X-Git-Url: http://git.indexdata.com/?p=yaz-moved-to-github.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fzoom.xml;h=10a3e192bf04e554e6f37008e1a7d97965e81f6b;hp=86fa1639af654c49e95014713084121eb3e2754f;hb=1b814737d1572a6fc4bec2a3d120d6954d12bdb1;hpb=2aac1412b1bfe2b6d96b72b254a0292d5e5ee056 diff --git a/doc/zoom.xml b/doc/zoom.xml index 86fa163..10a3e19 100644 --- a/doc/zoom.xml +++ b/doc/zoom.xml @@ -1,19 +1,15 @@ - ZOOM &zoom; is an acronym for 'Z39.50 Object-Orientation Model' and is @@ -35,9 +31,17 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) - A recent addition to &yaz; is SRW support. You can now make - SRW ZOOM connections by specifying scheme http:// - for the hostname for a connection. + A recent addition to &yaz; is SRU support. You can now make + SRU ZOOM connections by specifying scheme http:// + for the hostname for a connection. The dialect of SRU used is + specified by the value of the connection's sru + option, which may be SRU over HTTP GET (get), + SRU over HTTP POST (post) or SRW (SRU over + SOAP) (soap). Using the facility for embedding + options in target strings, a connection can be forced to use SRU + rather the SRW (the default) by prefixing the target string with + sru=get,, like this: + sru=get,http://sru.miketaylor.org.uk:80/sru.pl @@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) There are other language bindings available for &yaz;, and still more are in active development. See the - ZOOM web-site for + ZOOM web-site for more information. @@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) protocol behavior, that describes how the API maps to the Z39.50 protocol. - Connections + Connections The Connection object is a session with a target. @@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) void ZOOM_connection_connect(ZOOM_connection c, const char *host, int portnum); - void ZOOM_connection_destroy (ZOOM_connection c); + void ZOOM_connection_destroy(ZOOM_connection c); Connection objects are created with either function @@ -111,28 +115,54 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) You can prefix the host with a scheme followed by colon. The default scheme is tcp (Z39.50 protocol). - The scheme http selects SRW over HTTP. + The scheme http selects SRU over HTTP. + + + You can prefix the scheme-qualified host-string with one or more + comma-separated + key=value + sequences, each of which represents an option to be set into the + connection structure before the + protocol-level connection is forged and the initialization + handshake takes place. This facility can be used to provide + authentication credentials, as in host-strings such as: + user=admin,password=halfAm4n,tcp:localhost:8017/db Connection objects should be destroyed using the function ZOOM_connection_destroy. - 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); - The ZOOM_connection_option_set allows you to + The functions ZOOM_connection_option_set and + ZOOM_connection_option_setl allows you to set an option given by key to the value - value for the connection. - Function ZOOM_connection_option_get returns + value for the connection. + For ZOOM_connection_option_set, the + value is assumed to be a 0-terminated string. Function + ZOOM_connection_option_setl specifies a + value of a certain size (len). + + + Functions ZOOM_connection_option_get and + ZOOM_connection_option_getl returns the value for an option given by key. - ZOOM Connection Options +
+ ZOOM Connection Options @@ -162,7 +192,15 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) It's automatically set internally when connecting to a target. none - proxyProxy host + proxyProxy host. If set, the logical host + is encoded in the otherInfo area of the Z39.50 Init PDU + with OID 1.2.840.10003.10.1000.81.1. + none + + clientIPClient IP. If set, is + encoded in the otherInfo area of a Z39.50 PDU with OID + 1.2.840.10003.10.1000.81.3. Holds the original IP addreses + of a client. Is used of ZOOM is used in a gateway of some sort. none asyncIf true (1) the connection operates in @@ -230,20 +268,39 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) mediumSetElementSetName The element set name to be for medium-sized result sets. none + + init_opt_search, init_opt_present, init_opt_delSet, etc. + After a successful Init, these options may be interrogated to + discover whether the server claims to support the specified + operations. + none + + sru + SRU transport type. Must be either soap, + get or post. + soap + + sru_version + SRU/SRW version. Should be 1.1, or + 1.2. This is , prior to connect, the version + to offer (highest version). And following connect (in fact + first operation), holds the negotiated version with the server + (same or lower version). + 1.2
If either option lang or charset is set, then - + Character Set and Language Negotiation is in effect. - int ZOOM_connection_error (ZOOM_connection c, const char **cp, - const char **addinfo); - int ZOOM_connection_error_x (ZOOM_connection c, const char **cp, - const char **addinfo, const char **dset); + int ZOOM_connection_error(ZOOM_connection c, const char **cp, + const char **addinfo); + int ZOOM_connection_error_x(ZOOM_connection c, const char **cp, + const char **addinfo, const char **dset); Function ZOOM_connection_error checks for @@ -256,7 +313,8 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) of ZOOM_connection_error that is capable of returning name of diagnostic set in dset. - Z39.50 Protocol behavior + + Z39.50 Protocol behavior The calls ZOOM_connection_new and ZOOM_connection_connect establishes a TCP/IP @@ -294,14 +352,15 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) API cannot tell the outcome (yet). - SRW Protocol behavior + + SRU Protocol behavior - The SRW protocol doesn't feature an Inititialize 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. Most of the ZOOM connection options do not - affect SRW and they are ignored. However, future versions + affect SRU and they are ignored. However, future versions of &yaz; might honor implementationName and put that as part of User-Agent header for HTTP requests. @@ -341,7 +400,7 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) sort criteria using the same string notation for sort as offered by the YAZ client. - Protocol behavior + Protocol behavior The query object is just an interface for the member Query in the SearchRequest. The sortby-function is an interface to the @@ -355,17 +414,15 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) a target. - ZOOM_resultset ZOOM_connection_search(ZOOM_connection, - ZOOM_query q); + ZOOM_resultset ZOOM_connection_search(ZOOM_connection, ZOOM_query q); ZOOM_resultset ZOOM_connection_search_pqf(ZOOM_connection c, const char *q); - void ZOOM_resultset_destroy(ZOOM_resultset r); Function ZOOM_connection_search creates - a result set given a connection and query. + a result set given a connection and query. Destroy a result set by calling ZOOM_resultset_destroy. Simple clients may using PQF only may use function @@ -373,14 +430,12 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) creating query objects is not necessary. - void ZOOM_resultset_option_set (ZOOM_resultset r, - const char *key, - const char *val); + void ZOOM_resultset_option_set(ZOOM_resultset r, + const char *key, const char *val); - const char *ZOOM_resultset_option_get (ZOOM_resultset r, - const char *key); + const char *ZOOM_resultset_option_get(ZOOM_resultset r, const char *key); - size_t ZOOM_resultset_size (ZOOM_resultset r); + size_t ZOOM_resultset_size(ZOOM_resultset r); Functions ZOOM_resultset_options_set and @@ -392,7 +447,8 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) The number of hits also called result-count is returned by function ZOOM_resultset_size. - ZOOM Result set Options +
ZOOM Result set Options @@ -409,13 +465,21 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) startOffset of first record to be retrieved from target. First record has offset 0 unlike the protocol specifications where first record has position 1. + This option affects ZOOM_resultset_search and + ZOOM_resultset_search_pqf and must be set before any of + these functions are invoked. If a range of + records must be fetched manually after search, + function ZOOM_resultset_records should be used. 0 - countNumber of records to be retrieved. + countNumber of records to be retrieved. + This option affects ZOOM_resultset_search and + ZOOM_resultset_search_pqf and must be set before any of + these functions are invoked. 0 presentChunkThe number of records to be - requested from the server in each chunk (present requst). The + requested from the server in each chunk (present request). The value 0 means to request all the records in a single chunk. (The old step option is also supported for the benefit of old applications.) @@ -438,6 +502,13 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) If this option isn't set, the ZOOM module will automatically allocate a result set name. default + + rpnCharsetCharacter set for RPN terms. + If this is set, ZOOM C will assume that the ZOOM application is + running UTF-8. Terms in RPN queries are then converted to the + rpnCharset. If this is unset, ZOOM C will not assume any encoding + of RPN terms and no conversion is performed. + none
@@ -456,7 +527,8 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) Read searchresult.size to determine the number of items. - Search Info Report options +
Search Info Report Options @@ -501,7 +573,7 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs)
- + Z39.50 Protocol behavior The creation of a result set involves at least a SearchRequest @@ -553,23 +625,23 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) to specify one elementSetName option rather than three. - - SRW Protocol behavior + + SRU Protocol behavior 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. - Option schema specifies SRW schema + Option schema specifies SRU schema for retrieval. However, options elementSetName and preferredRecordSyntax are ignored. Options start and count - are supported by SRW. + are supported by SRU. The remaining options piggyback, smallSetUpperBound, @@ -580,18 +652,18 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) unsupported. - SRW supports CQL queries, not PQF. + SRU supports CQL queries, not PQF. If PQF is used, however, the PQF query is transferred anyway using non-standard element pQuery in - SRW SearchRetrieveRequest. + SRU SearchRetrieveRequest. - Unfortunately, SRW does not define a database setting. Hence, + Unfortunately, SRU does not define a database setting. Hence, databaseName is unsupported and ignored. However, the path part in host parameter for functions ZOOM_connecton_new and ZOOM_connection_connect acts as a - database (at least for the &yaz; SRW server). + database (at least for the &yaz; SRU server). @@ -601,17 +673,20 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) created from result sets. - void ZOOM_resultset_records (ZOOM_resultset r, - ZOOM_record *recs, - size_t start, size_t count); - ZOOM_record ZOOM_resultset_record (ZOOM_resultset s, size_t pos); + void ZOOM_resultset_records(ZOOM_resultset r, + ZOOM_record *recs, + size_t start, size_t count); + ZOOM_record ZOOM_resultset_record(ZOOM_resultset s, size_t pos); - const char *ZOOM_record_get (ZOOM_record rec, const char *type, - size_t *len); + const char *ZOOM_record_get(ZOOM_record rec, const char *type, + size_t *len); - ZOOM_record ZOOM_record_clone (ZOOM_record rec); + int ZOOM_record_error(ZOOM_record rec, const char **msg, + const char **addinfo, const char **diagset); - void ZOOM_record_destroy (ZOOM_record rec); + ZOOM_record ZOOM_record_clone(ZOOM_record rec); + + void ZOOM_record_destroy(ZOOM_record rec); References to temporary records are returned by functions @@ -631,6 +706,12 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) If no record could be obtained NULL is returned. + Error information for a record can be checked with + ZOOM_record_error which returns non-zero + (error code) if record is in error, called Surrogate + Diagnostics in Z39.50. + + Function ZOOM_resultset_records retrieves a number of records from a result set. Parameter start and count specifies the range of records to @@ -653,7 +734,7 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) The type is a string of the format: - form[; charset=from[,to]] + form[;charset=from[,to]][;format=v] where form specifies the format of the @@ -666,6 +747,12 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) If to is omitted UTF-8 is assumed. + The format argument controls whether record data should be XML + pretty-printed (post process operation). + It is enabled only if format value v is + 1 and the record content is XML well-formed. + + In addition, for certain types, the length len passed will be set to the size in bytes of the returned information. @@ -687,6 +774,12 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) const char *. + schema + The schema of the record is returned + as a C null-terminated string. Return type is + const char *. + + render The record is returned in a display friendly format. Upon completion buffer is returned @@ -707,40 +800,54 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) xml The record is returned in XML if possible. - SRW/SRU and Z39.50 records with transfer syntax XML are + SRU and Z39.50 records with transfer syntax XML are returned verbatim. MARC records are returned in - + MARCXML (converted from ISO2709 to MARCXML by YAZ). - GRS-1 and OPAC records are not supported for this form. + OPAC records are also converted to XML and the + bibliographic record is converted to MARCXML (when possible). + GRS-1 records are not supported for this form. Upon completion, the XML buffer is returned (type const char *) and length is stored in *len. opac - OPAC for record is returned in XML. + OPAC information for record is returned in XML + if an OPAC record is present at the position given. If no + OPAC record is present, a NULL pointer is returned. + + + txml + The record is returned in TurboMARC if possible. + SRU and Z39.50 records with transfer syntax XML are + returned verbatim. MARC records are returned in + + TurboMARC + + (converted from ISO2709 to TurboMARC by YAZ). + Upon completion, the XML buffer is returned + (type const char *) and length is stored in + *len. Most - - MARC21 - + MARC21 records uses the - - MARC-8 - + MARC-8 character set encoding. An application that wishes to display in Latin-1 would use render; charset=marc8,iso-8859-1 - Z39.50 Protocol behavior + + Z39.50 Protocol behavior The functions ZOOM_resultset_record and ZOOM_resultset_records inspects the client-side @@ -759,9 +866,10 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) now. - SRW Protocol behavior + + SRU Protocol behavior - 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. @@ -776,34 +884,37 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) - The Scan interface is Z39.50 only. SRW version 1.0 does not - support this. + The Scan interface is supported for both Z39.50 and SRU. - ZOOM_scanset ZOOM_connection_scan (ZOOM_connection c, - const char *startterm); + ZOOM_scanset ZOOM_connection_scan(ZOOM_connection c, + const char *startpqf); + + ZOOM_scanset ZOOM_connection_scan1(ZOOM_connection c, + ZOOM_query q); 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_term(ZOOM_scanset scan, size_t pos, + size_t *occ, size_t *len); - const char * ZOOM_scanset_display_term(ZOOM_scanset scan, size_t pos, - int *occ, size_t *len); + const char *ZOOM_scanset_display_term(ZOOM_scanset scan, size_t pos, + size_t *occ, size_t *len); - void ZOOM_scanset_destroy (ZOOM_scanset scan); + void ZOOM_scanset_destroy(ZOOM_scanset scan); - const char *ZOOM_scanset_option_get (ZOOM_scanset scan, - const char *key); + 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); The scan set is created by function ZOOM_connection_scan which performs a scan - operation on the connection using the specified startterm. + operation on the connection using the specified + startpqf. If the operation was successful, the size of the scan set can be retrieved by a call to ZOOM_scanset_size. Like result sets, the items are numbered 0,..size-1. @@ -829,8 +940,24 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) ZOOM_scanset_option_set retrieves and sets an option respectively. + + + The startpqf is a subset of PQF, namely + the Attributes+Term part. Multiple @attr can + be used. For example to scan in title (complete) phrases: + + @attr 1=4 @attr 6=2 "science o" + + + + + The ZOOM_connecton_scan1 is a newer and + more generic alternative to ZOOM_connection_scan + which allows to use both CQL and PQF for Scan. + - ZOOM Scan Set Options +
+ ZOOM Scan Set Options @@ -846,7 +973,7 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) numberNumber of Scan Terms requested in next scan. After scan it holds the actual number of terms returned. - 10 + 20 positionPreferred Position of term in response in next scan; actual position after completion of scan. @@ -858,38 +985,414 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) scanStatusAn integer indicating the Scan Status of last scan. 0 + + rpnCharsetCharacter set for RPN terms. + If this is set, ZOOM C will assume that the ZOOM application is + running UTF-8. Terms in RPN queries are then converted to the + rpnCharset. If this is unset, ZOOM C will not assume any encoding + of RPN terms and no conversion is performed. + none
+ + + Extended Services + + ZOOM offers an interface to a subset of the Z39.50 extended services + as well as a few privately defined ones: + + + + + Z39.50 Item Order (ILL). + See . + + + + + Record Update. This allows a client to insert, modify or delete + records. + See . + + + + + Database Create. This a non-standard feature. Allows a client + to create a database. + See . + + + + + Database Drop. This a non-standard feature. Allows a client + to delete/drop a database. + See . + + + + + Commit operation. This a non-standard feature. Allows a client + to commit operations. + See . + + + + + + To create an extended service operation a ZOOM_package + 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. + + + 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); + + + The ZOOM_connection_package creates a + package for the connection given using the options specified. + + + Functions ZOOM_package_option_get and + ZOOM_package_option_set gets and sets + options. + + + ZOOM_package_send sends + the package the via connection specified in + ZOOM_connection_package. + The type specifies the actual extended service + package type to be sent. + + + + Extended Service Common Options + + + + + + + Option + Description + Default + + + + + package-name + Extended Service Request package name. Must be specified + as part of a request + none + + + user-id + User ID of Extended Service Package. Is a request option + none + + + function + + Function of package - one of create, + delete, modify. Is + a request option. + + create + + + waitAction + + Wait action for package. Possible values: + wait, waitIfPossible, + dontWait or dontReturnPackage. + + waitIfPossible + + + targetReference + + Target Reference. This is part of the response as returned + by the server. Read it after a successful operation. + + none + + + +
+ + Item Order + + For Item Order, type must be set to itemorder in + ZOOM_package_send. + + + + Item Order Options + + + + + + + Option + Description + Default + + + + + contact-name + ILL contact name + none + + + contact-phone + ILL contact phone + none + + + contact-email + ILL contact email + none + + + itemorder-item + Position for item (record) requested. An integer + 1 + + + +
+ + + + Record Update + + For Record Update, type must be set to update in + ZOOM_package_send. + + + + Record Update Options + + + + + + + Option + Description + Default + + + + + action + + The update action. One of + specialUpdate, + recordInsert, + recordReplace, + recordDelete, + elementUpdate. + + specialUpdate (recordInsert for updateVersion=1 which does not support specialUpdate) + + + recordIdOpaque + Opaque Record ID + none + + + recordIdNumber + Record ID number + none + + + record + The record itself + none + + + recordOpaque + Specifies an opaque record which is + encoded as an ASN.1 ANY type with the OID as tiven by option + syntax (see below). + Option recordOpaque is an alternative + to record - and record option (above) is + ignored if recordOpaque is set. This option is only available in + YAZ 3.0.35 and later and is meant to facilitate Updates with + servers from OCLC. + + none + + + syntax + The record syntax (transfer syntax). Is a string that + is a known record syntax. + + no syntax + + + databaseName + Database from connection object + Default + + + correlationInfo.note + Correlation Info Note (string) + none + + + correlationInfo.id + Correlation Info ID (integer) + none + + + elementSetName + Element Set for Record + none + + + updateVersion + Record Update version which holds one of the values + 1, 2 or 3. Each version has a distinct OID: + 1.2.840.10003.9.5 + (first version) , + 1.2.840.10003.9.5.1 + (second version) and + 1.2.840.10003.9.5.1.1 + (third and + newest version). + + 3 + + + +
+ + + + Database Create + + For Database Create, type must be set to create in + ZOOM_package_send. + + + + Database Create Options + + + + + + + Option + Description + Default + + + + + databaseName + Database from connection object + Default + + + +
+ + + Database Drop + + For Database Drop, type must be set to drop in + ZOOM_package_send. + + + + Database Drop Options + + + + + + + Option + Description + Default + + + + + databaseName + Database from connection object + Default + + + +
+ + Commit Operation + + For Commit, type must be set to commit in + ZOOM_package_send. + + + + + Protocol behavior + + All the extended services are Z39.50-only. + + + + The database create, drop and commit services are privately defined + operations. + Refer to esadmin.asn in YAZ for the ASN.1 + definitions. + + + + Options 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. - ZOOM_options ZOOM_options_create (void); + ZOOM_options ZOOM_options_create(void); - ZOOM_options ZOOM_options_create_with_parent (ZOOM_options parent); + ZOOM_options ZOOM_options_create_with_parent(ZOOM_options parent); - void ZOOM_options_destroy (ZOOM_options opt); + void ZOOM_options_destroy(ZOOM_options opt); - const char *ZOOM_options_get (ZOOM_options opt, const char *name); + const char *ZOOM_options_get(ZOOM_options opt, const char *name); - void ZOOM_options_set (ZOOM_options opt, const char *name, - const char *v); + void ZOOM_options_set(ZOOM_options opt, const char *name, + const char *v); typedef const char *(*ZOOM_options_callback) - (void *handle, const char *name); + (void *handle, const char *name); ZOOM_options_callback - ZOOM_options_set_callback (ZOOM_options opt, - ZOOM_options_callback c, - void *handle); + ZOOM_options_set_callback(ZOOM_options opt, + ZOOM_options_callback c, + void *handle); Events @@ -898,7 +1401,7 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) with events. - int ZOOM_event (int no, ZOOM_connection *cs); + int ZOOM_event(int no, ZOOM_connection *cs); The ZOOM_event executes pending events for @@ -927,7 +1430,8 @@ ZOOM_event(no, cs) (integer) for the last event. - ZOOM Event IDs +
+ ZOOM Event IDs