-<!-- $Id: zoom.xml,v 1.30 2003-06-04 09:15:40 adam Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: zoom.xml,v 1.31 2003-07-09 22:38:12 mike Exp $ -->
<chapter id="zoom"><title>ZOOM</title>
<para>
&zoom; is an acronym for 'Z39.50 Object-Orientation Model' and is
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><literal>syntax</literal></term>
- <listitem><para>The transfer syntax (OID) of the record is returned
- as a C null-terminated string. Return type is
+ <listitem><para>The transfer syntax of the record is returned
+ as a C null-terminated string containing the symbolic name of
+ the record syntax, e.g. <literal>Usmarc</literal>. Return type
+ is
<literal>const char *</literal>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>