<s>
Linux	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Map	I-Application
(	O
LSM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
standard	O
text	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
describing	O
Linux	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LSM	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
methods	O
for	O
announcing	O
a	O
new	O
software	O
release	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
program	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
distributed	O
widely	O
,	O
an	O
LSM	O
file	O
may	O
be	O
created	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
normally	O
in	O
a	O
file	O
called	O
software_package_name.lsm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
one	O
field	B-Application
on	O
each	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
field	B-Application
name	O
is	O
separated	O
from	O
the	O
value	O
by	O
a	O
colon	O
(	O
:	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	B-Application
in	O
its	O
entirety	O
,	O
or	O
one	O
can	O
perform	O
limited	O
queries	B-Library
using	O
a	O
web	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
maintainer	O
of	O
man-db	B-Protocol
eventually	O
decided	O
to	O
stop	O
maintaining	O
its	O
LSM	O
data	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
perceived	O
obsolescence	O
of	O
LSM	O
.	O
</s>
