Improves names

The name binding is related to an internal
concept of the binder. The term API is more
generic. Dont forget that an API can be provided
by more than one binding (but only one at a given
time).

Change-Id: I91b2f3d96de6aace5fcb434cf64df7e8ed61630f
Signed-off-by: José Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>

diff --git a/docs/permissions.md b/docs/permissions.md
index 300a719..434744e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/permissions.md
+++ b/docs/permissions.md
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ framework to keep updated a database of installed permissions.
 
 The permission names are [URN][URN] of the form:
 
-  urn:AGL:permission:<binding>:<level>:<hierarchical-name>
+  urn:AGL:permission:<api>:<level>:<hierarchical-name>
 
 where "AGL" is the NID (the namespace identifier) dedicated to
 AGL (note: a RFC should be produced to standardize this name space).
 
 The permission names are made of NSS (the namespace specific string)
 starting with "permission:" and followed by colon separated
-fields. The 2 first fields are <binding> and <level> and the remaining
+fields. The 2 first fields are <api> and <level> and the remaining
 fields are gouped to form the <hierarchical-name>.
 
-       <binding> ::= [ <pname> ]
+       <api> ::= [ <pname> ]
        
        <pname> ::= 1*<pchars>
        
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ fields are gouped to form the <hierarchical-name>.
        
        <extra> ::= "-" | "." | "_" | "@"
 
-The field <binding> can be made of any valid character for NSS except
-the characters colon and star (:*). This field designate the binding
-providing the permission. It is use to deduce binding requirements
-from permission requirements. The field <binding> can be the empty
+The field <api> can be made of any valid character for NSS except
+the characters colon and star (:*). This field designate the api
+providing the permission. This scheme is used to deduce binding requirements
+from permission requirements. The field <api> can be the empty
 string when the permission is defined by the AGL system itself.
-The field <binding> if starting with the character "@" represents
+The field <api> if starting with the character "@" represents
 a transversal permission not bound to any binding.
 
        <level> ::= 1*<lower>