OpenSync Terminology

This page is intented for OpenSync users. For more technical oriented see the  glossary.

term	explanation
Akonadi	Storage service for personal information management (PIM) data and meta data. See Wikipedia article.
DUN	The Dial-up Networking Bluetooth Profile
format-plugin
group	A OpenSync container to hold the members for syncing.
MAC	Media Access Control. See Wikipedia article.
SyncML master
member	Part of a group holding the configuration for a peer.
MultiSync
OBEX	Abbreviation of OBject EXchange is a communications protocol that facilitates the exchange of binary objects between devices. See Wikipedia article.
peer	other wording for a group member.
OMA	Open Mobile Alliance. See Wikipedia article.
OMA DS	OMA specification for Data Synchronization using SyncML.
OMA DM	OMA specification for Device Management using SyncML.
OMA DM DDF	DDF means Device Description Framework. The term is defined in ''OMA Device Management Tree and Description'' including the WBXML specification.
SyncML slave
slow-sync	Synchronization mode where all group members send all entries to the syncronization master, instead of just sending the latest changes.
sync-plugin
SyncML	Synchronization Markup Language. See Wikipedia article.
Telecal	Some mobiles use syncml stack made by Telecal.
WBXML	WAP Binary XML (WBXML) is a binary representation of XML. Wikipedia
Wireless Village	Wireless Village @wikipedia: set of specifications for mobile instant messaging and presence services. It is intended to be a standard for cellphones and mobile devices to use these services across platforms.