Filename: IAFA-PACKAGES

This file contains records with the following fields. The record is
started and delimited from other records by the "Package-Name" field.

Any number of these files may exist in the archive.


Package-Name:	Name of the file or directory containing the package

Title:		Title of the package

Version:	This field can be used if a version number or string is
		associated with the package

Description:	Description of the function of the programs in the package

Author:		Name and Email address of authors if available

Maintained-by:	This field should be included when the current maintainer
		of the package is known. Contact information should be
		included

Maintained-at:	Host name of the "home" of the package if known. This is
		the site at which the most uptodate version of the package
		would be expected to be found

Platforms:	Any requirements or restrictions that the package may
		have in terms of hardware or software (OS) platforms.
		The programming language the package is written in should
		be included.

Copying-Policy:	The status of the package for copying purposes. (See Note
		<2>)

Keywords:	Keywords appropriate for users trying to locate the
		package


Notes on this file.

<1> The most common entries for this field would be "Public Domain" or
    "Freely Redistributable" or "Voluntary Payment" (shareware). However
    since a record may exist for software packages not resident on the
    AFA, this field may be entered as "Proprietary" or some other form of
    restricted access


Example record for the IAFA-PACKAGES file.

Package-Name:	xarchie.tar.Z
Title:		xarchie
Version:	1.3
Description:	This program provides and X11 interface to the archie
		database. It allows the user to locate and retrieve files
		found on anonymous FTP archive sites around the world.
Author:		George Ferguson (ferguson@cs.rochester.edu)
Maintained-by:	George Ferguson (ferguson@cs.rochester.edu)
Maintained-at:	FTP.cs.rochester.edu
Platforms:	X11 based program written in C. Known to run on Sun 3's 
		and Sun 4's under SunOS 3.X and 4.X
Copying-policy:	Freely Redistributable. Copyright held by author.
Keywords:	archie, X11, anonymous FTP archive, software location