1 YAZ toolkit - $Id: README,v 1.42 2003-01-06 08:20:26 adam Exp $
3 Copyright (C) 1995-2003, Index Data ApS.
4 See the file LICENSE for details.
6 The primary output of the source here is the YAZ library, which
7 contains support functions for implementing the server or client
8 role of Z39.50 and SRW.
10 Windows programmers: refer to the file windows.txt which describes how
11 to build the software using Microsoft Visual C++.
13 On Unix, GNU configure is used to configure YAZ and generate Makefiles.
14 Type "./configure", then "make" to build YAZ.
16 Note: If you are using the CVS snapshot of YAZ you must have autoconf,
17 automake and libtool installed. Before running configure, create
18 support files by running buildconf.sh in the top-level directory of YAZ.
20 In any case refer to the documentation in sub directory doc or read
21 it online at http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz/
27 util Various little utility functions. Logging, memory debugging,
28 primitive ISO 2709 presentation for the yaz-client, etc. You'll
29 find the ASN.1 Compiler for YAZ here as well (yaz-comp).
31 odr Open Data Representation. This module implements the BER
34 z39.50 codecs for the Z39.50 protocol. This module does the same job
35 as the old 'asn' module except that the source files are
36 auto-generated using an YAZ' ASN.1 Compiler (yaz-comp).
38 zutil This module implements a collection of Z39.50 utilities, such
39 as query parsing, etc.
41 ill Codecs for the ISO ILL protocol.
43 comstack This module implements the transport transparency
44 stack (COMSTACK). The comstack implements a generic interface
45 for exchanging BER-encoded records over a network. It supports
46 the 'American' mode of exchanging the records straight over
47 TCP/IP, and uses Peter Furniss' XTIMOSI package over RFC1006.
48 Look for documentation in the file comstack.man.
50 zoom An implementation of Mike Taylors Z39.50 Object Oriented
51 Model : ZOOM. If you'd like to build Z39.50 client applications
52 in C this may be good start. You'll find example programs in
55 server This is the implementation of the Z39.50 server frontend. It
56 provides event-handling and server managament functions,
57 and calls the backend primitives (best documentation of these
58 is in the file include/yaz/backend.h).
64 srw SRW support (based on gSOAP).
66 srwapps SRW applicaions, most notably a SRW-to-Z39.50 gateway.
68 client A demonstration client for testing the protocol. It's bug'n
69 ugly. But, it supports many features.
71 ztest A demonstration server that implements a backend.
73 include/yaz The various header files.
75 lib The libraries. Primarily libyaz.la. The makefile gathers the
76 libraries from previous modules into libyaz.la.
78 To get more information or assistance, send mail to yaz-help@indexdata.dk.
79 Even better, sign on to the YAZ mailing list here:
80 http://www.indexdata.dk/mailman/listinfo/yazlist