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     [May 1994]
     (8 May 2002 REVISED)
 
     DIRECTORIES
 
   * The top directory of the server is "pub".
 
   * The second level of the directory hierarchy consists of:
 
     authors
     titles
     introductory
     filetypes
     languages
     compilations
 
     All directories other than the authors directory contain symbolic
     links which point to files under the authors hierarchy, and serve
     as cross-references.
 
   * The third level of the directory hierarchy includes the
     categories of authors along with doctrinal description.  A
     message at this directory level provides the following doctrinal
     description:
 
     bahaullah            Baha'u'llah, Founder of the Baha'i Faith.
     bab                  The Bab, Forerunner of the Baha'i Dispensation.
     abdulbaha            Abdu'l-Baha, son of Baha'u'llah.
     shoghi_effendi       Shoghi Effendi, grandson of Abdu'l-Baha.
     house_justice        The Universal House of Justice.
     other                Other Baha'i authors.
 
     This message is automatically  displayed whenever a user
     changes into this directory for the first time in the session.
 
   * The next level of the directory hierarchy is the titles of
     works.  This is an abbreviated version of the name of the book,
     from 5 - 12 characters in length which uses a period as a
     lexical divider, where appropriate.
 
     Example:  tab.div.plan for Tablets of the Divine Plan
 
     Note: "other" contains author directories; the titles are
     below the authors.
 
   * Etext files are found below the title directories.
 
     A methodology of file naming has been used to keep file
     names brief, legible, descriptive, unique and evolutionary.
 
     Filenames include codes to distinguish:
 
     Unique titles
     Volume numbers
     Languages
     File format
     Version numbers
     File types
 
     Example:  tab1-eng-ps02.zip
 
     In the above example, "tab1" would already be identified in the
     titles directory as "tab.abd.1" for Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha,
     volume 1.
 
     Following is a breakdown description of the above example:
 
     tab       Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha
     1         first volume
     eng       English language
     ps        postscript file format
     02        second version
     zip       a zip archive (see TYPES).
 
 
     The rules established for filenames are as follows:
 
     Titles of works are identified by a unique letter code,
     2-4 characters in length.
 
     Volume number (if any) come after the title code, and are
     followed by a hyphen.
 
     Languages are identified by a unique letter code, 3-4
     characters in length, and are be followed by a hyphen.
 
     File format is identified by a unique 2-3 letter code.
 
     Version number follows the file format code.  All versions are
     be numbered, including the first.  The version number is be
     followed by a period.
 
     File type follows the period and is identified by a unique
     1-3 letter code.
 
 
     Bryn Deamer, Etext Account Manager
     Baha'i World Centre Library
 
     email:  etext@bwc.org
 
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