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XSTANDARDS(7)		Miscellaneous Information Manual	   XSTANDARDS(7)

NAME
     XStandards - X Window System Standards and Specifications

DESCRIPTION
     The  major  goal  of the X Consortium was to promote cooperation within the
     computer industry in the creation of standard software  interfaces  at  all
     layers in the X Window System environment.  The X Consortium produced stan-
     dards  - documents which defined network protocols, programming interfaces,
     and other aspects of the X environment.  These standards continue to  exist
     in the X.Org Foundation releases.	The X.Org Foundation also produces spec-
     ifications.   Like X Window System Standards, these are documents which de-
     fine network protocols, programming interfaces, and other aspects of the  X
     environment.  Under the aegis of The Open Group, X Window System standards,
     X.Org Foundation specifications, and other specifications are the basis for
     portions of The Open Group's various CAE specifications.

     The  status  of  various standards, specifications, and the software in the
     X11R7.0 distribution, is explained below.

STANDARDS
     The following documents are X Window System standards:

     X Window System Protocol
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Robert W. Scheifler

     Xlib - C Language X Interface
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     James Gettys, Robert W. Scheifler, Ron Newman

     X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Joel McCormack, Paul Asente, Ralph R. Swick, Donna Converse

     Bitmap Distribution Format
     Version 2.1
     X Version 11, Release 7.0

     Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual
     Version 2.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     David Rosenthal, Stuart W. Marks

     Compound Text Encoding
     Version 1.1
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Robert W. Scheifler

     X Logical Font Description Conventions
     Version 1.5
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Jim Flowers, Stephen Gildea

     X Display Manager Control Protocol
     Version 1.1
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Keith Packard

     X11 Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension
     Version 1.0.1
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Keith Packard

     X11 Input Extension Protocol Specification
     Version 1.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     George Sachs, Mark Patrick

     X11 Input Extension Library Specification
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Mark Patrick, George Sachs

     The X Font Service Protocol
     Version 2.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Jim Fulton

     Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Protocol
     Version 1.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Robert Scheifler, Jordan Brown

     Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Library
     Version 1.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Ralph Mor

     X Session Management Protocol
     Version 1.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Mike Wexler

     X Session Management Library
     Version 1.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Ralph Mor

     The Input Method Protocol
     Version 1.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Masahiko Narita, Hideki Hiura

     X Synchronization Extension
     Version 3.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Tim Glauert, Dave Carver, Jim Gettys, David P. Wiggins

     XTEST Extension
     Version 2.2
     Kieron Drake

     Big Requests Extension
     Version 2.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Bob Scheifler

     XC-MISC Extension
     Version 1.1
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Bob Scheifler, Dave Wiggins

     Double Buffer Extension
     Version 1.0
     Ian Elliott, David P. Wiggins

     Record Extension Protocol
     Version 1.13
     Martha Zimet, Stephen Gildea

     Record Extension Library
     Version 1.13
     Martha Zimet, Stephen Gildea

     X Keyboard Extension Protocol
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Erik Fortune

     X Keyboard Extension Library
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Amber J. Benson, Gary Aitken, Erik Fortune, Donna Converse,
     George Sachs, and Will Walker

     X Print Extension Protocol
     X Version 11, Release 7.0

     X Print Extension Library
     X Version 11, Release 7.0

     X Application Group Extension Protocol and Library
     Version 1.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Kaleb Keithley

     X Security Extension Protocol and Library
     Version 4.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Dave Wiggins

     X Proxy Manager Protocol
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Ralph Swick

     LBX Extension Protocol and Library
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Keith Packard, Dave Lemke, Donna Converse, Ralph Mor, Ray Tice

     Remote Execution MIME Type
     Version 1.0
     X Version 11, Release 7.0
     Arnaud Le Hors

SPECIFICATIONS
     The following documents are X Project Team specifications:

     Colormap Utilization Policy and Extension
     Version 1.0
     Kaleb Keithley

     Extended Visual Information Extension
     Version 1.0
     Peter Daifuku

     X Display Power Management (DPMS) Extension Protocol and Library
     Version 1.0
     Rob Lembree

INCLUDE FILES
     The following include files are part of the Xlib standard.

     <X11/cursorfont.h>
     <X11/keysym.h>
     <X11/keysymdef.h>
     <X11/X.h>
     <X11/Xatom.h>
     <X11/Xcms.h>
     <X11/Xlib.h>
     <X11/Xlibint.h>
     <X11/Xproto.h>
     <X11/Xprotostr.h>
     <X11/Xresource.h>
     <X11/Xutil.h>
     <X11/X10.h>

     The following include files are part of the X Toolkit Intrinsics standard.

     <X11/Composite.h>
     <X11/CompositeP.h>
     <X11/Constraint.h>
     <X11/ConstrainP.h>
     <X11/Core.h>
     <X11/CoreP.h>
     <X11/Intrinsic.h>
     <X11/IntrinsicP.h>
     <X11/Object.h>
     <X11/ObjectP.h>
     <X11/RectObj.h>
     <X11/RectObjP.h>
     <X11/Shell.h>
     <X11/ShellP.h>
     <X11/StringDefs.h>
     <X11/Vendor.h>
     <X11/VendorP.h>

     The following include file is part of the Nonrectangular Window  Shape  Ex-
     tension standard.

     <X11/extensions/shape.h>

     The following include files are part of the X Input Extension standard.

     <X11/extensions/XI.h>
     <X11/extensions/XInput.h>
     <X11/extensions/XIproto.h>

     The following include files are part of the ICElib standard.

     <X11/ICE/ICE.h>
     <X11/ICE/ICEconn.h>
     <X11/ICE/ICElib.h>
     <X11/ICE/ICEmsg.h>
     <X11/ICE/ICEproto.h>
     <X11/ICE/ICEutil.h>

     The following include files are part of the SMlib standard.

     <X11/SM/SM.h>
     <X11/SM/SMlib.h>
     <X11/SM/SMproto.h>

     The following include file is part of the Synchronization standard.

     <X11/extensions/sync.h>

     The following include file is part of the XTEST standard.

     <X11/extensions/XTest.h>

     The following include file is part of the Double Buffer Extension standard.

     <X11/extensions/Xdbe.h>

     The following include file is part of the Record Library standard.

     <X11/extensions/record.h>

     The  following  include  files are part of the X Keyboard Extension Library
     standard.

     <X11/XKBlib.h>
     <X11/extensions/XKB.h>
     <X11/extensions/XKBproto.h>
     <X11/extensions/XKBstr.h>
     <X11/extensions/XKBgeom.h>

     The following include files are part of the X Print Extension Library stan-
     dard.

     <X11/extensions/Print.h>
     <X11/extensions/Printstr.h>

     The following include files are part of the X Application	Group  Extension
     Library standard.

     <X11/extensions/Xag.h>
     <X11/extensions/Xagstr.h>

     The  following  include  files are part of the X Security Extension Library
     standard.

     <X11/extensions/security.h>
     <X11/extensions/securstr.h>

     The following include files are part of the LBX Extension library standard.

     <X11/extensions/XLbx.h>
     <X11/extensions/lbxbuf.h>
     <X11/extensions/lbxbufstr.h>
     <X11/extensions/lbxdeltastr.h>
     <X11/extensions/lbximage.h>
     <X11/extensions/lbxopts.h>
     <X11/extensions/lbxstr.h>
     <X11/extensions/lbxzlib.h>

     The following include files are part of the Colormap Utilization Policy and
     Extension specification.

     <X11/extensions/Xcup.h>
     <X11/extensions/Xcupstr.h>

     The following include files are part of  the  Extended  Visual  Information
     specification.

     <X11/extensions/XEVI.h>
     <X11/extensions/XEVIstr.h>

     The  following include files are part of the X Display Management Signaling
     Extension specification.

     <X11/extensions/dpms.h>
     <X11/extensions/dpmsstr.h>

NON STANDARDS
     The X11R7.0 distribution contains sample implementations, not reference im-
     plementations.  Although much of the code is believed to  be  correct,  the
     code should be assumed to be in error wherever it conflicts with the speci-
     fication.

     The  only	X  Window  System standards are the ones listed above.	No other
     documents, include files, or  software  in  X11R7.0  carry  special  status
     within  the  X Window System.  For example, none of the following are stan-
     dards: internal interfaces of the sample server; the MIT-SHM extension; the
     Athena Widget Set; the Xmu library; the Xau library; the RGB database;  the
     X	Locale	database;  the	fonts distributed with X11R7.0; the applications
     distributed   with   X11R7.0;   the    include    files	<X11/XWDFile.h>,
     <X11/Xfuncproto.h>,     <X11/Xfuncs.h>,	<X11/Xosdefs.h>,    <X11/Xos.h>,
     <X11/Xos_r.h>, <X11/Xwinsock.h>, and <X11/Xthreads.h>; the bitmap files  in
     <X11/bitmaps>.

     The  Multi-Buffering extension was a draft standard of the X Consortium but
     has been superseded by DBE as a standard.

X REGISTRY
     The X.Org Foundation maintains a registry of certain  X-related  items,  to
     aid in avoiding conflicts and to aid in sharing of such items.

     The  registry is published as part of the X Window System software release.
     The latest version may also be found at
	  ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/DOCS/registry
     The X Registry and the names in it are not X Window System standards.

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