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added section on install on RPM based systems
[metaproxy-moved-to-github.git] / doc / book.xml
diff --git a/doc/book.xml b/doc/book.xml
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--- a/doc/book.xml
+++ b/doc/book.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
      -->
      <!NOTATION PDF SYSTEM "PDF">
 ]>
      -->
      <!NOTATION PDF SYSTEM "PDF">
 ]>
-<!-- $Id: book.xml,v 1.54 2007-01-18 12:39:41 marc Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: book.xml,v 1.57 2007-03-30 11:35:04 marc Exp $ -->
 <book id="metaproxy">
  <bookinfo>
   <title>Metaproxy - User's Guide and Reference</title>
 <book id="metaproxy">
  <bookinfo>
   <title>Metaproxy - User's Guide and Reference</title>
@@ -343,6 +343,39 @@
    </para>
   </section>
 
    </para>
   </section>
 
+  <section id="installation.rpm">
+   <title>Installation on RPM based Linux Systems</title>
+   <para>
+    All external dependencies for Metaproxy are available as 
+    RPM packages, either from your distribution site, or from the 
+    <ulink url="http://fr.rpmfind.net/">RPMfind</ulink> site.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    For example, an installation of the requires Boost C++ development 
+    libraries on RedHat Fedora C4 and C5 can be done like this:
+    <screen> 
+    wget ftp://fr.rpmfind.net/wlinux/fedora/core/updates/testing/4/SRPMS/boost-1.33.0-3.fc4.src.rpm
+    sudo rpmbuild --buildroot src/ --rebuild -p fc4/boost-1.33.0-3.fc4.src.rpm
+    sudo rpm -U /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/boost-*rpm
+    </screen>
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    The  <ulink url="&url.yaz;">YAZ</ulink> library is needed to
+    compile &metaproxy;, see there
+    for more information on available RPM packages.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    There is currently no official RPM package for YAZ++.
+    See the <ulink url="&url.yaz.pp;">YAZ++</ulink> pages 
+    for more information on a Unix tarball install.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    With these packages installed, the usual configure + make
+    procedure can be used for Metaproxy as outlined in
+    <xref linkend="installation.unix"/>.
+   </para>
+  </section>
+
   <section id="installation.windows">
    <title>Installation on Windows</title>
    <para>
   <section id="installation.windows">
    <title>Installation on Windows</title>
    <para>
@@ -502,6 +535,152 @@
   </section>
  </chapter>
  
   </section>
  </chapter>
  
+<chapter id="yazproxy-comparison">
+ <title>YAZ Proxy Comparison</title>
+ <para>
+  The table below lists facilities either supported by either
+   <ulink url="&url.yazproxy;">YAZ Proxy</ulink> or Metaproxy.
+ </para>
+<table id="yazproxy-comparison-table">
+ <title>Metaproxy / YAZ Proxy comparison</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+  <thead>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Facility</entry>
+    <entry>Metaproxy</entry>
+    <entry>YAZ Proxy</entry>
+   </row>
+  </thead>
+  <tbody>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Z39.50 server</entry>
+    <entry>Using filter <literal>frontend_net</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>SRU server</entry>
+    <entry>Supported with filter <literal>sru_z3950</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Z39.50 client</entry>
+    <entry>Supported with filter <literal>z3950_client</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>SRU client</entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Connection reuse</entry>
+    <entry>Supported with filter <literal>session_shared</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Connection share</entry>
+    <entry>Supported with filter <literal>session_shared</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Result set reuse</entry>
+    <entry>Supported with filter <literal>session_shared</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Within one Z39.50 session / HTTP keep-alive</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Record cache</entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+    <entry>Supported for last result set within one Z39.50/HTTP-keep alive session</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Z39.50 Virtual database, i.e. select any Z39.50 target for database</entry>
+    <entry>Supported with filter <literal>virt_db</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>SRU Virtual database, i.e. select any Z39.50 target for path</entry>
+    <entry>Supported with filter <literal>virt_db</literal>, 
+     <literal>sru_z3950</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Multi target search</entry>
+    <entry>Supported with filter <literal>multi</literal> (round-robin)</entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Retrieval and search limits</entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Bandwidth limits</entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Connect limits</entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Retrieval sanity check and conversions</entry>
+    <entry>Supported using filter <literal>record_transform</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Query check</entry>
+    <entry>
+     Supported in a limited way using <literal>query_rewrite</literal>
+    </entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Query rewrite</entry>
+    <entry>Supported with <literal>query_rewrite</literal></entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Session invalidate for -1 hits</entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+   <row>
+    <entry>Architecture</entry>
+    <entry>Multi-threaded + select for networked modules such as
+      <literal>frontend_net</literal>)</entry>
+    <entry>Single-threaded using select</entry>
+   </row>
+
+   <row>
+    <entry>Extensability</entry>
+    <entry>Most functionality implemented as loadable modules</entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported and experimental</entry>
+   </row>
+
+   <row>
+    <entry><ulink url="&url.usemarcon;">USEMARCON</ulink></entry>
+    <entry>Unsupported</entry>
+    <entry>Supported</entry>
+   </row>
+
+   <row>
+    <entry>Portability</entry>
+    <entry>
+     Requires YAZ, YAZ++ and modern C++ compiler supporting
+     <ulink url="&url.boost;">Boost</ulink>.
+    </entry>
+    <entry>
+     Requires YAZ and YAZ++.
+     STL is not required so pretty much any C++ compiler out there should work.
+    </entry>
+   </row>
+
+  </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+</table>
+</chapter>
+
  <chapter id="architecture">
   <title>The Metaproxy Architecture</title>
   <para>
  <chapter id="architecture">
   <title>The Metaproxy Architecture</title>
   <para>
@@ -582,7 +761,7 @@
       plugins that provide new filters.  The filter API is small and
       conceptually simple, but there are many details to master.  See
       the section below on
       plugins that provide new filters.  The filter API is small and
       conceptually simple, but there are many details to master.  See
       the section below on
-      <link linkend="extensions">extensions</link>.
+      <link linkend="filters">Filters</link>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
Z39.50/Web Router