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<chapter id="introduction"><title>Introduction</title>
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The <ulink url="http://www.indexdata.dk/yazproxy/">YAZ Proxy</ulink> is
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- Configurable logging
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
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- <para>
- SRU/SRW server function, to allow any Z39.50 server to also support
- the <ulink url="http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/zing/">ZiNG</ulink>
- protocols
+ <ulink url="http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/">SRW/SRU</ulink>
+ server function, to allow any
+ <ulink url="http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/">Z39.50</ulink>
+ server to also support the SRW/SRU protocols.
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</listitem>
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- XML support -- MARC records can be converted to MARCXML, and
- XSLT-transformations allow the proxy to support arbitrary
- retrieval schemas in XML
+ <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/XML/">XML</ulink> support --
+ MARC records can be converted to
+ <ulink url="http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/">MARCXML</ulink>, and
+ <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt">XSLT</ulink>-transformations
+ allow the proxy to support arbitrary retrieval schemas in XML
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</listitem>
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<para>
+ Configurable logging
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Efficient multiplexing software enables small memory footprint
and very high performance
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</listitem>
-
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Z39.50 character set negotiation support.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
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<para>
Configuration and installation assistance and ongoing support is
available for the YAZ Proxy.
- For futher information about support or licensing options, please
+ For further information about support or licensing options, please
contact David Dorman in the
US (dorman at indexdata.com, 860-346-1237 or toll free 866-489-1568)
or Sebastian Hammer in Denmark (quinn a indexdata.com, or +45 3341 0100)