userguide: explain rule types and categorization

Add documentation about the rule types introduced by commit 2696fda. Add doc tags around code definitions that are referenced in the docs. Task #https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7031
OISF · Jan 16, 2025 · 3cbc277 · 3cbc277
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diff --git a/doc/userguide/configuration/suricata-yaml.rst b/doc/userguide/configuration/suricata-yaml.rst
@@ -2636,6 +2636,8 @@ Engine analysis and profiling
 Suricata offers several ways of analyzing performance of rules and the
 engine itself.
 
+.. _config:engine-analysis:
+
 Engine-analysis
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

diff --git a/doc/userguide/devguide/extending/app-layer/transactions.rst b/doc/userguide/devguide/extending/app-layer/transactions.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _transactions:
+
 ************
 Transactions
 ************

diff --git a/doc/userguide/rules/index.rst b/doc/userguide/rules/index.rst
@@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ Suricata Rules
    multi-buffer-matching
    tag
    vlan-keywords
+   rule-types