From 5b903e946423cc2c91665853f8478b9d44d7088d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Taylor Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:49:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Changes as discussed by email only. --- doc/introduction.xml | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- doc/zebra.xml.in | 24 +++++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) 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 @@ - + Introduction Overview - The Zebra - 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 @@ 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 @@ + + Applications + + 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!) + + + Notable applications include the following: + + + + DADS - the DTV Article Database Service + + 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. + + + ### Much more information needed. + + + + Future Work 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 @@ ]> - + - Zebra Server - Administrators' Guide and Reference + Zebra - User's Guide and Reference SebastianHammer @@ -24,21 +24,27 @@ HeikkiLevanto + + MikeTaylor + 1995-2002 Index Data - 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. - 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. -- 1.7.10.4