From: Sebastian Hammer Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 13:45:21 +0000 (+0000) Subject: *** empty log message *** X-Git-Tag: ZEBRA.1.0~587 X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?p=idzebra-moved-to-github.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=85df66537199c30a492ad54be4fbe25fa77e18c8 *** empty log message *** --- diff --git a/doc/zebra.sgml b/doc/zebra.sgml index a925992..032d7d2 100644 --- a/doc/zebra.sgml +++ b/doc/zebra.sgml @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
Zebra Server - Administrators's Guide and Reference <author>Index Data, <tt/info@index.ping.dk/ -<date>$Revision: 1.9 $ +<date>$Revision: 1.10 $ <abstract> The Zebra information server combines a versatile fielded/free-text search engine with a Z39.50-1995 frontend to provide a powerful and flexible @@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ system. <item> Supports updating - records can be added and deleted without -rebuilding the index. +rebuilding the index from scratch. +The update procedure is tolerant to crashes or hard interrupts +during register updating - registers can be reconstructed following a crash. +Registers can be safely updated even while users are accessing the server. <item> Supports large databases - files for indices, etc. can be @@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ provide SR services over an OSI stack, as well as Z39.50 over TCP/IP. <sect1>Future Work <p> -This is an early alfa-release of the software, to allow you to look at +This is an alfa-release of the software, to allow you to look at it - try it out, and assess whether it can be of use to you. We expect this version to be followed by a succession of beta-releases until we arrive at a stable first version. @@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ last beta release. <itemize> <item> -*Allow the system to handle additional input formats. Specifically +*Allow the system to handle other input formats. Specifically MARC records and general, structured ASCII records (such as mail/news files) parameterized by regular expressions. @@ -157,14 +160,6 @@ data elements in records. *Port the system to Windows NT. <item> -Add robust database updating - tolerant to crashes or hard interrupts -during register updating. - -<item> -Add online updating, to permit register updating while users are -accessing the system. - -<item> Add index and data compression to save disk space. <item> @@ -175,7 +170,7 @@ and stemming. Add relevance feedback support. Add Explain support. <item> -Add support for very large records by implementing segmentation and +Add support for very large records by implementing segmentation and/or variant pieces. <item> @@ -196,6 +191,7 @@ Programmers thrive on user feedback. If you are interested in a facility that you don't see mentioned here, or if there's something you think we could do better, please drop us a mail. If you think it's all really neat, you're of course welcome to drop us a line saying that, too. + <sect>Introduction <sect>Compiling the software @@ -210,8 +206,8 @@ As with YAZ, an ANSI C compiler is required in order to compile the Zebra server system — GNU C works fine. Unpack the Zebra software. You might put Zebra in the same directory level -as YAZ, for example if YAZ is placed in ..<tt>/src/yaz-</tt>.., then -Zebra is placed in ..<tt>/src/zebra-</tt>. +as YAZ, for example if YAZ is placed in ..<tt>/src/yaz-xxx</tt>, then +Zebra is placed in ..<tt>/src/zebra-yyy</tt>. Edit the top-level <tt>Makefile</tt> in the Zebra directory in which you specify the location of YAZ by setting make variables. @@ -286,7 +282,8 @@ Z> find surficial Z> show 1 </verb></tscreen> -To try other retrieval formats for the same record, try: +The default retrieval syntax for the client is USMARC. To try other +formats for the same record, try: <tscreen><verb> Z>format sutrs