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-%# $Id: home.mc,v 1.5 2007-03-14 17:24:11 mike Exp $
+%# $Id: home.mc,v 1.11 2008-07-03 08:14:21 mike Exp $
+     <div class="essay">
+     <h2>The Z39.50 Target Directory</h2>
      <p>
-      <b>IRSpy</b> maintains a registry of information retrieval
-      targets supporting standard IR protocols such as
+      The Z39.50 Target Directory contains all the
       <a href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/"
 	>ANSI/NISO Z39.50 (ISO 23950)</a>
       and
       <a href="http://www.loc.gov/sru"
-	>the SRU/SRW web services</a>.
-      Each registry entry consists of both mechanical information,
-      such as the indexes supported for searching and the record
-      syntax and schemas supported for retrievel, and metadata such as
-      database titles, authors and descriptions.
+	>SRU/SRW</a>
+      targets known to us. The tables show the name, address, port,
+      reliability info, search attributes and other data useful
+      for achieving interoperability.
      </p>
      <p>
-      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.
+      We at Index Data know that the records currently in this
+      directory represent only a fraction of the Z39.50/SRU/SRW
+      compliant databases that exist.  Our aim is to make this
+      directory as comprehensive as possible.  To that end, we ask
+      your help.  If you are aware of a Z39.50 compliant target that
+      is not represented in our directory, please add it or send us
+      email with the details. Also, if you should happen to find an
+      error in our data or have additional information, please don't
+      hesitate to <a href="mailto:irspy@indexdata.com">contact us</a>
+      so that we can make the target
+      information as accurate and comprehensive as possible.
      </p>
      <p>
-      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).
+      <b>DISCLAIMERS</b>: Most of the systems listed are generally
+      made available without charge for testing or general use, but
+      many require authorization, either for access or additional
+      functionality.  The Target Directory does not contain
+      authentication information, and it is not meant to be a
+      substitute for authentication/authorization procedures many
+      targets require. In addition, the information presented here
+      should not be considered indicative either of the functionality
+      of the native interface of the target, or of the functionality
+      of any given software system or installation. This directory is
+      made available for evaluation purposes only.  Although we try to
+      make it as accurate as we can, Index Data assumes no
+      responsibility or warranty for its correctness.
      </p>
      <p>
-      IRSpy's Web user interface allows users to
-      <a href="/find.html">search</a>
-      and
-      <a href="/find.html?dc.title=^a*&amp;_sort=dc.title&amp;_count=9999&amp;_search=Search">browse</a>
-      the registry, and to view
-      <a href="http://x.irspy.indexdata.com/stats.html">statistics</a>.
-      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.
-     </p>
-     <p>
-      IRSpy is implemented in Perl, using the
-      <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~mirk/Net-Z3950-ZOOM/"
-	>ZOOM-Perl</a>
-      module to access Z39.50 and SRU/SRW databases.  The registry
-      database is implemented using
-      <a href="http://indexdata.com/zebra/"
-	>Zebra</a>,
-      also accessed using ZOOM-Perl.  The database
-      <a href="/doc.html?module=ZOOM/IRSpy/WebService.pod"
-	>can be interrogated using SRU/SRW<a/>:
-      it conforms to the
-      <a href="http://srw.cheshire3.org/profiles/ZeeRex/"
-	>ZeeRex application profile</a>,
-      and can supply registry records both in extended
-      <a href="http://explain.z3950.org/dtd/"
-	>ZeeRex format</a>
-      (now ratified as
-      <a href="http://www.niso.org/standards/standard_detail.cfm?std_id=816"
-	>ANSI/NISO Z39.92</a>
-      and in
-      <a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/record-schemas.html"
-	>Dublin Core</a>
-      summary format.
+      <small>
+       Read more about
+       <a href="/software.html">the IRSpy software</a>.
+      </small>
      </p>
+     </div>