From: Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:49:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Changes as discussed by email only.
X-Git-Tag: ZEBRA.1.3.2~49
X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?p=idzebra-moved-to-github.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=5b903e946423cc2c91665853f8478b9d44d7088d

Changes as discussed by email only.
---

diff --git a/doc/introduction.xml b/doc/introduction.xml
index 06f6960..6553bc6 100644
--- a/doc/introduction.xml
+++ b/doc/introduction.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 <chapter id="introduction">
- <!-- $Id: introduction.xml,v 1.7 2002-08-05 08:27:05 quinn Exp $ -->
+ <!-- $Id: introduction.xml,v 1.8 2002-08-27 07:49:23 mike Exp $ -->
  <title>Introduction</title>
  
  <sect1>
   <title>Overview</title>
   
   <para>
-   The 
    <ulink url="http://www.indexdata.dk/zebra/">
      Zebra</ulink>
-   server is a high-performance, general-purpose structured text
+   is a high-performance, general-purpose structured text
    indexing and retrieval engine. It reads structured records in a
    variety of input formats (eg. email, XML, MARC) and allows access
    to them through exact boolean search expressions and
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@
 
    <para>
    Zebra supports large databases (more than ten gigabytes of data,
-   tens of millions of records). It supports incremental, safe
+   tens of millions of records). It supports safe, incremental
    database updates on live systems. You can access data stored in
    Zebra using a variety of Index Data tools (eg. YAZ and PHP/YAZ) as
    well as commercial and freeware Z39.50 clients and toolkits. 
@@ -186,6 +185,34 @@
   
  </sect1>
  
+ <sect1 id="apps">
+  <title>Applications</title>
+  <para>
+   Zebra has been deployed in numerous applications, in both the
+   academic and commercial worlds, in application domains as diverse
+   as bibliographic information, geospatial, ### (Help, guys!)
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   Notable applications include the following:
+  </para>
+
+  <sect2>
+   <title>DADS - the DTV Article Database Service</title>
+   <para>
+    DADS is a huge database of ### records, allowing students and
+    researchers at DTU (###) to search and order articles from several
+    different databases at once.  The database contains
+    literature on all engineering subjects.  It's available on-line
+    through a web gateway at
+	http://www.dtv.dk/search/index_e.htm
+    though only to members of the university.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    ### Much more information needed.
+   </para>
+  </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
  <sect1 id="future">
   <title>Future Work</title>
   
diff --git a/doc/zebra.xml.in b/doc/zebra.xml.in
index 182f568..e333702 100644
--- a/doc/zebra.xml.in
+++ b/doc/zebra.xml.in
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
         <!ENTITY app-license SYSTEM "license.xml">
         <!ENTITY app-indexdata SYSTEM "indexdata.xml">
 ]>
-<!-- $Id: zebra.xml.in,v 1.6 2002-04-10 14:47:49 heikki Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: zebra.xml.in,v 1.7 2002-08-27 07:49:23 mike Exp $ -->
 <book id="zebra">
  <bookinfo>
-  <title>Zebra Server - Administrators' Guide and Reference</title>
+  <title>Zebra - User's Guide and Reference</title>
   <author>
    <firstname>Sebastian</firstname><surname>Hammer</surname>
   </author>
@@ -24,21 +24,27 @@
   <author>
    <firstname>Heikki</firstname><surname>Levanto</surname>
   </author>
+  <author>
+   <firstname>Mike</firstname><surname>Taylor</surname>
+  </author>
   <copyright>
    <year>1995-2002</year>
    <holder>Index Data</holder>
   </copyright>
   <abstract>
    <simpara>
-    The Zebra information server combines a versatile fielded/free-text
-    search engine with a Z39.50 v3 front-end to provide a powerful and
-    flexible information management system.
-    This document explains the procedure for installing and
-    configuring the system, managing data and providing Z39.50 
-    services with the software.
+    Zebra is a free, fast, friendly information management system.  It
+    can index records in XML/SGML, MARC, e-mail archives and many
+    other formats, and quickly find them using a combination of
+    boolean searching and relevance ranking.  Search/retrieval
+    applications can be written using APIs in a wide variety of
+    languages, communicating with the Zebra server using
+    industry-standard information-retrieval protocols.
    </simpara>
    <simpara>
-    This manual covers version @VERSION@ of Zebra.
+    This manual explains how to build and install Zebra, configure it
+    appropriately for your application, add data and set up a running
+    information service.  It describes version @VERSION@ of Zebra.
    </simpara>
   </abstract>
  </bookinfo>