= Z3950 Extensions and Fixes =
|| '''Date''' || 2010/01/26 ||
|| '''Contact(s)''' || Simon Pigot ||
|| '''Last edited''' || [[Timestamp]] ||
|| '''Status''' || complete - but needs to be tied in with Timo Proescholdt's Z3950 JZKit3 proposal - see [wiki:z3950_sru] and ArchieW et al proposals [wiki:RemoteSearch] and [wiki:EnhancedHarvestingCapabilities] ||
|| '''Assigned to release''' || 2.5 ||
|| '''Resources''' || BlueNetMEST ||

== Overview ==

Fixes and Enhancements to Z3950 server and client

=== Proposal Type ===
 * '''Type''': GUI Change, Core Change
 * '''App''': !GeoNetwork
 * '''Module''': Harvester, Search, Z3950 server

=== Links ===
 * '''Documents''': see [wiki:z3950_sru], [wiki:RemoteSearch] and [wiki:EnhancedHarvestingCapabilities]

=== Voting History ===
 * Not yet voted on

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== Motivations ==

Enhance and fix Z3950 server, tie in with JZKit3 implementation given in proposal by Timo Proescholdt

== Proposal == 

Z3950 server and remote search needs fixes (see bug list) and enhancements: 
 * Z3950 server config simplification - remove redundancy from repositories.xml.tem - redundant info is added when repositories.xml is built from the .tem file on Z3950 server startup. 
 * map database name used in Z3950 to !GeoNetwork categories eg. searching a !GeoNetwork Z3950 server specified as bluenetmest.utas.edu.au:2100/datasets would search only on records that are in the datasets category. The existing default of bluenetmest.utas.edu.au:2100/geonetwork continues to search all records
 * Z3950 harvester - harvest records from a Z3950 server by specifying a Z3950 search string (extension and additional implementation based on Francois' original template in geosource)
 * restore remote search interface
 * add capability for !GeoNetwork to provide HTML responses

All implemented in the BlueNetMEST sandbox - see version 1.2.1 on [http://anzlicmet.bluenet.utas.edu.au http://anzlicmet.bluenet.utas.edu.au]

=== Backwards Compatibility Issues ===

== Risks ==

== Participants ==
 * As above