usefor-usefor-01 September 2004

1.5  Definitions

   An "article" is the unit of news, synonymous with an [RFC2822]
   "message".

   A "message identifier" Section 3.1.4 is a unique identifier for an
   article, usually supplied by the "posting agent" which posted it or,
   failing that, by the "injecting agent".  It distinguishes the article
   from every other article ever posted anywhere.  Articles with the
   same message identifier are treated as if they are the same article
   regardless of any differences in the body or headers.

   A "newsgroup" is a single news forum, a logical bulletin board,
   having a name and nominally intended for articles on a specific
   topic.  An article is "posted to" a single newsgroup or several
   newsgroups.  When an article is posted to more than one newsgroup, it
   is said to be "crossposted"; note that this differs from posting the
   same text as part of each of several articles, one per newsgroup.

   A newsgroup may be "moderated", in which case submissions are not
   posted directly, but mailed to a "moderator" for consideration and
   possible posting.  Moderators are typically human but may be
   implemented partially or entirely in software.

   A "control message" is an article which is marked as containing
   control information; a relaying or serving agent receiving such an
   article may (subject to the policies observed at that site) take
   actions beyond just filing and passing on the article.

--- ../usefor-article-13/Definitions.out          May 2004
+++ ../usefor-usefor-01/Definitions.out          September 2004
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-2.1.  Definitions
+1.5  Definitions
 
-   An "article" is the unit of news, analogous to an [RFC 2822]
-   "message". A "proto-article" is one that has not yet been injected
-   into the news system.
+   An "article" is the unit of news, synonymous with an [RFC2822]
+   "message".
 
-   A "message identifier" (5.3) is a unique identifier for an article,
-   usually supplied by the "posting agent" which posted it or, failing
-   that, by the "injecting agent". It distinguishes the article from
-   every other article ever posted anywhere. Articles with the same
-   message identifier are treated as if they are the same article
+   A "message identifier" Section 3.1.4 is a unique identifier for an
+   article, usually supplied by the "posting agent" which posted it or,
+   failing that, by the "injecting agent".  It distinguishes the article
+   from every other article ever posted anywhere.  Articles with the
+   same message identifier are treated as if they are the same article
    regardless of any differences in the body or headers.
 
    A "newsgroup" is a single news forum, a logical bulletin board,
@@ -23,74 +22,8 @@
    possible posting.  Moderators are typically human but may be
    implemented partially or entirely in software.
 
-   A "hierarchy" is the set of all newsgroups whose names share a first
-   component (as defined in 5.5).  The term "sub-hierarchy" is also used
-   where several initial components are shared.
-
-   A "poster" is the person or software that composes and submits a
-   possibly compliant article to a "posting agent". The poster is
-   analogous to [RFC 2822]'s author.
-
-   A "posting agent" is the software that assists posters to prepare
-   proto-articles, in compliance with this standard. The proto-article
-   is then passed on to an "injecting agent" for final checking and
-   injection into the news stream. If the article is not compliant, or
-   is rejected by the injecting agent, then the posting agent informs
-   the poster with an explanation of the error.
-
-   A "reader" is the person or software reading news articles.
-
-   A "reading agent" is software which presents articles to a reader.
-
-   A "followup" is an article containing a response to the contents of
-   an earlier article (the followup's "precursor").
-
-   A "followup agent" is a combination of reading agent and posting
-   agent that aids in the preparation and posting of a followup.
-
-   An (email) "address" is the mailbox [RFC 2822] (or more particularly
-   the addr-spec within that mailbox) which directs the delivery of an
-   email to its intended recipient, who is said to "own" that address.
-
-   An article's "reply address" is the address to which mailed replies
-   should be sent. This is the address specified in the article's From-
-   header (5.2), unless it also has a Reply-To-header (6.1).
-
-   A "sender" is the person or software (usually, but not always, the
-   same as the poster) responsible for the operation of the posting
-   agent or, which amounts to the same thing, for passing the article to
-   the injecting agent. The sender is analogous to [RFC 2822]'s sender.
-
-   An "injecting agent" takes the finished article from the posting
-   agent (often via the NNTP "post" command) performs some final checks
-   and passes it on to a relaying agent for general distribution.
-
-   A "relaying agent" is software which receives allegedly compliant
-   articles from injecting agents and/or other relaying agents, and
-   possibly passes copies on to other relaying agents and serving
-   agents.
-
-   A "news database" is the set of articles and related structural
-   information stored by a serving agent and made available for access
-   by reading agents.
-
-
-
-   A "serving agent" receives an article from a relaying agent and files
-   it in a news database. It also provides an interface for reading
-   agents to access the news database.
-
    A "control message" is an article which is marked as containing
    control information; a relaying or serving agent receiving such an
    article may (subject to the policies observed at that site) take
    actions beyond just filing and passing on the article.
-
-   A "gateway" is software which receives news articles and converts
-   them to messages of some other kind (e.g. mail to a mailing list), or
-   vice versa; in essence it is a translating relaying agent that
-   straddles boundaries between different methods of message exchange.
-   The most common type of gateway connects newsgroup(s) to mailing
-   list(s), either unidirectionally or bidirectionally, but there are
-   also gateways between news networks using this standard's news format
-   and those using other formats.