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- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.4//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY copyright SYSTEM "copyright.xml">
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<refentry id="ref-virt_db">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <productname>Metaproxy</productname>
+ <info><orgname>Index Data</orgname></info>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>virt_db</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3mp</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo>Metaproxy Module</refmiscinfo>
-</refmeta>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">Metaproxy Module</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>virt_db</refname>
Z39.50 virtual database recognized.
The name of the database is the text content of the
<literal><database></literal> element which should be
- first element inside th virtual section.
+ first element inside the virtual section.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For Metaproxy 1.0.20 and later, the database is treated as a glob pattern.
+ This allows operators * (any number of any character) and
+ ? (any single character). The virtual sections are inspected in
+ the order given. The first matching virtual database is used.
</para>
<para>
Following that is one or more <literal><target></literal>
elements with the identifier of each target that the virtual database
- maps to.
+ maps to. If a database is given for a target (following a slash), that
+ database name is used as Z39.50 database for this target. If the
+ database is omitted for the target, the original (virtual) database
+ is used as Z39.50 database.
</para>
<para>
If multiple targets are given that has special meaning depending on the
</para>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1><title>SCHEMA</title>
+ <literallayout><xi:include
+ xi:href="../xml/schema/filter_virt_db.rnc" xi:parse="text"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
+ </literallayout>
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1><title>EXAMPLES</title>
<para>
Consider this virt_db configuration:
<database>db3</database>
<target>indexdata.com/special</target>
</virtual>
+ <virtual>
+ <database>*</database><!-- default -->
+ <target>localhost:9999</target><-- database not altered -->
+ </virtual>
</filter>
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