From cff1ce5798328abf2ef7dce859b47ba1d9ec04f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Dickmeiss Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 20:57:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated PQF grammar --- doc/tools.xml | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tools.xml b/doc/tools.xml index 2122e69..4d19542 100644 --- a/doc/tools.xml +++ b/doc/tools.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Supporting Tools @@ -72,47 +72,43 @@ int p_query_attset (const char *arg); The grammar of the PQF is as follows: - - Query ::= [ '@attrset' AttSet ] QueryStruct. - - AttSet ::= string. + + query ::= top-set query-struct. - QueryStruct ::= [ Attribute ] Simple | Complex. + top-set ::= [ '@attrset' string ] - Attribute ::= '@attr' [ AttSet ] AttributeType '=' AttributeValue. + query-struct ::= attr-spec | simple | complex - AttributeType ::= integer. + attr-spec ::= '@attr' [ string ] string query-struct - AttributeValue ::= integer || string. + complex ::= operator query-struct query-struct. - Complex ::= Operator QueryStruct QueryStruct. + operator ::= '@and' | '@or' | '@not' | '@prox' proximity. - Operator ::= '@and' | '@or' | '@not' | '@prox' Proximity. + simple ::= result-set | term. - Simple ::= ResultSet | Term. + result-set ::= '@set' string. - ResultSet ::= '@set' string. + term ::= string - Term ::= string | '"' string '"'. + proximity ::= exclusion distance ordered relation which-code unit-code. - Proximity ::= Exclusion Distance Ordered Relation WhichCode UnitCode. + exclusion ::= '1' | '0' | 'void'. - Exclusion ::= '1' | '0' | 'void'. + distance ::= integer. - Distance ::= integer. + ordered ::= '1' | '0'. - Ordered ::= '1' | '0'. + relation ::= integer. - Relation ::= integer. + which-code ::= 'known' | 'private' | integer. - WhichCode ::= 'known' | 'private' | integer. - - UnitCode ::= integer. - + unit-code ::= integer. + You will note that the syntax above is a fairly faithful - representation of RPN, except for the Attibute, which has been + representation of RPN, except for the Attribute, which has been moved a step away from the term, allowing you to associate one or more attributes with an entire query structure. The parser will automatically apply the given attributes to each term as required. @@ -418,7 +414,7 @@ struct ccl_rpn_node *ccl_find_str (CCL_bibset bibset, const char *str, The OID module provides a higher-level representation of the - family of object identifers which describe the Z39.50 protocol and its + family of object identifiers which describe the Z39.50 protocol and its related objects. The definition of the module interface is given in the oid.h file. @@ -584,7 +580,7 @@ typedef struct oident The oid_ent_to_oid() function can be used whenever you need to prepare a PDU containing one or more OIDs. The separation of - the protocol element from the remainer of the + the protocol element from the remainder of the OID-description makes it simple to write applications that can communicate with either Z39.50 or OSI SR-based applications. -- 1.7.10.4