X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fintroduction.xml;h=ad1b558c2b2e136e9088204311d6649c8e361e02;hb=bdd8fba38500ff9292f7125d61a6072406bb949d;hp=5e51c1e583480ba9dc4a7fc0da04a07b5363de11;hpb=51fc70e752ec936e8815d639b34dd0fab17e0aab;p=idzebra-moved-to-github.git diff --git a/doc/introduction.xml b/doc/introduction.xml index 5e51c1e..ad1b558 100644 --- a/doc/introduction.xml +++ b/doc/introduction.xml @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ - + Introduction Overview - + Zebra is a high-performance, general-purpose structured text indexing and retrieval engine. It reads structured records in a @@ -109,7 +109,13 @@ Zebra is written in portable C, so it runs on most Unix-like systems as well as Windows NT. A binary distribution for Windows NT is available at - + , + and pre-built packages are available for some Linux + distributions: + Red Hat 7.x RPMs at + + and Debian packages at + @@ -127,7 +133,17 @@ Protocol facilities: Init, Search, Present (retrieval), Segmentation (support for very large records), Delete, Scan - (index browsing), Sort, Close and some Extended Services. + (index browsing), Sort, Close and support for the ``update'' + Extended Service to add or replace an existing XML record. + @@ -220,7 +236,7 @@ NLI-Z39.50 - a Natural Language Interface for Libraries - Fernuniversität Hagen in Germany have developed a natural + 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 @@ -302,29 +318,27 @@ First, there's the Zebra web site at - , + , which always has the most recent version available for download. If you have a problem with Zebra, the first thing to do is see whether it's fixed in the current release. 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. Put the word 'subscribe' - in the body of the message. - + zebra-request@indexdata.dk. Put the word + subscribe in the body of the message. Third, it's possible to buy a commercial support contract, with well defined service levels and response times, from Index Data. See - - + for details.