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diff --git a/docs/source/contents.rst b/docs/source/contents.rst index c4582bd..2613984 100644 --- a/docs/source/contents.rst +++ b/docs/source/contents.rst @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ What is ASN.1 ------------- ASN.1 is a large, arguably over-engineered and extremely old data modelling and -serialization tool. It is probably among the first serialization protocols in +serialisation tool. It is probably among the first serialisation protocols in the history of computer science and technology. -ASN.1 started its life over 30 years ago as a serialization mechanism for the first +ASN.1 started its life over 30 years ago as a serialisation mechanism for the first electronic mail (known as X.400). Later on if was split off the e-mail application and become a stand-alone tech still being actively supported by its designers and widely used in industry and technology. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Since then ASN.1 is sort of haunted by its relations with the OSI model -- the first, unsuccessful, version of the Internet. You can read many interesting `discussions <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8871453>`_ on that topic. -In the following years, generations of software engineers tackled the serialization +In the following years, generations of software engineers tackled the serialisation problem many times. We can see that in Google's `ProtoBuffers <https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/>`_ or `FlatBuffers <https://google.github.io/flatbuffers/>`_, for example. Interestingly, many new takes on binary protocol design do not depart @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Looking at what ASN.1 has to offer, it has three loosely coupled parts: (integers, bits, strings, arrays and records) that can be used for describing arbitrarily complex, nested data structures. -* Serialization protocols: the above data structures could be converted into a +* Serialisation protocols: the above data structures could be converted into a series of octets for storage or transmission over the wire as well as recovered back into their structured form. The system is fully agnostic to hardware architectures differences. |