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   Metacosm Development Team
   Revision History
   Revision M1  July, 15th 2001
   Conversion to DocBook SGML. Removed obsolete terms and terms defined
   in other RFCs.
   Revision 1.5 2000            Revised by: Janselmeer
   Addition of Action, Interaction, Dialog, Event, Events System,
   EventsDispatcher.
   Revision 1.4 2000            Revised by: Janselmeer
   Addition of model and action controllers, update of controller.
   Revision 1.3 2000            Revised by: Janselmeer
   Addition of AI, Population, Mission, Quest - hypertext links.
   Revision 1.2 2000            Revised by: Janselmeer
   Addition of Bot.
   Revision 1.1 1999            Revised by: Janselmeer
   First version in SGML.
   Revision 1.0 1999            Revised by: Janselmeer
   First version in HTML
   
   This document contains a glossar of terms unrelated to any RFC.
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Glossary

   Artificial Intelligence
          In a broad sense, all that allows to provide an illusion of
          intelligence.
          
   Action Controller
          An action controller translates commands from a player or from
          an AI into actions of the controlled entity.
          
          See Also: Artificial Intelligence, Controller, Entity.
          
   Bot
          Entity which is controlled by a non player (AI, script).
          Generally, a bot stands for a creature rather than for an
          entity of another kind.
          
          See Also: Creature, Entity, Artificial Intelligence.
          
   Controller
          A controller is an object (in an object oriented meaning)
          associated to an entity; it is entrusted by the entity to
          realize complex behaviours. By analogy, the controller would be
          the brains of a creature whereas the entity would be its
          corpse. However, an entity can possess several controllers and
          change controllers.
          
          A controller is a player, an AI, a script...
          
          See Also: Creature, Entity, Artificial Intelligence.
          
   Creature
          
          + A creature is an entity.
          + creature possesses members which it uses in order to move and
            to act upon other entities.
          + A creature possesses skills which can evolve.
          + A creature is born, lives and dies.
          + A creature has needs: to feed, to sleep, to assuage its
            impulses.
          + A creature is able to breed. Characteristics of a species
            evolve.
          + A creature possesses unique identity and description which
            allow to distinguish it
            
          See Also: Entity.
          
   Karma
          
     What constitutes the essence of a being.
     
     Fundamental principle of Hindu religions which is based on
     conception of human life as a link in a chain of lives (samsara),
     each life determined by the acts accomplished in the previous life.
     
          Points awarded to a player in order to reward her for her
          role-play. If a player does not respect by her acts the
          objectives that she fixed in her life, she does not earn Karma
          and she can even lose some. A player can use Karma points to
          resuscitate, to reincarnate into a new creature...
          
          See Also: Creature.
          
   Model Controller
          A Model controller maintains the controlled Entity state and
          updates the attributes of the Entity when needed.
          
          See Also: entity, Controller.