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NAME

       simple2zoom - generic Swiss Army Server for proxying between IR standards

SYNOPSIS

       "simple2zoom" [ "-c" configFile ] [ "--" YAZ-options ] [ listener-address ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       "simple2zoom" provides a generic gateway between the Z39.50 and SRU/SRW Information Retrieval protocols.  Because it relies on the
       "Net::Z3950::SimpleServer" and "ZOOM" modules for the server and client funcationality respectively, because both of these modules are
       based on the YAZ toolkit, and because YAZ transparently handles all three standard IR protocols (ANDI/NISO Z39.50, SRU and SRW), it can
       function as a gateway from any and to any of these protocols.  However, its principle purpose is as a Z39.50 server that proxies requests
       through to a backend by acting as an SRU client.

       The following command-line options govern how the gateway functions:

       -c configFile
	   Specifies that the named configFile should be used to configure the functionality of the gateway: if this option is not specified, then
	   the file "client.xml" is used.  The format of the configuration file is described separately in "Net::Z3950::Simple2ZOOM::Config", and
	   a sample configuration file, "test.xml", is supplied in the "etc" directory of the distribution.

       --  Indicates the end of "simple2zoom"-specific options.  This is required if YAZ options are to be specified, so that "simple2zoom"
	   doesn't try to interpret them itself.

       YAZ-options
	   Command-line arguments subsequent to the "--" option are interpreted by the YAZ backend server as described at
	   http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz/doc/server.invocation.tkl

	   These options provide the means to control many aspects of the gateway's functioning: for example, whether the server forks a new
	   process for each client or runs a single process using "select()"; how (if at all) to interpret incoming SRU requests; whether and how
	   to log protocol packets for debugging.

       listener-address
	   One or more YAZ-style listener addresses may be specified, and the server will accept connections on those addresses: for example,
	   @:9998, "unix:/tmp/somesocket" or "ssl:myhost.com:210".  If no explicit listener addresses are provided, the server listens on port
	   9999.

SEE ALSO

       The "Net::Z3950::Simple2ZOOM" module.

       The "Net::Z3950::Simple2ZOOM::Config" manual for the configuration-file format.

       The "Net::Z3950::SimpleServer" module.

       The "ZOOM" module (in the "Net::Z3950::ZOOM" distribution).

AUTHOR

       Sebastian Hammer <quinn@miketaylor.org.uk>

       Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>

       The development of "simple2zoom", and the "Net::Z3950::Simple2ZOOM" library that provides its functionality, has been partially sponsored
       by the National Library of Australia, whose contribution we gratefully acknowledge.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       Copyright (C) 2007 by Index Data.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or,
       at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

perl v5.12.4							    2007-09-07							   SIMPLE2ZOOM(1p)