2001-05-15 Dave Peticolas <dave@krondo.com>

* src/doc/design/engine.texinfo: update docs


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+2001-05-15  Dave Peticolas  <dave@krondo.com>
+
+	* src/doc/design/engine.texinfo: update docs
+
 2001-05-15  Christian Stimming  <stimming@tuhh.de>
 
 	* src/scm/commodity-utilities.scm, report/portfolio.scm: major

src/doc/design/engine.texinfo

@@ -1685,6 +1685,36 @@ Set the description field of @var{trans} to @var{desc}.
 @section Accounts
 @tindex Account
 
+An Account is the Engine abstraction of an, well, an account. Accounts
+contain the following pieces of information:
+
+@table @asis
+
+@item A list of Ledger Entries, or Splits
+The list of debits and credits which apply to the Account. The sum of
+all debits and credits is the account balance.
+
+@item A name
+The name of the Account.
+
+@item A description
+A textual description of the Account.
+
+@item A currency
+The commodity that Splits in the account are valued in, i.e., the
+denomination of the 'value' member of Splits in the account.
+
+@item A security
+For Accounts which may contain shares (such as stock accounts),
+the denomination of the 'share quantity' member of Splits in
+the accounts. For accounts which do not contain shares, the
+security is blank, and the share quantities are denominated
+in the Account currency.
+
+@end table
+
+In addition to the above, Accounts contain a key-value pair frame.
+
 
 @node Account Groups, GNCBooks, Accounts, Engine
 @section Account Groups