The following table summarizes naming categories of the modules, including external ones and planned ones.
binary.*Utilities to treat binary data.
compat.*Provides compatibility layers.
control.*Control structures, such as multithreading utilities
data.*Implementations of various data structures.
dbi.*, dbd.*Database independent interface layer and drivers.
dbm.*DBM interface
gauche.*Stuffs more or less considered as Gauche core features.
gl.*OpenGL binding and related libraries (external package).
gtk.*GTk+ binding and related libraries (external package).
file.*Manipulating files and directories.
lang.*Language-related libraries, artificial and/or natural (planned).
math.*Mathematics.
os.*Features for specific OSes.
parser.*Parsers
rfc.*Implementations of net protocols defined in RFC’s.
scheme.*R7RS libraries
srfi.*SRFI implementations.
sxml.*SXML libraries.
text.*Libraries dealing with text data.
util.*Generic implementations of various algorithms.
www.*Implementations of various protocols and formats mainly used in WWW.