About the Z39.50 Server Program

The Z39.50 server program lets users of Z39.50 client programs (both from Innovative and other vendors) access your system's database and perform searches using the Z39.50 protocol.

When your library acquires the Z39.50 server program, Innovative performs the basic setup on your system. However, your library can configure the following:

• Whether your Z39.50 server uses the ISO Latin-1 character set. By default, the Z39.50 server uses the ALA character set. If you want your Z39.50 server to use a different character set, please contact Innovative.
• Whether your Z39.50 server operates in compliance with Level 0 of the Bath Profile.
• The rules for suppression of titles from display to the public.

Use the Z > Z39.50 Server menu option on the Z39.50 SERVERS screen to configure settings for the Z39.50 server program.

Supported Features of the Z39.50 Server

• The Z39.50 server operates with clients that use either version 2 or version 3 of the Z39.50 protocol.
• Only Query Types 0 and 1 are supported.
• Initialization, Scan, Search, and Present are supported.
• Result Set Naming is supported.
• Resource Control, Passwords, and Authentication are not supported.
• Bibliographic, item, and holdings information is sent to Z39.50 clients when the Z39.50 server receives requests in the OPAC (OID 1.2.840.10003.5.102) or SUTRS (OID 1.2.840.10003.5.101) format. For the OPAC format, if the Z39.50 client specifies the value BRIEF for the element set, the Z39.50 server returns bibliographic and holdings information only.
• ISO Latin-1 character set is supported. By default, the Z39.50 server uses the ALA character set. For information on configuring your Z39.50 server to use the ISO Latin-1 character set, see Z > Z39.50 Server. If you want your Z39.50 server to use a different character set by default, please contact Innovative.
• MARC 21, OPAC, SUTRS, and XML record formats are supported. By default, the Z39.50 server uses the MARC 21 record format.
• Compliance with Level 0 in all three Functional Areas of the Bath Profile is supported.