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-<!-- $Id: book.xml,v 1.34 2006-06-10 14:29:11 adam Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: book.xml,v 1.36 2006-09-07 09:42:53 mike Exp $ -->
<book id="metaproxy">
<bookinfo>
<title>Metaproxy - User's Guide and Reference</title>
using the filter API.
</simpara>
<simpara>
- The terms under which Metaproxy will be distributed have yet to be
- established, but it will not necessarily be open source; so users
- should not at this stage redistribute the code without explicit
- written permission from the copyright holders, Index Data ApS.
+ Metaproxy is <emphasis>not</emphasis> open-source software, but
+ may be freely downloaded, unpacked, inspected, built and run for
+ evaluation purposes. Deployment requires a separate, commercial,
+ license.
</simpara>
<simpara>
<inlinemediaobject>
functionality.
</para>
<para>
- This manual will briefly describe Metaproxy's licensing situation
+ This manual will describe how to install Metaproxy
before giving an overview of its architecture, then discussing the
key concept of a filter in some depth and giving an overview of
the various filter types, then discussing the configuration file
The word ``filter'' is sometimes used rather loosely, in two
different ways: it may be used to mean a particular
<emphasis>type</emphasis> of filter, as when we speak of ``the
- auth_simplefilter'' or ``the multi filter''; or it may be used
+ auth_simple filter'' or ``the multi filter''; or it may be used
to be a specific <emphasis>instance</emphasis> of a filter
within a Metaproxy configuration. For example, a single
configuration will often contain multiple instances of the
The filters are here listed in alphabetical order:
</para>
+<!--
+
+### New filters:
+
+New virt_db-alike that does inteligent peer choice, explain merging,
+adds FD&N to explain. Keeps init responses (like "virt_db Classic"),
+makes routing choices based on local explain knowledge. Ref IDDI
+paper.
+
+Filter to convert Explain Classic to ZeeRex.
+
+CQL2PQF (which needs augmented ZeeRex) - MARC for Talis.
+
+SRU2Z39.50 (ditto).
+
+Figure out what additional information we need in:
+ ZeeRex (check against D3.1)
+ Init request (e.g. loop detection)
+ Query package (e.g. number of hops)
+ Query response (e.g. record source)
+
+-->
+
<section>
<title><literal>auth_simple</literal>
(mp::filter::AuthSimple)</title>