<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common/common.ent">
%common;
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-<!-- $Id: pazpar2_conf.xml,v 1.13 2007-04-03 05:14:44 quinn Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: pazpar2_conf.xml,v 1.18 2007-04-11 02:23:21 quinn Exp $ -->
<refentry id="pazpar2_conf">
<refentryinfo>
<productname>Pazpar2</productname>
search against a given target, or it can associate arbitrary name=value
pairs with groups of targets -- for instance, if you would like to
place all commercial full-text bases in one group for selection
- purposes, or you would like to control what targets are accessible to a
- given user.
+ purposes, or you would like to control what targets are accessible
+ to users by default.
</para>
<para>
</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>
</variablelist>
<para>
- By setting defaults for user, target, name, or value in the root
+ By setting defaults for 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,
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>pz:syntax</term>
+ <term>pz:requestsyntax</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This specifies the record syntax to use when requesting
- records from a given server.
+ records from a given server. The value can be a symbolic name like
+ marc21 or xml, or it can be a Z39.50-style dot-separated OID.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>pz:authentication</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Sets an authentication string for a given server. See the section on
+ authorization and authentication for discussion.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>pz:allow</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allows or denies access to the resources it is applied to. Possible
+ values are '0' and '1'. The default is '1' (allow access to this resource).
+ See the manual section on authorization and authentication for discussion
+ about how to use this setting.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>pz:id</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This setting can't be 'set' -- it contains the ID (normally
+ ZURL) for a given target, and is useful for filtering --
+ specifically when you want to select one or more specific
+ targets in the search command.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>