- in the pazpar2.cfg file, or the special names 'relevance' and
- 'position'.
-
- If not specified here or as <link linkend="sort-default">sort-default"</link>
- in pazpar2.cfg, pazpar2 will default to the built-in 'relevance' ranking.
-
- Having sort criteria at search is important for targets that
- supports native sorting in order to get best results. pazpar2
- will trigger a new search if search criteria changes from pazpar2
+ in the pazpar2.cfg file, or the special names 'relevance',
+ 'retrieval' and 'position'.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Sort type 'position' sorts by position/offset for each database.
+ Sort type 'retrieval' sorts by position of retrieval (first record
+ retrieved is 1, second record is 2, etc.).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If not specified here or as
+ <link linkend="sort-default">sort-default"</link>
+ in pazpar2.cfg, pazpar2 will default to the built-in
+ 'relevance' ranking.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Having sort criteria at search is important for targets that
+ supports native sorting in order to get best results. pazpar2
+ will trigger a new search if search criteria changes from pazpar2