-<!-- $Id: zoom.xml,v 1.22 2003-02-21 00:24:26 adam Exp $ -->
+<!--
+### Still to document:
+ZOOM_connection_errcode(c)
+ZOOM_connection_errmsg(c)
+ZOOM_connection_addinfo(c)
+ZOOM_connection_addinfo(c)
+ZOOM_connection_diagset(c);
+ZOOM_diag_str(error)
+ZOOM_resultset_record_immediate(s, pos)
+ZOOM_resultset_cache_reset(r)
+ZOOM_resultset_sort(r, sort_type, sort_spec)
+ZOOM_resultset_sort1(r, sort_type, sort_spec)
+ZOOM_options_set_callback(opt, function, handle)
+ZOOM_options_create_with_parent2(parent1, parent2)
+ZOOM_options_getl(opt, name, len)
+ZOOM_options_setl(opt, name, value, len)
+ZOOM_options_get_bool(opt, name, defa)
+ZOOM_options_get_int(opt, name, defa)
+ZOOM_options_set_int(opt, name, value)
+ZOOM_connection_scan1 (ZOOM_connection c, ZOOM_query startterm)
+ZOOM_query_cql2rpn(ZOOM_query s, const char *str, ZOOM_connection conn)
+-->
+<!-- $Id: zoom.xml,v 1.50 2006-06-13 16:01:51 adam Exp $ -->
<chapter id="zoom"><title>ZOOM</title>
<para>
&zoom; is an acronym for 'Z39.50 Object-Orientation Model' and is
<note>
<para>
- A recent addition to &yaz; is SRW support. You can now make
- SRW ZOOM connections by specifying a new scheme for the
- host name for a connection.
+ A recent addition to &yaz; is SRU support. You can now make
+ SRU ZOOM connections by specifying scheme <literal>http://</literal>
+ for the hostname for a connection.
</para>
</note>
There are other language bindings available for &yaz;, and still
more
are in active development. See the
- <ulink url="http://zoom.z3950.org/">ZOOM web-site</ulink> for
+ <ulink url="&url.zoom;">ZOOM web-site</ulink> for
more information.
</para>
<para>
You can prefix the host with a scheme followed by colon. The
default scheme is <literal>tcp</literal> (Z39.50 protocol).
- The scheme <literal>http</literal> selects SRW over HTTP.
+ The scheme <literal>http</literal> selects SRU over HTTP.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can prefix the scheme-qualified host-string with one or more
+ comma-separated
+ <literal><parameter>key</parameter>=<parameter>value</parameter></literal>
+ sequences, each of which represents an option to be set into the
+ connection structure <emphasis>before</emphasis> the
+ protocol-level connection is forged and the initialisation
+ handshake takes place. This facility can be used to provide
+ authentication credentials, as in host-strings such as:
+ <literal>user=admin,password=halfAm4n,tcp:localhost:8017/db</literal>
</para>
<para>
Connection objects should be destroyed using the function
<function>ZOOM_connection_destroy</function>.
</para>
<synopsis>
- void ZOOM_connection_option_set (ZOOM_connection c,
+ void ZOOM_connection_option_set(ZOOM_connection c,
+ const char *key, const char *val);
+
+ void ZOOM_connection_option_setl(ZOOM_connection c,
const char *key,
- const char *val);
+ const char *val, int len);
- const char *ZOOM_connection_option_get (ZOOM_connection c,
- const char *key);
+ const char *ZOOM_connection_option_get(ZOOM_connection c,
+ const char *key);
+ const char *ZOOM_connection_option_getl(ZOOM_connection c,
+ const char *key,
+ int *lenp);
</synopsis>
<para>
- The <function>ZOOM_connection_option_set</function> allows you to
+ The functions <function>ZOOM_connection_option_set</function> and
+ <function>ZOOM_connection_option_setl</function> allows you to
set an option given by <parameter>key</parameter> to the value
- <parameter>value</parameter> for the connection.
- Function <function>ZOOM_connection_option_get</function> returns
+ <parameter>value</parameter> for the connection.
+ For <function>ZOOM_connection_option_set</function>, the
+ value is assumed to be a 0-terminated string. Function
+ <function>ZOOM_connection_option_setl</function> specifies a
+ value of a certain size (len).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Functions <function>ZOOM_connection_option_get</function> and
+ <function>ZOOM_connection_option_getl</function> returns
the value for an option given by <parameter>key</parameter>.
</para>
<table frame="top"><title>ZOOM Connection Options</title>
group</entry><entry>Authentication group name
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
<row><entry>
- pass</entry><entry>Authentication password
+ password</entry><entry>Authentication password.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
<row><entry>
host</entry><entry>Target host. This setting is "read-only".
charset</entry><entry> Character set for negotiation.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
<row><entry>
- targetImplementationId</entry><entry> Implementation ID of target.
+ serverImplementationId</entry><entry>
+ Implementation ID of server. (The old targetImplementationId
+ option is also supported for the benefit of old applications.)
+ </entry><entry>none</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ targetImplementationName</entry><entry>
+ Implementation Name of server. (The old
+ targetImplementationName option is also supported for the
+ benefit of old applications.)
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
<row><entry>
- targetImplementationName</entry><entry> Implementation Name of target.
+ serverImplementationVersion</entry><entry>
+ Implementation Version of server. (the old
+ targetImplementationVersion option is also supported for the
+ benefit of old applications.)
+ </entry><entry>none</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ databaseName</entry><entry>One or more database names
+ separated by character plus (<literal>+</literal>), which to
+ be used by subsequent search requests on this Connection.
+ </entry><entry>Default</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ piggyback</entry><entry>True (1) if piggyback should be
+ used in searches; false (0) if not.
+ </entry><entry>1</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ smallSetUpperBound</entry><entry>If hits is less than or equal to this
+ value, then target will return all records using small element set name
+ </entry><entry>0</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ largeSetLowerBound</entry><entry>If hits is greater than this
+ value, the target will return no records.
+ </entry><entry>1</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ mediumSetPresentNumber</entry><entry>This value represents
+ the number of records to be returned as part of a search when when
+ hits is less than or equal to large set lower bound and if hits
+ is greater than small set upper bound.
+ </entry><entry>0</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
+ smallSetElementSetName</entry><entry>
+ The element set name to be used for small result sets.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
<row><entry>
- targetImplementationVersion</entry><entry> Implementation Version
- of target.
+ mediumSetElementSetName</entry><entry>
+ The element set name to be for medium-sized result sets.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
<para>
If either option <literal>lang</literal> or <literal>charset</literal>
is set, then
- <ulink url="http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/defns/charneg-3.html">
+ <ulink url="&url.z39.50.charneg;">
Character Set and Language Negotiation</ulink> is in effect.
</para>
<synopsis>
API cannot tell the outcome (yet).
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2><title>SRW Protocol behavior</title>
+ <sect2><title>SRU Protocol behavior</title>
<para>
- The SRW protocol doesn't feature an Init Request, so
+ The SRU protocol doesn't feature an Inititialize Request, so
the connection phase merely establishes a TCP/IP connection
with the SOAP service.
</para>
- <para>None of the ZOOM connection options
- affect SRW and they are ignored. However, future versions
+ <para>Most of the ZOOM connection options do not
+ affect SRU and they are ignored. However, future versions
of &yaz; might honor <literal>implementationName</literal> and
put that as part of User-Agent header for HTTP requests.
- The <literal>charset</literal>, and <literal>lang</literal>
- might also affect HTTP headers in future releases.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <literal>charset</literal> is used in the Content-Type header
+ of HTTP requests.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry>
- piggyback</entry><entry>True (1) if piggyback should be
- used in searches; false (0) if not.
- </entry><entry>1</entry></row>
- <row><entry>
start</entry><entry>Offset of first record to be
retrieved from target. First record has offset 0 unlike the
protocol specifications where first record has position 1.
count</entry><entry>Number of records to be retrieved.
</entry><entry>0</entry></row>
<row><entry>
+ presentChunk</entry><entry>The number of records to be
+ requested from the server in each chunk (present requst). The
+ value 0 means to request all the records in a single chunk.
+ (The old <literal>step</literal>
+ option is also supported for the benefit of old applications.)
+ </entry><entry>0</entry></row>
+ <row><entry>
elementSetName</entry><entry>Element-Set name of records.
Most targets should honor element set name <literal>B</literal>
and <literal>F</literal> for brief and full respectively.
<literal>Gils-schema</literal>, <literal>Geo-schema</literal>, etc.
</entry><entry>none</entry></row>
<row><entry>
- smallSetUpperBound</entry><entry>If hits is less than or equal to this
- value, then target will return all records using small element set name
- </entry><entry>0</entry></row>
- <row><entry>
- largeSetLowerBound</entry><entry>If hits is greater than this
- value, the target will return no records.
- </entry><entry>1</entry></row>
- <row><entry>
- mediumSetPresentNumber</entry><entry>This value represents
- the number of records to be returned as part of a search when when
- hits is less than or equal to large set lower bound and if hits
- is greater than small set upper bound.
- </entry><entry>0</entry></row>
- <row><entry>
- smallSetElementSetName</entry><entry>
- The element set name to be used for small result sets.
- </entry><entry>none</entry></row>
- <row><entry>
- mediumSetElementSetName</entry><entry>
- The element set name to be for medium-sized result sets.
- </entry><entry>none</entry></row>
- <row><entry>
- databaseName</entry><entry>One or more database names
- separated by character plus (<literal>+</literal>).
- </entry><entry>Default</entry></row>
- <row><entry>
setname</entry><entry>Name of Result Set (Result Set ID).
If this option isn't set, the ZOOM module will automatically
allocate a result set name.
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
+ <para>
+ For servers that support Search Info report, the following
+ options may be read using <function>ZOOM_resultset_get</function>.
+ This detailed information is read after a successful search has
+ completed.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This information is a list of of items, where each item is
+ information about a term or subquery. All items in the list
+ are prefixed by
+ <literal>SearchResult.</literal><replaceable>no</replaceable>
+ where no presents the item number (0=first, 1=second).
+ Read <literal>searchresult.size</literal> to determine the
+ number of items.
+ </para>
+ <table frame="top"><title>Search Info Report options</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <colspec colwidth="4*" colname="name"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="7*" colname="description"></colspec>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Option</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>searchresult.size</entry>
+ <entry>
+ number of search result entries. This option is-nonexistant
+ if no entries are returned by the server.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>searchresult.<replaceable>no</replaceable>.id</entry>
+ <entry>sub query ID</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>searchresult.<replaceable>no</replaceable>.count</entry>
+ <entry>result count for item (number of hits)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>searchresult.<replaceable>no</replaceable>.subquery.term</entry>
+ <entry>subquery term</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ searchresult.<replaceable>no</replaceable>.interpretation.term
+ </entry>
+ <entry>interpretation term</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ searchresult.<replaceable>no</replaceable>.recommendation.term
+ </entry>
+ <entry>recommendation term</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
<sect2>
<title>Z39.50 Protocol behavior</title>
<para>
perform sorting before any retrieval takes place, so no records will
be returned from the target as part of the SearchResponse because these
would be unsorted. Hence, piggyback is disabled when sort criteria
- is set. Following Search - and a Possible sort, Retrieval takes
- place - as one or more Present Requests - Present Response being
+ are set. Following Search - and a possible sort - Retrieval takes
+ place - as one or more Present Requests/Response pairs being
transferred.
</para>
<para>
The API allows for two different modes for retrieval. A high level
mode which is somewhat more powerful and a low level one.
- The low level is "enabled" when the settings
+ The low level is enabled when searching on a Connection object
+ for which the settings
<literal>smallSetUpperBound</literal>,
<literal>mediumSetPresentNumber</literal> and
<literal>largeSetLowerBound</literal> are set. The low level mode
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
- <title>SRW Protocol behavior</title>
+ <title>SRU Protocol behavior</title>
<para>
Current version of &yaz; does not take advantage of a result set id
- returned by the SRW server. Future versions might do, however.
+ returned by the SRU server. Future versions might do, however.
Since, the ZOOM driver does not save result set IDs any
- present (retrieval) is transformed to a SRW SearchRetrieveRequest
+ present (retrieval) is transformed to a SRU SearchRetrieveRequest
with same query but, possibly, different offsets.
</para>
<para>
- Option <literal>schema</literal> specifies SRW schema
+ Option <literal>schema</literal> specifies SRU schema
for retrieval. However, options <literal>elementSetName</literal> and
<literal>preferredRecordSyntax</literal> are ignored.
</para>
<para>
Options <literal>start</literal> and <literal>count</literal>
- are supported by SRW.
+ are supported by SRU.
The remaining options
<literal>piggyback</literal>,
<literal>smallSetUpperBound</literal>,
unsupported.
</para>
<para>
- SRW supports CQL queries, <emphasis>not</emphasis> PQF.
+ SRU supports CQL queries, <emphasis>not</emphasis> PQF.
If PQF is used, however, the PQF query is transferred anyway
using non-standard element <literal>pQuery</literal> in
- SRW SearchRetrieveRequest.
+ SRU SearchRetrieveRequest.
</para>
<para>
- Unfortunately, SRW does not define a database setting. Hence,
+ Unfortunately, SRU does not define a database setting. Hence,
<literal>databaseName</literal> is unsupported and ignored.
However, the path part in host parameter for functions
<function>ZOOM_connecton_new</function> and
<function>ZOOM_connection_connect</function> acts as a
- database (at least for the &yaz; SRW server).
+ database (at least for the &yaz; SRU server).
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<function>ZOOM_record_get</function> is provided. The
function returns a pointer to certain record information. The
nature (type) of the pointer depends on the parameter,
- <function>type</function>.
+ <parameter>type</parameter>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <parameter>type</parameter> is a string of the format:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <replaceable>form</replaceable>[; charset=<replaceable>from</replaceable>[,<replaceable>to</replaceable>]]
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ where <replaceable>form</replaceable> specifies the format of the
+ returned record, <replaceable>from</replaceable>
+ specifies the character set of the record in its original form
+ (as returned by the server), <replaceable>to</replaceable> specifies
+ the output (returned)
+ character set encoding.
+ If charset is not given, then no character set conversion takes place.
+ If <replaceable>to</replaceable> is omitted UTF-8 is assumed.
+ </para>
+ <para>
In addition, for certain types, the length
<literal>len</literal> passed will be set to the size in bytes of
- the returned information.
+ the returned information.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The following are the supported values for <replaceable>form</replaceable>.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term><literal>database</literal></term>
<listitem><para>Database of record is returned
as a C null-terminated string. Return type
<literal>const char *</literal>.
</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>syntax</literal></term>
- <listitem><para>The transfer syntax (OID) of the record is returned
- as a C null-terminated string. Return type is
+ <listitem><para>The transfer syntax of the record is returned
+ as a C null-terminated string containing the symbolic name of
+ the record syntax, e.g. <literal>Usmarc</literal>. Return type
+ is
<literal>const char *</literal>.
</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>render</literal></term>
<listitem><para>The record is returned in a display friendly
format. Upon completion buffer is returned
(type <literal>const char *</literal>) and length is stored in
<literal>*len</literal>.
</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>raw</literal></term>
<listitem><para>The record is returned in the internal
YAZ specific format. For GRS-1, Explain, and others, the
For SUTRS and octet aligned record (including all MARCs) the
octet buffer is returned and the length of the buffer.
</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>xml</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>The record is returned in XML if possible.
+ SRU and Z39.50 records with transfer syntax XML are
+ returned verbatim. MARC records are returned in
+ <ulink url="&url.marcxml;">
+ MARCXML
+ </ulink>
+ (converted from ISO2709 to MARCXML by YAZ).
+ GRS-1 and OPAC records are not supported for this form.
+ Upon completion, the XML buffer is returned
+ (type <literal>const char *</literal>) and length is stored in
+ <literal>*len</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>opac</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>OPAC for record is returned in XML.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
+ <para>
+ Most
+ <ulink url="&url.marc21;">MARC21</ulink>
+ records uses the
+ <ulink url="&url.marc8;">MARC-8</ulink>
+ character set encoding.
+ An application that wishes to display in Latin-1 would use
+ <screen>
+ render; charset=marc8,iso-8859-1
+ </screen>
+ </para>
<sect2><title>Z39.50 Protocol behavior</title>
<para>
The functions <function>ZOOM_resultset_record</function> and
<para>
There is a trick, however, in the usage of function
<function>ZOOM_resultset_records</function> that allows for
- delayed retrieval (and makes it non-blocking). By passing
+ delayed retrieval (and makes it non-blocking). By using
a null pointer for <parameter>recs</parameter> you're indicating
you're not interested in getting records objects
<emphasis>now</emphasis>.
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2><title>SRW Protocol behavior</title>
+ <sect2><title>SRU Protocol behavior</title>
<para>
- The ZOOM driver for SRW treats records returned by a SRW server
+ The ZOOM driver for SRU treats records returned by a SRU server
as if they where Z39.50 records with transfer syntax XML and
no element set name or database name.
</para>
</para>
<synopsis>
- ZOOM_scanset ZOOM_connection_scan (ZOOM_connection c,
- const char *startterm);
+ ZOOM_scanset ZOOM_connection_scan(ZOOM_connection c,
+ const char *startpqf);
size_t ZOOM_scanset_size(ZOOM_scanset scan);
const char * ZOOM_scanset_term(ZOOM_scanset scan, size_t pos,
int *occ, size_t *len);
+ const char * ZOOM_scanset_display_term(ZOOM_scanset scan, size_t pos,
+ int *occ, size_t *len);
void ZOOM_scanset_destroy (ZOOM_scanset scan);
- const char *ZOOM_scanset_option_get (ZOOM_scanset scan,
+ const char *ZOOM_scanset_option_get(ZOOM_scanset scan,
const char *key);
- void ZOOM_scanset_option_set (ZOOM_scanset scan, const char *key,
- const char *val);
+ void ZOOM_scanset_option_set(ZOOM_scanset scan, const char *key,
+ const char *val);
</synopsis>
<para>
The scan set is created by function
<function>ZOOM_connection_scan</function> which performs a scan
- operation on the connection and start term given.
+ operation on the connection using the specified
+ <parameter>startpqf</parameter>.
If the operation was successful, the size of the scan set can be
retrieved by a call to <function>ZOOM_scanset_size</function>.
Like result sets, the items are numbered 0,..size-1.
To obtain information about a particular scan term, call function
<function>ZOOM_scanset_term</function>. This function takes
a scan set offset <literal>pos</literal> and returns a pointer
- to an actual term or <literal>NULL</literal> if non-present.
+ to a <emphasis>raw term</emphasis> or <literal>NULL</literal> if
+ non-present.
If present, the <literal>occ</literal> and <literal>len</literal>
are set to the number of occurrences and the length
of the actual term respectively.
+ <function>ZOOM_scanset_display_term</function> is similar to
+ <function>ZOOM_scanset_term</function> except that it returns
+ the <emphasis>display term</emphasis> rather than the raw term.
+ In a few cases, the term is different from display term. Always
+ use the display term for display and the raw term for subsequent
+ scan operations (to get more terms, next scan result, etc).
+ </para>
+ <para>
A scan set may be freed by a call to function
<function>ZOOM_scanset_destroy</function>.
Functions <function>ZOOM_scanset_option_get</function> and
<function>ZOOM_scanset_option_set</function> retrieves and sets
an option respectively.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <parameter>startpqf</parameter> is a subset of PQF, namely
+ the Attributes+Term part. Multiple <literal>@attr</literal> can
+ be used. For example to scan in title (complete) phrases:
+ <literallayout>
+ @attr 1=4 @attr 6=2 "science o"
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
<table frame="top"><title>ZOOM Scan Set Options</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="zoom.ext"><title>Extended Services</title>
+ <para>
+ ZOOM offers an interface to a subset of the Z39.50 extended services
+ as well as a few privately defined ones:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Z39.50 Item Order (ILL).
+ See <xref linkend="zoom.ext.itemorder"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Record Update. This allows a client to insert, modify or delete
+ records.
+ See <xref linkend="zoom.ext.update"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Database Create. This a non-standard feature. Allows a client
+ to create a database.
+ See <xref linkend="zoom.ext.dbcreate"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Database Drop. This a non-standard feature. Allows a client
+ to delete/drop a database.
+ See <xref linkend="zoom.ext.dbdrop"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Commit operation. This a non-standard feature. Allows a client
+ to commit operations.
+ See <xref linkend="zoom.ext.commit"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <!-- all the ILL PDU options should go here too -->
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ To create an extended service operation a <literal>ZOOM_package</literal>
+ must be created. The operation is a five step operation. The
+ package is created, package is configured by means of options,
+ the package is send, result is inspected (by means of options),
+ the package is destroyed.
+ </para>
+ <synopsis>
+ ZOOM_package ZOOM_connection_package(ZOOM_connection c,
+ ZOOM_options options);
+
+ const char *ZOOM_package_option_get(ZOOM_package p,
+ const char *key);
+ void ZOOM_package_option_set(ZOOM_package p, const char *key,
+ const char *val);
+ void ZOOM_package_send(ZOOM_package p, const char *type);
+
+ void ZOOM_package_destroy(ZOOM_package p);
+ </synopsis>
+ <para>
+ The <function>ZOOM_connection_package</function> creates a
+ package for the connection given using the options specified.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Functions <function>ZOOM_package_option_get</function> and
+ <function>ZOOM_package_option_set</function> gets and sets
+ options.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <function>ZOOM_package_send</function> sends
+ the package the via connection specified in
+ <function>ZOOM_connection_package</function>.
+ The <parameter>type</parameter> specifies the actual extended service
+ package type to be sent.
+ </para>
+
+ <table frame="top"><title>Extended Service Common Options</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <colspec colwidth="4*" colname="name"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="7*" colname="description"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="3*" colname="default"></colspec>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Option</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Default</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>package-name</entry>
+ <entry>Extended Service Request package name. Must be specified
+ as part of a request</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>user-id</entry>
+ <entry>User ID of Extended Service Package. Is a request option</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>function</entry>
+ <entry>
+ Function of package - one of <literal>create</literal>,
+ <literal>delete</literal>, <literal>modify</literal>. Is
+ a request option.
+ </entry>
+ <entry><literal>create</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>targetReference</entry>
+ <entry>
+ Target Reference. This is part of the response as returned
+ by the server. Read it after a succesful operation.
+ </entry>
+ <entry><literal>none</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <sect2 id="zoom.ext.itemorder"><title>Item Order</title>
+ <para>
+ For Item Order, type must be set to <literal>itemorder</literal> in
+ <function>ZOOM_package_send</function>.
+ </para>
+
+ <table frame="top"><title>Item Order Options</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <colspec colwidth="4*" colname="name"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="7*" colname="description"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="3*" colname="default"></colspec>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Option</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Default</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>contact-name</entry>
+ <entry>ILL contact name</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>contact-phone</entry>
+ <entry>ILL contact phone</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>contact-email</entry>
+ <entry>ILL contact email</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>itemorder-item</entry>
+ <entry>Position for item (record) requested. An integer</entry>
+ <entry>1</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="zoom.ext.update"><title>Record Update</title>
+ <para>
+ For Record Update, type must be set to <literal>update</literal> in
+ <function>ZOOM_package_send</function>.
+ </para>
+
+ <table frame="top"><title>Record Update Options</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <colspec colwidth="4*" colname="name"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="7*" colname="description"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="3*" colname="default"></colspec>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Option</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Default</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>action</entry>
+ <entry>
+ The update action. One of
+ <literal>specialUpdate</literal>,
+ <literal>recordInsert</literal>,
+ <literal>recordReplace</literal>,
+ <literal>recordDelete</literal>,
+ <literal>elementUpdate</literal>.
+ </entry>
+ <entry><literal>specialUpdate</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>recordIdOpaque</entry>
+ <entry>Opaque Record ID</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>recordIdNumber</entry>
+ <entry>Record ID number</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>record</entry>
+ <entry>The record itself</entry>
+ <entry>none</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>syntax</entry>
+ <entry>The record syntax (transfer syntax). Is a string that
+ is a known record syntax.
+ </entry>
+ <entry>no syntax</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>databaseName</entry>
+ <entry>Database from connection object</entry>
+ <entry>Default</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="zoom.ext.dbcreate"><title>Database Create</title>
+ <para>
+ For Database Create, type must be set to <literal>create</literal> in
+ <function>ZOOM_package_send</function>.
+ </para>
+
+ <table frame="top"><title>Database Create Options</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <colspec colwidth="4*" colname="name"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="7*" colname="description"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="3*" colname="default"></colspec>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Option</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Default</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>databaseName</entry>
+ <entry>Database from connection object</entry>
+ <entry>Default</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="zoom.ext.dbdrop"><title>Database Drop</title>
+ <para>
+ For Database Drop, type must be set to <literal>drop</literal> in
+ <function>ZOOM_package_send</function>.
+ </para>
+
+ <table frame="top"><title>Database Create Options</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <colspec colwidth="4*" colname="name"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="7*" colname="description"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="3*" colname="default"></colspec>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Option</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ <entry>Default</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>databaseName</entry>
+ <entry>Database from connection object</entry>
+ <entry>Default</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="zoom.ext.commit"><title>Commit Operation</title>
+ <para>
+ For Commit, type must be set to <literal>commit</literal> in
+ <function>ZOOM_package_send</function>.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2><title>Protocol behavior</title>
+ <para>
+ All the extended services are Z39.50-only.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ The database create, drop and commit services are privately defined
+ operations.
+ Refer to <filename>esadmin.asn</filename> in YAZ for the ASN.1
+ definitions.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
+
<sect1 id="zoom.options"><title>Options</title>
<para>
Most &zoom; objects provide a way to specify options to change behavior.
From an implementation point of view a set of options is just like
- an associative array / hash array, etc.
+ an associative array / hash.
</para>
<synopsis>
ZOOM_options ZOOM_options_create (void);
To ensure that all outstanding requests are performed call this function
repeatedly until zero is returned.
</para>
+ <para>
+ If <function>ZOOM_event</function> returns and returns non-zero, the
+ last event that occurred can be expected.
+ </para>
+ <synopsis>
+ int ZOOM_connection_last_event(ZOOM_connection cs);
+ </synopsis>
+ <para>
+ <function>ZOOM_connection_last_event</function> returns an event type
+ (integer) for the last event.
+ </para>
+
+ <table frame="top"><title>ZOOM Event IDs</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <colspec colwidth="4*" colname="name"></colspec>
+ <colspec colwidth="7*" colname="description"></colspec>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Event</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_NONE</entry>
+ <entry>No event has occurred</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_CONNECT</entry>
+ <entry>TCP/IP connect has initiated</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_SEND_DATA</entry>
+ <entry>Data has been transmitted (sending)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_RECV_DATA</entry>
+ <entry>Data has been received)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_TIMEOUT</entry>
+ <entry>Timeout</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_UNKNOWN</entry>
+ <entry>Unknown event</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_SEND_APDU</entry>
+ <entry>An APDU has been transmitted (sending)</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_RECV_APDU</entry>
+ <entry>An APDU has been received</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_RECV_RECORD</entry>
+ <entry>A result-set record has been received</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ZOOM_EVENT_RECV_SEARCH</entry>
+ <entry>A search result been received</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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