D-Bus AT-SPI

This version of at-spi is a major break from previous versions. It has been completely rewritten to use D-Bus rather than ORBIT / CORBA for its transport protocol.

A page including instructions for testing, project status and TODO items is kept up to date at:

    http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/AT-SPI_on_D-Bus

The mailing list used for general questions is:

    [email protected]

For bug reports, feature requests, patches or enhancements please use bugzilla. The freedesktop project name is at-spi2.

    http://bugs.freedesktop.org

A git repository with the latest development code is available at:

git://git.gnome.org/at-spi2-core

More information

The project was started with a D-Bus performance review the results of which are available on the GNOME wiki. Keep in mind that the D-Bus AT-SPI design documents on this page have not been kept up to date.

    http://live.gnome.org/GAP/AtSpiDbusInvestigation/

Other sources of relevant information about AT-SPI and Accessibility include:

    http://live.gnome.org/Accessibility
    http://www.sun.com/software/star/gnome/accessibility/architecture.xml
    http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/atk.php
    http://www.gnome.org/~billh/at-spi-idl/html/

Contents of this package

This package includes the protocol definitions for the new D-Bus at-spi.

Also included is the daemon neccessary for forwarding device events and registering accessible applicaitons.

Directory structure

The directories within this package are arranged as follows:

xml 

    This directory contains XML documents describing
    the D-Bus protocol in a subset of Telepathy XML.

tools

    Miscellaneous tools. Mostly for converting protocol
    XML into D-Bus introspection, 'C' types and documentation.

registryd

    The registry daemon code. The registry daemon
    keeps a register of accessible applications and presents
    this to clients (ATs).
    It is also responsible for delivering device events.