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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// @brief over the wire protocol
///
/// @file
///
/// DISCLAIMER
///
/// Copyright 2012 triagens GmbH, Cologne, Germany
///
/// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
/// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
/// You may obtain a copy of the License at
///
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///
/// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
/// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
/// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
/// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
/// limitations under the License.
///
/// Copyright holder is triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany
///
/// @author Dr. Frank Celler
/// @author Copyright 2012, triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany
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/// @page Glossary
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryCollection
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryCollectionIdentifier
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryCollectionName
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryDocument
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryDocumentEtag
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryDocumentHandle
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryDocumentIdentifier
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryDocumentRevision
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryEdge
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryEdgeCollection
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryIndexGeo
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryIndexHash
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryIndex
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryIndexHandle
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryIndexPrioQueue
///
/// @copydoc GlossaryIndexSkiplist
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/// @page GlossaryCollection
////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Collection}: A collection consists of documents. It is uniquely identified
/// by it's collection identifier. It also has a unique name.
///
/// @page GlossaryCollectionIdentifier
//////////////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Collection Identifier}: A collection identifier identifies a collection
/// in a database. It is an integer and is unique within the database.
///
/// @page GlossaryCollectionName
////////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Collection Name}: A collection name identifies a collection in a
/// database. It is an string and is unique within the database. Unlike the
/// collection identifier it is supplied by the creator of the collection. The
/// collection name can consist of letters, digits and the characters @LIT{_} and
/// @LIT{-}. However, the first character must be a letter.
///
/// @page GlossaryDocument
//////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Document}: Documents in ArangoDB are JSON objects. These objects can be
/// nested (to any depth) and may contains lists. Each document is unique identified
/// by its document handle.
///
/// @page GlossaryDocumentEtag
//////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Document Etag}: The document revision enclosed in double quotes.
///
/// @page GlossaryDocumentHandle
////////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Document Handle}: A document handle uniquely identifies a document in
/// the database. It is a string and consists of a collection identifier and a
/// document identifier separated by @LIT{/}.
///
/// @page GlossaryDocumentIdentifier
////////////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Document Identifier}: A document identifier identifies a document in a
/// given collection. It is an integer and is unique within the collection of the
/// document.
///
/// @page GlossaryDocumentRevision
//////////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Document Revision}: As AvocaodDB supports MVCC, documents can exist in
/// more than one revision. The document revision is the MVCC token used to
/// identify a particular revision of a document. It is an integer and unique
/// within the list of document revision for a single document. Earlier revision
/// of a document have smaller numbers. In order to find a particular revision
/// of a document, you need the document handle and the document revision.
///
/// @page GlossaryEdge
//////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Edge}: Edges in ArangoDB are special documents. In addition to the
/// internal attributes @LIT{_id} and @LIT{_rev}, they have two attributes
/// @LIT{_form} and @LIT{_to}, which contain document handles namely the
/// start-point and the end-point of the edge.
///
/// @page GlossaryEdgeCollection
////////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Edge Collection}: Edge collections are special collection where
/// edge documents live. Instead of using @LIT{db}, one must use @LIT{edges}
/// to access the edge collection.
///
/// @page GlossaryIndexGeo
//////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Geo Index}: A geo index is used to find places on the surface of the
/// earth fast.
///
/// @page GlossaryIndexHash
///////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Hash Index}: A hash index is used to find documents based on examples.
///
/// @page GlossaryIndex
///////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Index}: Indexes are used to allow fast access to documents. For each
/// collection there is always the primary index which is a hash index for
/// the document identifier.
///
/// @page GlossaryIndexHandle
/////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Index Handle}: An index handle uniquely identifies an index in the
/// database. It is a string and consists of a collection identifier and a
/// index identifier separated by @LIT{/}.
///
/// @page GlossaryIndexPrioQueue
////////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Priority Queue}: A priority queue based on an attribute of the
/// documents.
///
/// @page GlossaryIndexSkiplist
///////////////////////////////
///
/// @GE{Skiplist Index}: A skiplist is used to find ranges of documents.
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