The Haver Chat Protocol: A Primer
An enlightening guide by Eric Goodwin
Version 0.01 (July 26, 2006)
So, you want to know about Haver, do you? What's that? Of course you do! Get something to snack on, and have
a seat. This guide will give you a crash-course in the protocol that will surely become the Next Big Thing in
internet communications.
Chapter 1: Introduction
- 1.1 - History
- 1.2 - What Haver Really Isn't
- 1.3 - Purpose of This Primer
Chapter 2: Nuts and Bolts
- 2.1 - A Protocol Example
- 2.2 - How the Protocol Works: Formatting
- 2.3 - The Wonderful World of Entities
- 2.4 - An Entity By Any Other Name
Chapter 3: Saying Hello
- 3.1 - Halt, Who Goes There
- 3.2 - Hi, I'm Bob
- 3.3 - Ghosts in the Machine
Chapter 4: Talk is Cheap
- 4.1 - Join the Club
- 4.2 - Communication At Its Finest
- 4.3 - Private Communication At Its Finest
- 4.4 - I Want My Own Channel
- 4.5 - Sometimes You Just Need a List
- 4.6 - Getting the Facts
Chapter 5: The Authentication Process
- 5.1 - The Power of Passcodes
- 5.2 - Where Everyone Knows Your Name
- 5.3 - Let's See Some ID, Buddy
Chapter 6: When Things Go Wrong
- 6.1 - Sorry, You Can't Do That
- 6.2 - The Big List 'o Failure
- 6.3 - Disobeying the Protocol and Other Crimes
Appendix A: Misc.
Appendix B: Changelog
Copyright © 2006 Eric Goodwin
This document is licenced under the terms of the GFDL.
See haverdev.org for more info about Haver.