X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fintroduction.xml;h=ae5df92f0e29d397e2858a09a93dfcc6d778af70;hb=e70a548d193a5187b8074c439f2d7fa687a8e8c4;hp=3cb8f1f7a8304544038fafdd867299a8b8f70ae3;hpb=0cb355c68d4a00890aa75e64df25a92c02a85ca7;p=idzebra-moved-to-github.git diff --git a/doc/introduction.xml b/doc/introduction.xml index 3cb8f1f..ae5df92 100644 --- a/doc/introduction.xml +++ b/doc/introduction.xml @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ - + Introduction - +
Overview @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ programs and toolkits, both commercial and free, which understand this protocol. Application libraries are available to allow bespoke clients to be written in Perl, C, C++, Java, Tcl, Visual - Basic, Python, PHP and more - see - the ZOOM web site + Basic, Python, PHP and more - see the + ZOOM web site for more information on some of these client toolkits. @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ and how to configure the server to give you the functionality that you need. - +
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Features @@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ 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 - , + as well as Windows (NT/2000/2003). A binary distribution for Windows + is available at + , and pre-built packages are available for GNU/Debian Linux at - . + . @@ -215,22 +215,21 @@ alvis filter module. - - - Additional PQF query syntax for - searchRetrieve - and scan operations is supported. + + + Extended RPN queries for search/retrieve and scan are supported, + for controlling approximate hit counts, etc. - + - +
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References and Zebra based Applications Zebra has been deployed in numerous applications, in both the @@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ - +
Koha free open-source ILS Koha is a full-featured @@ -295,9 +294,14 @@ "We're taking the best from both worlds in our redesigned Koha 3.0. - + + See also LibLime's newsletter article + + Koha Earns its Stripes. + +
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Emilda open source ILS Emilda @@ -315,9 +319,9 @@ As a surplus, 100% MARC compatibility has been achieved using the Zebra Server from Index Data as backend server. - +
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ReIndex.Net web based ILS Reindex.net @@ -331,18 +335,18 @@ Reindex.net runs on GNU/Debian Linux with Zebra and Simpleserver from Index - Data for bibliographic data. The reational database system + Data for bibliographic data. The relational database system Sybase 9 XML is used for administrative data. Internally MARCXML is used for bibliographical records. Update utilizes Z39.50 extended services. - - +
- - DADS - the DTV Article Database Service - +
+ DADS - the DTV Article Database + Service + DADS is a huge database of more than ten million records, totalling over ten gigabytes of data. The records are metadata about academic journal articles, primarily scientific; about 10% of these @@ -363,9 +367,9 @@ and - +
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Infonet Eprints The InfoNet Eprints service from the @@ -382,9 +386,9 @@ The online search facility is found at . - +
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Alvis The Alvis EU @@ -392,7 +396,7 @@ is building a semantic-based peer-to-peer search engine. A consortium of eleven partners from six different European Community countries plus Switzerland and China contribute - expertise in a broad range of specialties including network + with expertise in a broad range of specialties including network topologies, routing algorithms, linguistic analysis and bioinformatics. @@ -405,10 +409,10 @@ in about 4 hours, resulting in search times of fractions of seconds. - +
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ULS (Union List of Serials) The M25 Systems Team @@ -434,9 +438,9 @@ More information can be found at - +
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NLI-Z39.50 - a Natural Language Interface for Libraries Fernuniversität Hagen in Germany have developed a natural @@ -464,9 +468,9 @@ For more information, contact Johannes Leveling Johannes.Leveling@FernUni-Hagen.De - +
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Various web indexes Zebra has been used by a variety of institutions to construct @@ -521,42 +525,42 @@ - - - - - - Support - - You can get support for Zebra from at least three sources. - - - 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 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. - - +
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+ Support + + You can get support for Zebra from at least three sources. + + + 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 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. + +
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Future Directions @@ -581,35 +585,13 @@ 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 + mature soon, as it is planned to be included in the version 2.0 release of Zebra. - Access to the search engine through SOAP/RPC API to allow the - construction of applications without requiring Z39.50 tools. - - 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. - - - - - Finalisation and documentation of Zebra's C programming API, allowing updates, database management and other functions not readily expressed in Z39.50. We will also consider @@ -619,17 +601,6 @@ - Support for the use of Perl both for access to the Zebra API - and for building extension ``plug-ins'' such as input filters. - The code for this has been contributed to the source tree by - Peter Popovics - pop@technomat.hu, - and is in the process of being integrated and tested. - - - - - Improved free-text searching. We're first and foremost octet jockeys and we're actively looking for organisations or people who'd like to contribute experience in relevance ranking and text @@ -653,7 +624,7 @@ or check the contact info at the end of this manual. - +