Z39.50
Z39.50 Server Configuration Guidelines
This document provides detailed technical information for Z39.50 client developers and implementors that is necessary in order to access and interwork with the Classiques Garnier Z39.50 Server. This document assumes a general familiarity with Z39.50.
The Classiques Garnier Z39.50 Server conforms to Z39.50-1995 (Version 3) of the standard. A subset of attributes from the bib-1 attribute set are supported, and codes from the bib-1 diagnostic set are utilized.
For more information about the Z39.50 protocol, please consult the: Z39.50: international standard maintenance agency.
Table of Contents
- Z39.50 Services Supported
- Internet Addresses, Databases, and Hours of Availability
- Initialization Service
- Search Service
- Present Service
- Use Attributes Supported
- Relation Attributes Supported
- Position Attributes Supported
- Structure Attributes Supported
- Truncation Attributes Supported
- Completeness Attributes Supported
- Required and Default Attributes
Z39.50 Services Supported
The server supports the following services Initialization Search Present DelSet TriggerResourceCtrl Scan Sort ExtendedServices NamedResultSets
Internet Addresses, Databases, and Hours of Availability
Classiques Garnier Online Catalog Domain name: classiques-garnier.com Port: 210 Database name: classiques-garnier Availability: 24 hours/day; 7 days/week
Initialization Service
Protocol Version Z39.50-1995 (Version 3) Options Supported Search Present Preferred Message Size The server will negotiate Client down to 32,768 bytes if requested size exceeds 32,768 bytes, and accept Client proposal if it is less than 32,768 bytes. Maximum Record Size Server will accept Client proposal ID Authentication User-id and password are not required by the Server
Search Service
Result Set Name Only "default" is supported (case insensitive) Database Names (case insensitive) Use "classiques-garnier" Query Type-1 only is supported Attribute Set ID Bib-1 only is supported Operand The Result Set ID (i.e., "default") cannot be used in the Operand. Qualifying searches are not supported Operators Supported: AND OR AND-NOT
Present Service
Record Syntaxes Supported sutrs xml Element Set Names Supported dc -- Dublin Core (XML records) mods -- MODS (XML records) marc -- MARCXML (XML records), default schema for XML
Use Attributes Supported
Value Description ----- ------------------------- 4 Title 5 Title series 7 ISBN 8 ISSN 21 Subject heading 31 Date of publication 59 Place of publication 62 Abstract 1003 Author 1018 Name of publisher
Relation Attributes Supported
Value Description ----- --------------- 3 Equal Values other than "3" are accepted, but not regarded.
Position Attributes Supported
Value Description ----- --------------- 1 First in field 3 Any
Structure Attributes Supported
Value Description ----- --------------- 1 Phrase Values other than "1" are accepted, but not regarded.
Truncation Attributes Supported
Value Description ----- --------------- 1 Right truncation 100 Do not truncate
Completeness Attributes Supported
Value Description ----- -------------------- 1 Incomplete subfield Values other than "1" are accepted, but not regarded.
Required and Default Attributes
Requirements and Defaults: The Use attribute is REQUIRED. For the other attributes, if an attribute type and value are not supplied by the client, the following defaults are applied: RELATION -- Equal (value=3) POSITION -- Any (value=3) STRUCTURE -- Phrase (value=1) TRUNCATION -- Do not truncate (value=100) COMPLETENESS -- Incomplete subfield (value=1)