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IRSpy maintains a registry of information retrieval targets supporting standard IR protocols such as @@ -13,55 +14,7 @@ database titles, authors and descriptions.

- IRSpy supports editing of the metadata, and automatically - discovers mechanical information by probing the registered - targets using a set of feature-tests. Tests are implemented by -%# Link to /doc.html?module=ZOOM/IRSpy/Test.pm is not ready yet - individual plugins, - so new tests can be added without changing the core code. -

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- For efficiency, probing of targets is done in parallel, using a - pool of a few hundred concurrent connections which is refilled - from a queue whenever a target in the pool completes its tests. - Testing the entire current registry of 1908 targets takes about - three elapsed hours on commodity hardware (Intel CPU, 2.8 GHz, - 256 Kb cache, 4 Mbit/s network connection). -

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- IRSpy's Web user interface allows users to - search - and - browse - the registry, and to view - statistics. - Authenticated users may also edit target data, run tests and add - new targets from the Web UI. A set of command-line tools is - also provided, together with facilities for re-running the tests - periodically. -

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- IRSpy is implemented in Perl, using the - ZOOM-Perl - module to access Z39.50 and SRU/SRW databases. The registry - database is implemented using - Zebra, - also accessed using ZOOM-Perl. The database - can be interrogated using SRU/SRW: - it conforms to the - ZeeRex application profile, - and can supply registry records both in extended - ZeeRex format - (now ratified as - ANSI/NISO Z39.92 - and in - Dublin Core - summary format. + Read more about + the IRSpy software.

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