IESR: Z39.50 Service Input Templates

Note that these templates are obsolete and their use is no longer supported.

dc:title	JISC Information Environment Service Registry (IESR) Z39.50 Service Input Templates
dc:creator	Ann Apps, University of Manchester, UK.
dc:date	2004-06-11
dc:identifier	http://www.mimas.ac.uk/iesr/metadata/templates/svcz3950-template.html
dc:description	Templates for submission of Z39.50 Service Descriptions to IESR.
dc:rights	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence: Attribution Required; Non-Commercial; Share-Alike.
version	2.0

During the initial phase of the IESR project descriptions of services will be created using templates, either Excel or XML, by the identified initial contributors. Eventually there will be a Web form for input and editing of data.

Rights. All metadata records in the IESR will be freely available and licensed under a Creative Commons Licence: Attribution Required; Non-Commercial; Share-Alike. When you submit data to the IESR you are agreeing to this licence on your metadata records.

Identifiers. Identifiers for collections, services and agents will be allocated on registration with IESR. For initial submisssion of data please construct simple identifiers to enable correlation by the IESR project team between the collection and its associated services (hasService) and agents (owner, administrator).

Repeated and Optional properties. When properties are repeated please repeat elements in the XML or lines in the Excel spreadsheet. Where optional properties are not included please delete the elements from the XML or the lines from the Excel spreadsheet. Fixed value properties are not included in the data submission templates.

Version 2. Following a review of the IESR metadata early in Phase 2 of the project several changes were made to the metadata available as output from the IESR. These changes are listed at the beginning of the review document. The Excel templates for data supply will not be changed. The XML templates for data supply and the tables below have been updated, but data encoded according to version 1 XML templates will still be accepted.

For help and further information please contact the IESR project team iesr@mimas.ac.uk

Z39.50 Service Templates

Note that these templates are obsolete and their use is no longer supported.

• XML
  • XML Z39.50 Service Description Template
  • XML Z39.50 with Zeerex URL Service Description Example
  • XML Z39.50 with Zeerex via Explain Service Description Example
  • XML Z39.50 without Zeerex Service Description Example
• Excel Tabular Format
  • Excel Z39.50 Service Description Template
  • Equivalent Z39.50 Service Description Web Table
  • Tabular Z39.50 with Zeerex URL Service Description Example
  • Tabular Z39.50 with Zeerex via Explain Service Description Example
  • Tabular Z39.50 without Zeerex Service Description Example

Z39.50 Interface Information

There are 3 possible methods for supplying Z39.50 interface information for a service:

• Provide a URL to the Zeerex file for the service within the 'interface' property. This is the preferred method if a Web-accessible Zeerex file exists for the service.
• Indicate that a Zeerex file exists but is not Web-accessible, by supplying the fixed value 'explain' for the 'interface' property. IESR will perform a Z39.50 explain operation to access a copy of the Zeerex file and place it in a Web-accessible place within the registry.
• Provide details of indexes available for searching and record syntaxes supported using the additional properties within the template. This option is available only for supplying Bib-1 Use attributes and record syntaxes. If a service needs to indicate further details than these then it should: either create its own Zeerex file; or contact IESR project staff for advice.

Items in the Excel tabular templates are assumed to be processed sequentially so related items must be together.

Z39.50 Service Description Tabular Form

Z39.50 with Zeerex URL Service Description Example Tabular Form

Note that this example does not include the following optional Z39.50 service properties: abstract; serviceType; accessDomain; supportsStandard; seeAlso; logo; contributor; adminmeta-language; source

Z39.50 with Zeerex via Explain Service Description Example Tabular Form

Note that this example does not include the following optional Z39.50 service properties: abstract; serviceType; accessDomain; supportsStandard; seeAlso; logo; contributor; publisher; adminmeta-language; source

Z39.50 Service Description Example Tabular Form

Note that this example does not include the following optional Z39.50 service properties: abstract; serviceType; accessDomain; contributor; adminmeta-language; source

3 February 2005