A list of values for specifying vendors A list of values for specifying hardware vulgo x86 A list of values for commonly used edition names. Category nodes or product families that refer to operating systems The patch level, e.g., of Windows OSes is specified with a service pack number of form "SP1", "SP1a", "SP2", "SP3", etc. No leading zeros (e.g. "SP01") are used! Some versions area expressed using a year. Please use all four digits. The language version of the software specified using a language code following ISO 639; if a two-letter code exists, the two-letter code is chosen; otherwise, the three-letter code is used. For example, German is specified as 'de', English as 'en', etc. The release date as addition to a version in YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. "2004-05-05"). An attribute to a version, e.g. "stable". Version information is given by providing version, revision, and - if desired - subrevision separated by dots. Examples are "1.2", "1.2.1". Additionally, operators ">", "<", ">=" and "<=" can be prefixed or ranges can be given by using a dash for separation. Examples are "<=1.2.24" and "1.2.12-1.2.15". Finally, the wildcard "x" can be given for revision and subrevision. Examples are "1.2.x" and "2.x". Wildcards cannot be combined with ranges or operators. |<=|>=)[0-9]+\.([0-9]+)(\.[0-9]+)?)]]> In some instances, version information is given as a single number such as "1", "2", etc. Operators ">", "<", ">=" and "<=" can be prefixed or ranges can be given by using a dash for separation. Examples are "<=4" and "1-3". |<=|>=)[0-9]+]]> This attribute specifies the vendor of a product family. It applies to product families and category nodes that subsume products of a single vendor. This attribute only applies to applications. It specifies all the operating systems a given application runs on. This attribute only applies to operating systems. It specifies all the hardware platforms a given operating system runs on. OS The category of all operating systems Mainframe The category of all Mainframe OSes Mobile Computing The category of all mobile computing OSes Network The category of all Network OSes Cisco The category of all Cisco OSes Telecommunication The category of all Telecommunication OSes, i.e. for telephone installations Unix-like The category of all Unix-like OSes Unix The category of all Unix OSes, including BSD-derivates Linux The category of all Linux OSes Windows The category of all Windows OSes Applications The category of all applications Business The category of all business applications. Client The category of all client applications. Webbrowser The category of all webbrowser products. Mail and Groupware The category of all mail and groupware client products. Remote Access The category of all remote login and remote administration client applications. Multimedia The category of all multimedia products, i.e. movie player. File Transfer The category of all file transfer clients, i.e. ftp clients. Office The category of all office products. Adobe The category of all adobe products. Microsoft Office The category of all MS Office Products. Programming Programming languages, run-time environments, etc. Security The category of all security applications. Antivirus The category of all antivirus products. Crypto The category of all crypto application products. Firewall The category of all firewall products. Personal Firewalls The category of all personal firewalls. IDS and Monitoring The category of all intrusion detection systems and similar monitoring products. Host based IDS The category of all host based intrusion detection systems. VPN The category of all VPN application products. Server The category of all applications with server functionality. Application The category of all application server products. Backup The category of all backup server products. Database The category of all database server products. MS SQL Server The category of Microsoft SQL-Server Products Directory The category of all directory server products. File The category of all file server products. Infrastructure The category of all infrastructure server products. DNS The category of all DNS server products. Mail and Groupware The category of all mail and groupware server products. Network Management The category of all network management server products. Proxy The category of all web proxy server products. Remote Access The category of all remote access and remote administration server products. System Management The category of all system management server products. Web The category of all web server products. Hardware The hardware category Host The category of all host/pc hardware RISC Architecture The category of all RISC architecture hardware, i.e. SUN SPARC workstations. X86 Architecture The category of all x86 architecture hardware, i.e. PCs. Mobile Computing The category of all mobile computing hardware, i.e. handhelds. Network Components The category of all hardware network components, i.e. switches. WLAN The category of all wireless LAN hardware. Router The category of all router hardware. Switch The category of all switch hardware. Standard, Specification The category for standards and specifications Crypto Technique The category of all crypto techniques, i.e. pgp. Network Protocol The category of all network protocols, i.e. tcp, H.323, IPSec. MySQL The MySQL database server product family mysql win unix-like Versions of MySQL are given as version and revision such as "4.1". Windows NT Server 4.0 The Windows NT Server Family Windows NT Standard Edition Windows NT Enterprise Edition Windows NT Terminal Server Edition ms iA32 iA64 Windows 2000 The Windows 2000 product family Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Datacenter Server ms iA32 iA64 Some products are available both in 32 and 64 bit edition. Windows XP The Windows XP product family Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Windows XP Media Center Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition ms iA32 iA64 Some products are available both in 32 and 64 bit edition. Windows Server 2003 The Windows Server 2003 product family Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Windows Server 2003 Web Edition ms iA32 iA64 Some products are available both in 32 and 64 bit edition. Windows 9x Windows Home The product family of Windows consumer operating systems (9x and ME) Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows Millenium Edition ms iA32 Apache HTTP Server The Apache HTTP Server is a web server. apache win unix_like IIS Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Server is a web server. win ms The version of IIS is given as version and revision, e.g., "6.0". Notice that IIS as a Windows component may be modified/patched by OS service packs! Microsoft SQL Server 2005 ms win MS SQL Server 2005 will be available both in 32 bit (iA32) and 64 bit (iA64) editions. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 family consists of various database server products. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Edition MSDE 2000 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition ms win According to MS, all SQL Server 2000 products are available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish The enterprise edition is available for 32 bit (iA32) and 64 bit (iA64) MS SQL Server (pre 2000) The predecessor of the MS SQL Server 2000 family was simply called MS SQL Server; the last version to date is MS SQL Server 7.0 Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Edition Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition ms win The version information for SQL Server is given in the form 'x.y', e.g., '7.0'. Acrobat The Adobe Acrobat product family contains software for viewing and manipulating PDF files: the emphasis is not on authoring but on managing PDF files (DRM, adding/managing comments, revision management, etc.). The low-end member of this family, Acrobat Reader, is freeware and can be considered a standard component of at least Windows and MacOS. Because the other members of the product family build on the Acrobat Reader, security bugs present in Acrobat Reader are very likely to also occur in all other members. Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader is the freeware product within the acrobat family with which PDF files can be viewed. Acrobat Elements Acrobat Elements enriches the basic Acrobat Reader with capabilities for printing to PDF files from other applications as well as some very basic DRM support (password protection, restrictions on printing) for PDF-files. Acrobat Standard Acrobat Standard enriches Acrobat Elements with document management capabilities such as crypto support (encryption, signing), revision and comment management. Acrobat Standard Acrobat Professional enriches Acrobat Standard to include more powerful features into PDF files: for example, users of the freeware Acrobat reader can be enabled to use commenting tools and complex forms can be built. adobe win unix_like An example of a product version is "7.0.1". Java 2 Platform Sun's Java 2 Platform provides both tools for developing Java programs (packaged as JDK -- Java Development Kit) and a a run-time environment ("virtual machine") for running Java programs (packaged as JRE -- Java Runtime Engine) all kinds of operating systems. Note that the JDK bundle includes the JRE! Java 2 Runtime Engine Standard Edition (JRE SE) Java 2 Development Kit Standard Edition (JRE SE) Java 2 Runtime Engine Enterprise Edition (JRE EE) Java 2 Development Kit Enterprise Edition (JRE EE) sun win unix_like Examples of product versions are "1.4.2" and "1.5.0". Attention: Sun has started marketing versions "1.5.x" as "5.x" -- please continue to use "1.5.x" within CMSI. Somtimes, you will find version information such as "1.4.2_8", where the '5' refers to the update. Please use the attribute 'Update' to specify update information! In version information given by Sun such as "1.4.2_8", the '8' refers to the 8th update. Microsoft ISA Server Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server provides the following functionality: stateful packet and application-layer inspection firewall, virtual private network (VPN), and Web cache solution. Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Microsoft ISA Server 2004 ms win Later versions of the ISA server come in two flavors: 'standard' and 'enterprise'. Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Exchange is an email-centered collaboration server. Exchange Server 5.5 Exchange 2000 Server Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server Exchange Server 2003 ms win Microsoft Life Communications Server Microsoft Life Communication is a real-time communication/collaboration server. Microsoft Life Communication Server 2005 ms win Microsoft Office Communicator Microsoft Office Communicator is a real-time communication/collaboration client. Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 ms win Services for Unix Windows Services for UNIX enables Windows and UNIX clients and servers to share network resources, integrates account management, simplifies cross-platform management, and provides a full UNIX scripting and application execution environment that runs natively on Windows. ms win Versions for Services for Unix are given as version and revision, e.g., "3.5" Outlook Express Outlook Express is a mail reader that is shipped as a component of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. ms win Versions for Outlook Express are given as version and revision, e.g., "5.5", possibly together with a service pack. Internet Explorer Microsoft's Internet Explorer is a web browser that is tightly coupled with the Microsoft Windows operating system. There used to be a stand-alone version for Mac OS which has been discontinued. ms win Versions for Internet Explorer are given as version and revision, e.g., "5.5", possibly together with a service pack. MS Office 2000 MS Office 2000 bundles several office applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, etc. MS Word 2000 MS Excel 2000 MS Powerpoint 2000 MS Access 2000 MS Outlook 2000 MS Project 2000 MS Publisher 2000 MS Visio 2000 ms win Service packs usually treat the whole office suite; hotfixes for a single product are therefore based on some service pack for MS Office. MS Office XP MS Office XP bundles several office applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, etc. MS Word XP MS Excel XP MS Powerpoint XP MS Access XP MS Outlook XP MS Project XP MS Publisher XP MS Visio XP ms win Service packs usually treat the whole office suite; hotfixes for a single product are therefore based on some service pack for MS Office. MS Office 2003 MS Office 2003 bundles several office applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, etc. MS Word 2003 MS Excel 2003 MS Powerpoint 2003 MS Access 2003 MS Outlook 2003 MS Project 2003 MS Publisher 2003 MS Visio 2003 ms win Service packs usually treat the whole office suite; hotfixes for a single product are therefore based on some service pack for MS Office.