X-Git-Url: http://lists.indexdata.com/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fbook.xml;h=06548983dc44b6fbf185d16075e20df5baece11b;hb=316a09389138ec5d375b73594fef4dc2d0bf1509;hp=a191019d16ef9584644ac5e05f76e768be094d7e;hpb=e5901333c8011101505ee1a283df326663637a7e;p=metaproxy-moved-to-github.git diff --git a/doc/book.xml b/doc/book.xml index a191019..0654898 100644 --- a/doc/book.xml +++ b/doc/book.xml @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ + + %local; @@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ --> ]> - + Metaproxy - User's Guide and Reference @@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ + This manual is part of Metaproxy version &version;. + + Metaproxy is a universal router, proxy and encapsulated metasearcher for information retrieval protocols. It accepts, processes, interprets and redirects requests from IR clients using @@ -778,6 +782,12 @@ Figure out what additional information we need in: load_balance filter is assuming that all backend targets have equal content, and chooses the backend with least load cost for a new session. + + + This filter is experimental and yet not mature for heavy load + production sites. + + @@ -857,12 +867,16 @@ Figure out what additional information we need in: and present requests, and wraps the received hit counts and XML records into suitable SRU response messages. - The sru_z3950 filter does only process SRU - GET/POST/SOAP explain requests in a very crude fashion, returning - the absolute minimum required by the standard. Full ZeeReX - explain support is added by including the - zeerex_explain filter before the - sru_z3950 filter. + The sru_z3950 filter processes also SRU + GET/POST/SOAP explain requests, returning + either the absolute minimum required by the standard, or a full + pre-defined ZeeReX explain record. + See the + ZeeReX Explain + standard pages and the + SRU Explain pages + for more information on the correct explain syntax. + SRU scan requests are not supported yet. @@ -917,17 +931,19 @@ Figure out what additional information we need in: (mp::filter::ZeerexExplain) This filter acts as a sink for - SRU GET/POST/SOAP explain requests, returning a static ZeeReX + Z39.50 explain requests, returning a static ZeeReX Explain XML record from the config section. All other packages - are passed through, including SRU GET/POST/SOAP searchRetrieve - requests, which are handled by a following - sru_z3950 filter. + are passed through. See the ZeeReX Explain - standard pages and the - SRU Explain pages + standard pages for more information on the correct explain syntax. + + + This filter is not yet completed. + + @@ -983,17 +999,12 @@ Figure out what additional information we need in: If Metaproxy is an interpreter providing operations on packages, then its configuration file can be thought of as a program for that - interpreter. Configuration is by means of a single file, the name + interpreter. Configuration is by means of a single XML file, the name of which is supplied as the sole command-line argument to the metaproxy program. (See the reference guide below for more information on invoking Metaproxy.) - - The configuration files are written in XML. (But that's just an - implementation detail - they could just as well have been written - in YAML or Lisp-like S-expressions, or in a custom syntax.) -