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diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_chap1.xml b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_chap1.xml index 9dfeb5efe4..035e934ed2 100644 --- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_chap1.xml +++ b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_chap1.xml @@ -32,38 +32,38 @@ <rev>C</rev> <file>Mnesia_chap1.xml</file> </header> - <p>The <c>Mnesia</c> application provides a heavy duty real-time + <p>The Mnesia application provides a heavy duty real-time distributed database.</p> <section> <title>Scope</title> <p>This User's Guide describes how to - build <c>Mnesia</c> database applications, and how to integrate - and use the <c>Mnesia</c> database management system with + build Mnesia database applications, and how to integrate + and use the Mnesia database management system with OTP. Programming constructs are described, and numerous programming examples are included to illustrate the use of - <c>Mnesia</c>.</p> + Mnesia.</p> <p>This User's Guide is organized as follows:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item><seealso marker="Mnesia_overview">Mnesia</seealso> provides an introduction to - <c>Mnesia</c>. + Mnesia. </item> <item><seealso marker="Mnesia_chap2">Getting Started</seealso> - introduces <c>Mnesia</c> with an example database. Examples + introduces Mnesia with an example database. Examples are included how to start an Erlang session, specify a - <c>Mnesia</c> database directory, initialize a database - schema, start <c>Mnesia</c>, and create tables. Initial + Mnesia database directory, initialize a database + schema, start Mnesia, and create tables. Initial prototyping of record definitions is also discussed. </item> <item><seealso marker="Mnesia_chap3">Build a Mnesia Database</seealso> more formally describes the steps - introduced in the previous section, namely the <c>Mnesia</c> - functions that define a database schema, start <c>Mnesia</c>, + introduced in the previous section, namely the Mnesia + functions that define a database schema, start Mnesia, and create the required tables. </item> <item><seealso marker="Mnesia_chap4">Transactions and Other Access Contexts</seealso> - describes the transactions properties that make <c>Mnesia</c> into + describes the transactions properties that make Mnesia into a fault tolerant, real-time distributed database management system. This section also describes the concept of locking to ensure consistency in tables, and "dirty @@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ features include indexing, checkpoints, distribution and fault tolerance, disc-less nodes, replication manipulation, local content tables, concurrency, and object-based programming in - <c>Mnesia</c>. + Mnesia. </item> <item><seealso marker="Mnesia_chap7">Mnesia System Information</seealso> describes the files contained in the - <c>Mnesia</c> database directory, database configuration data, + Mnesia database directory, database configuration data, core and table dumps, as well as the important subject of backup, fall-back, and disaster recovery principles. </item> <item><seealso marker="Mnesia_chap8">Combine Mnesia with - SNMP</seealso> is a short section that outlines <c>Mnesia</c> + SNMP</seealso> is a short section that outlines Mnesia integrated with SNMP. </item> <item><seealso marker="Mnesia_App_A">Appendix A: Backup |