+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>target</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This specifies the search target to which this setting should be
+ applied. Targets are identified by their Z39.50 URL, generally
+ including the host, port, and database name, (e.g.
+ bagel.indexdata.com:210/marc). Two wildcard forms are accepted:
+ * (asterisk) matches all known targets;
+ bagel.indexdata.com:210/* matches all known databases on the given
+ host.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ A precedence system determines what happens if there are
+ overlapping values for the same setting name for the same
+ target. A setting for a specific target name overrides a
+ setting whch specifies target using a wildcard. This makes it
+ easy to set defaults for all targets, and then override them
+ for specific targets or hosts. If there are
+ multiple overlapping settings with the same name and target
+ value, the 'precedence' attribute determines what happens.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>user</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This specifies the user ID to which this setting applies. A
+ given setting may have values for any number of users, or it
+ may have a 'default' value which is applied when no user is
+ specified, or when no user-specific value is available.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>name</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the setting. This can be anything you like.
+ However, pazpar2 reserves a number of setting names for
+ specific purposes, all starting with 'pz:', and it is a good
+ idea to avoid that prefix if you make up your own setting
+ names. See below for a list of reserved variables.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>value</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The value of the setting. Generally, this can be anything you
+ want -- however, some of the reserved settings may expect
+ specific kinds of values.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>precedence</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This should be an integer. If not provided, the default value
+ is 0. If two (or more) settings have the same content for
+ target and name, the precedence value determines the outcome.
+ If both settings have the same precedence value, they are both
+ applied to the target(s). If one has a higher value, then the
+ value of that setting is applied, and the other one is ignored.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ By setting defaults for user, target, name, or value in the root
+ settings node, you can use the settings files in many different
+ ways. For instance, you can use a single file to set defaults for
+ many different settings, like search fields, retrieval syntaxes,
+ etc. You can have one file per server, which groups settings for
+ that server or target. You could also have one file which associates
+ a number of targets with a given setting, for instance, to associate
+ many databases with a given category or class that makes sense
+ within your application.
+ </para>
+