\chapter{Introduction}
\label{chapter:introduction}

This paper describes the design and communication protocol of the umcd,
which stands for \emph{U}ser \emph{M}ade \emph{C}ontent \emph{D}aemon. The
name was first used by Shadow master.

The server has several new features planned:
\begin{description}
\item[Dependency tracking]


\item[Translated messages]

\item[Wescamp integration]
	The translations are separate. Automatic updates with Wescamp.

\item[Asio]
	The network handling is switched to Boost asio.

\end{description}
