals) | ||
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| + | ;Further Resources | ||
| + | :Link to development tutorials (for developers) and similar resources (related content) | ||
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| + | Articles should should not span much more than 3 scrolled pages in a normal sized browser. It's all about giving an overview + links to further reading for interested visitors. | ||
The architecture page for KDE4 is very much work in progress. Let's try to get a good overview and a table of contents as a starting point.
As rule of thumb all articles should be easy to read especially for users/developers new to KDE. As such, every article should roughly cover the following parts
Articles should should not span much more than 3 scrolled pages in a normal sized browser. It's all about giving an overview + links to further reading for interested visitors.
KDE TechBase 