X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fintroduction.xml;h=6c43d253f1f7d5f4c141ab7e41d3bddc55bb2156;hb=558bf94a5f36eb89b0ca7ac4780b641da852c36b;hp=632ac21d5b69f398d26924f0046b368509068124;hpb=359a7b289a00fa4904ad6b3c6282bcb99934c014;p=idzebra-moved-to-github.git diff --git a/doc/introduction.xml b/doc/introduction.xml index 632ac21..6c43d25 100644 --- a/doc/introduction.xml +++ b/doc/introduction.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + Introduction @@ -109,12 +109,15 @@ as well as Windows NT. A binary distribution for Windows NT is available at , - and pre-built packages are available for some Linux + and pre-built packages are available for + + GNU/Debian Linux at + . @@ -228,7 +231,27 @@ More information can be found at - + and + + + + + + Infonet Eprints + + The InfoNet Eprints service from the + + Technical Knowledge Center of Denmark + provides access to documents stored in + eprint/preprint servers and institutional research archives around + the world. The service is based on Open Archives Initiative metadata + harvesting of selected scientific archives around the world. These + open archives offer free and unrestricted access to their contents. + + + Infonet Eprints currently holds 1.4 million records from 16 archives. + The online search facility is found at + . @@ -237,7 +260,8 @@ Fernuniversität Hagen in Germany have developed a natural language interface for access to library databases. - + In order to evaluate this interface for recall and precision, they chose Zebra as the basis for retrieval effectiveness. The Zebra server contains a copy of the GIRT database, consisting of more @@ -252,7 +276,8 @@ Evaluation will take place as part of the TREC/CLEF campaign 2003 - + . + For more information, contact Johannes Leveling @@ -263,11 +288,13 @@ ULS (Union List of Serials) - The M25-Link systems team - () - are involved in a project called ULS to provide a union catalogue - for periodicals in 21 member libraries. They do this with an - unusual architecture which they call a + The M25 Systems Team + has created a union catalogue for the periodicals of the + twenty-one constituent libraries of the University of London and + the University of Westminster + (). + They have achieved this using an + unusual architecture, which they describe as a ``non-distributed virtual union catalogue''. @@ -360,20 +387,18 @@ Second, there's the Zebra mailing list. Its home page at - + includes a complete archive of all messages that have ever been posted on the list. The Zebra mailing list is used both for announcements from the authors (new releases, bug fixes, etc.) and general discussion. You are welcome - to seek support there. Join by sending email to - zebra-request@indexdata.dk with the word - subscribe in the body of the message. + to seek support there. Join by filling the form on the list home page. Third, it's possible to buy a commercial support contract, with well defined service levels and response times, from Index Data. See - + for details. @@ -398,14 +423,36 @@ repository. The recent addition of XPath searching is one example of the kind of enhancement we're working on. + + There is also the experimental ALVIS XSLT + XML input filter, which unleashes the full power of DOM based + XSLT transformations during indexing and record retrieval. Work + on this filter has been sponsored by the ALVIS EU project + . We expect this filter to + mature soon, as it is planned to be included in the version 1.4 + release of Zebra. + Access to the search engine through SOAP/RPC API to allow the construction of applications without requiring Z39.50 tools. - This will shortly be available by means of Index Data's - SRW-to-Z39.50 gateway, currently in beta test. + + Experimental support of the + Search/Retrieve Via URL ( SRU) + + REST webservice, and the + Search/Retrieve Web Service ( SRW) + + SOAP Web Service have recently been added to the YAZ/Zebra + combo - including server side Common Query Language (CQL) + parsing + and configuration. It remains to find a sponsor for further testing, + documentation and packaging of this exiting component.