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diff --git a/impl-merchant.rst b/impl-merchant.rst deleted file mode 100644 index a4b6be42..00000000 --- a/impl-merchant.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -.. - This file is part of GNU TALER. - Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 INRIA - TALER is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the - terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software - Foundation; either version 2.1, or (at your option) any later version. - TALER is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY - WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR - A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. - You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with - TALER; see the file COPYING. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> - - @author Marcello Stanisci - @author Florian Dold - -================================= -Merchant Reference Implementation -================================= - -.. _merchant-arch: - ------------------------ -Architectural Overview ------------------------ - -NOTE: this paragraph mirrors the (initial) one in the merchant's API -section. - -The merchant reference implementationis divided into two independent -compontents, the `frontend` and the `backend`. - -The `frontend` is the existing shopping portal of the merchant. -The architecture tries to minimize the amount of modifications necessary -to the `frontend` as well as the trust that needs to be placed into the -`frontend` logic. Taler requires the frontend to facilitate two -JSON-based interactions between the wallet and the `backend`, and -one of those is trivial. - -The `backend` is a standalone C application intended to implement all -the cryptographic routines required to interact with the Taler wallet -and a Taler exchange. |