X-Git-Url: http://sru.miketaylor.org.uk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Flibrary-configuration.txt;h=311c3b0bd16cdc844a784dfa3f707f4b02193aeb;hb=8871d5d24f00a1ec36b58334b703701b3c9183fa;hp=99581080ea3f14c347030821f4c5e24cf376cc62;hpb=d18748b6100261af48412752d4ada866096f1a4d;p=mkws-moved-to-github.git diff --git a/doc/library-configuration.txt b/doc/library-configuration.txt index 9958108..311c3b0 100644 --- a/doc/library-configuration.txt +++ b/doc/library-configuration.txt @@ -2,17 +2,24 @@ MKWS Target Selection ===================== -MKWS accesses targets using the Pazpar2 metasearching engine, almost -always fronted by the Service Proxy to manage target selection. This -document assumes the SP is used, and so that a library of targets is -available, maintained using an instance of MKAdmin (often -http://mkc-admin.indexdata.com/console/) +MKWS accesses targets using the Pazpar2 metasearching engine. Although +Pazpar2 can be used directly, using a statically configured set of +targets, this usage is unusual. More often, Pazpar2 is fronted by the +Service Proxy (SP), which manages authentication, sessions, target +selection, etc. + +This document assumes the SP is used, and explains how to go about +making a set of targets (a "library") available, how to connect your +MKWS application to that library, and how to choose which of the +available targets to use. 1. Maintaining the library -------------------------- -### +### and so that a library of targets +is available, maintained using an instance of MKAdmin (often +http://mkc-admin.indexdata.com/console/) 2. Choosing targets from the library