From 281013928f10f794a2e9af195198af39b968e213 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Dickmeiss Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:47:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Markdown --- README | 67 ------------------------------------------------------------- README.md | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 771cf31..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,67 +0,0 @@ -The Net::Z3950::ZOOM, ZOOM and Net::Z3950 modules -================================================= - -This distribution contains three Perl modules for the price of one. -They all provide facilities for building information retrieval clients -using the standard Z39.50 and SRW/U protocols, but do so using -different APIs. - -- If you are new to this distribution, then you should use the ZOOM - API, and ignore the others. It is the cleanest, most elegant and - intuitive, and most closely follows the letter as well as the spirit - of the Abstract ZOOM API as specified at http://zoom.z3950.org/api/ - -- If you have used the old Net::Z3950 module and have to maintain an - application that calls that API, then you will want to use the - Net::Z3950 classes provided in this distribution, which provide an - API compatible with the old module's implemented on top of the new - ZOOM code. - -- You should definitely not use the Net::Z3950::ZOOM API, which is not - object-oriented, and instead provides the thinnest possible layer on - top of the ZOOM-C functions in the YAZ toolkit. This API exists - only in order to have ZOOM API built on top of it. - - -INSTALLATION - -To install this module type the following: - - perl Makefile.PL - make - make test - make install - - -DEBIAN PACKAGES - -To build Debian packages issue: - - dh-make-perl --build - - -DEPENDENCIES - -This module requires these other modules and libraries: - -- The YAZ toolkit for Z39.50 and SRW/U communication. This is - available as a package on several platform -- for example, Debian - GNU/Linux supports "apt-get install yaz". For others, you will need - to download and build the source-code, which is much more - straightforward that you probably expect. You can get it from - http://indexdata.com/yaz/ - - NOTE THAT THE ZOOM-Perl MODULE ABSOLUTELY REQUIRES RELEASE 2.0.11 OR - BETTER OF THE YAZ TOOLKIT. You need version 2.1.17 or better if you - want to run clever asynchronous programs that use the END event, - which did not exist prior to that release. - -COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE - -Copyright (C) 2005-2014 by Index Data. - -This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify -it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.4 or, -at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. - - diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de852b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +## The Net::Z3950::ZOOM, ZOOM and Net::Z3950 modules + +This distribution contains three Perl modules for the price of one. +They all provide facilities for building information retrieval clients +using the standard Z39.50 and SRW/U protocols, but do so using +different APIs. + +- If you are new to this distribution, then you should use the ZOOM + API, and ignore the others. It is the cleanest, most elegant and + intuitive, and most closely follows the letter as well as the spirit + of the Abstract ZOOM API as specified at [http://zoom.z3950.org/api/]() + +- If you have used the old Net::Z3950 module and have to maintain an + application that calls that API, then you will want to use the + Net::Z3950 classes provided in this distribution, which provide an + API compatible with the old module's implemented on top of the new + ZOOM code. + +- You should definitely not use the Net::Z3950::ZOOM API, which is not + object-oriented, and instead provides the thinnest possible layer on + top of the ZOOM-C functions in the YAZ toolkit. This API exists + only in order to have ZOOM API built on top of it. + + +### INSTALLATION + +To install this module type the following: + + perl Makefile.PL + make + make test + make install + + +### DEBIAN PACKAGES + +To build Debian packages issue: + + dh-make-perl --build + + +### DEPENDENCIES + +This module requires these other modules and libraries: + +- The YAZ toolkit for Z39.50 and SRW/U communication. This is + available as a package on several platform -- for example, Debian + GNU/Linux supports "apt-get install yaz". For others, you will need + to download and build the source-code, which is much more + straightforward that you probably expect. You can get it from + [http://indexdata.com/yaz]() + + NOTE THAT THE ZOOM-Perl MODULE ABSOLUTELY REQUIRES RELEASE 2.0.11 OR + BETTER OF THE YAZ TOOLKIT. You need version 2.1.17 or better if you + want to run clever asynchronous programs that use the END event, + which did not exist prior to that release. + +### COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE + +Copyright (C) 2005-2014 by Index Data. + +This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.4 or, +at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. + + -- 1.7.10.4