[Koha-zebra] A few ZOOM::Package questions

[Sebastian Hammer]

I can answer one of these.. I think the other ones are mostly for Mike.

Joshua Ferraro wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>Just got a few questions about ZOOM::Package:
>
>In the documentation, the example listed is:
>
>$p->send("createdb");
>
>I'm assuming this is a typo and the actual service
>type is just 'create' ... right?
>
>Does Zebra support the 'itemorder' service type? if so, how is it
>used?
>  
>
No, this is generally used to support ILL, which of course isn't 
relevant for Zebra.

There are a couple of profiles at the Z39.50 maintenance agency 
describing how to use ItemOrder to carry bits and pieces of the ISO ILL 
protocol through Z39.50 ItemOrder. Mind you, this is very rarely used, 
to my knowledge.. the more common approaches involve ILL directly over 
TCP/IP or SMPT. Of course, some consortia use NCIP to support ILL-like 
operations, as well.

--Seb

>Will ZOOM support the 'drop' send() method at some point?
>
>What are the case scenerios where the 'commit' method would be
>useful?
>
>What is the xmlupdate method? :-)
>
>We're trying to figure out when it would be useful (if ever) to
>use recordIdOpaque and/or recordIdName. The only reference to them
>I can find is here: http://www.indexdata.dk/zebra/NEWS where it
>says:
>
>"Allow Remote insert/delete/replace/update with record, recordIdNumber
>(sysno) and/or recordIdOpaque(user supplied record Id). If both
>IDs are omitted internal record ID match is assumed (recordId: - in
>zebra cfg)."
>
>Could someone provide a couple case scenerios where these would be used?
>
>When would it be useful to populate the databaseName option? Isn't
>that already provided by the $conn object? or can we connect to
>multiple databases in that object and then specify which one we
>want the specific package operation to be performed using that
>option?
>
>Finally, no mention is made of the record update 'syntax' option in
>the ZOOM documentation. Is it supported? if so, what are the valid
>values?
>
>Thanks,
>
>  
>

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