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A Dictionary Server Protocol
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Network Working Group R. Faith
Request for Comments: 2229 U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Category: Informational B. Martin
Miranda Productions
October 1997
A Dictionary Server Protocol
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1997). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
The Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT) is a TCP transaction based
query/response protocol that allows a client to access dictionary
definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ......................................... 2
1.1. Requirements ......................................... 3
2. Protocol Overview .................................... 3
2.1. Link Level ........................................... 3
2.2. Lexical Tokens ....................................... 3
2.3. Commands ............................................. 4
2.4. Responses ............................................ 5
2.4.1. Status Responses ..................................... 5
2.4.2. General Status Responses ............................. 6
2.4.3. Text Responses ....................................... 6
3. Command and Response Details ......................... 7
3.1. Initial Connection ................................... 7
3.2. The DEFINE Command ................................... 9
3.3. The MATCH Command .................................... 10
3.4. A Note on Virtual Databases .......................... 12
3.5. The SHOW Command ..................................... 13
3.5.1. SHOW DB .............................................. 13
3.5.2. SHOW STRAT ........................................... 13
3.5.3. SHOW INFO ............................................ 14
3.5.4. SHOW SERVER .......................................... 14
3.6. The CLIENT Command ................................... 15
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