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simple2zoom(1p)


NAME

   simple2zoom - generic Swiss Army Server for proxying between IR
   standards

SYNOPSIS

   "simple2zoom" [ "-c" configFile ] [ "--" YAZ-options ] [ listener-
   address ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

   "simple2zoom" provides a generic gateway between the Z39.50 and SRU/SRW
   Information Retrieval protocols.  Because it relies on the
   "Net::Z3950::SimpleServer" and "ZOOM" modules for the server and client
   funcationality respectively, because both of these modules are based on
   the YAZ toolkit, and because YAZ transparently handles all three
   standard IR protocols (ANDI/NISO Z39.50, SRU and SRW), it can function
   as a gateway from any and to any of these protocols.  However, its
   principle purpose is as a Z39.50 server that proxies requests through
   to a backend by acting as an SRU client.

   The following command-line options govern how the gateway functions:

   -c configFile
       Specifies that the named configFile should be used to configure the
       functionality of the gateway: if this option is not specified, then
       the file "client.xml" is used.  The format of the configuration
       file is described separately in "Net::Z3950::Simple2ZOOM::Config",
       and a sample configuration file, "test.xml", is supplied in the
       "etc" directory of the distribution.

   --  Indicates the end of "simple2zoom"-specific options.  This is
       required if YAZ options are to be specified, so that "simple2zoom"
       doesn't try to interpret them itself.

   YAZ-options
       Command-line arguments subsequent to the "--" option are
       interpreted by the YAZ backend server as described at
       http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz/doc/server.invocation.tkl

       These options provide the means to control many aspects of the
       gateway's functioning: for example, whether the server forks a new
       process for each client or runs a single process using "select()";
       how (if at all) to interpret incoming SRU requests; whether and how
       to log protocol packets for debugging.

   listener-address
       One or more YAZ-style listener addresses may be specified, and the
       server will accept connections on those addresses: for example,
       @:9998, "unix:/tmp/somesocket" or "ssl:myhost.com:210".  If no
       explicit listener addresses are provided, the server listens on
       port 9999.

SEE ALSO

   The "Net::Z3950::Simple2ZOOM" module.

   The "Net::Z3950::Simple2ZOOM::Config" manual for the configuration-file
   format.

   The "Net::Z3950::SimpleServer" module.

   The "ZOOM" module (in the "Net::Z3950::ZOOM" distribution).

AUTHOR

   Sebastian Hammer <quinn@miketaylor.org.uk>

   Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>

   The development of "simple2zoom", and the "Net::Z3950::Simple2ZOOM"
   library that provides its functionality, has been partially sponsored
   by the National Library of Australia, whose contribution we gratefully
   acknowledge.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

   Copyright (C) 2007 by Index Data.

   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at
   your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.



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