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* Convert to DocBook 5.

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* Use Jing for RelaxNG validation, xmllint seems buggy.
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<appendix><title>Glossary</title>
<appendix xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<title>Glossary</title>
<glosslist>
<glossentry id="gloss-derivation"><glossterm>derivation</glossterm>
<glossentry xml:id="gloss-derivation"><glossterm>derivation</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>A description of a build action. The result of a
derivation is a store object. Derivations are typically specified
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</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-substitute"><glossterm>substitute</glossterm>
<glossentry xml:id="gloss-substitute"><glossterm>substitute</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>A substitute is a command invocation stored in the
Nix database that describes how to build a store object, bypassing
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</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-reference"><glossterm>reference</glossterm>
<glossentry xml:id="gloss-reference"><glossterm>reference</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>A store path <varname>P</varname> is said to have a
reference to a store path <varname>Q</varname> if the store object
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</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-closure"><glossterm>closure</glossterm>
<glossentry xml:id="gloss-closure"><glossterm>closure</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>The closure of a store path is the set of store
paths that are directly or indirectly “reachable” from that store
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</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-output-path"><glossterm>output path</glossterm>
<glossentry xml:id="gloss-output-path"><glossterm>output path</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>A store path produced by a derivation.</para></glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-deriver"><glossterm>deriver</glossterm>
<glossentry xml:id="gloss-deriver"><glossterm>deriver</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>The deriver of an <link
linkend="gloss-output-path">output path</link> is the store
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</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-validity"><glossterm>validity</glossterm>
<glossentry xml:id="gloss-validity"><glossterm>validity</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>A store path is considered
<emphasis>valid</emphasis> if it exists in the file system, is
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</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-user-env"><glossterm>user environment</glossterm>
<glossentry xml:id="gloss-user-env"><glossterm>user environment</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>An automatically generated store object that
consists of a set of symlinks to “active” applications, i.e., other
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</glossentry>
<glossentry id="gloss-profile"><glossterm>profile</glossterm>
<glossentry xml:id="gloss-profile"><glossterm>profile</glossterm>
<glossdef><para>A symlink to the current <link
linkend="gloss-user-env">user environment</link> of a user, e.g.,