2.0.38
Copyright © 1994-2009 Index Data
Abstract
Zebra is a free, fast, friendly information management system. It can index records in XML, SGML, MARC, e-mail archives and many other formats, and quickly find them using a combination of boolean searching and relevance ranking. Search-and-retrieve applications can be written using APIs in a wide variety of languages, communicating with the Zebra server using industry-standard information-retrieval protocols or web services.
This manual explains how to build and install Zebra, configure it appropriately for your application, add data and set up a running information service. It describes version 2.0.38 of Zebra.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Installation
- 3. Tutorial
- 4. Overview of Zebra Architecture
- 5. Query Model
- Query Model Overview
- RPN queries and semantics
- Extended Zebra RPN Features
- Zebra specific retrieval of all records
- Zebra specific Search Extensions to all Attribute Sets
- Zebra specific Scan Extensions to all Attribute Sets
- Zebra special IDXPATH Attribute Set for GRS-1 indexing
- Mapping from PQF atomic APT queries to Zebra internal register indexes
- Zebra Regular Expressions in Truncation Attribute (type = 5)
- Server Side CQL to PQF Query Translation
- 6. Administrating Zebra
- Record Types
- The Zebra Configuration File
- Locating Records
- Indexing with no Record IDs (Simple Indexing)
- Indexing with File Record IDs
- Indexing with General Record IDs
- Register Location
- Safe Updating - Using Shadow Registers
- Relevance Ranking and Sorting of Result Sets
- Extended Services: Remote Insert, Update and Delete
- 7. DOM XML Record Model and Filter Module
- 8. ALVIS XML Record Model and Filter Module
- 9. GRS-1 Record Model and Filter Modules
- 10. Field Structure and Character Sets
- I. Reference
- zebraidx — Zebra Administrative Tool
- zebrasrv — Zebra Server
- idzebra-config — Script to get information about idzebra
- A. License
- B. About Index Data and the Zebra Server
List of Figures
List of Tables
- 1.1. Zebra document model
- 1.2. Zebra search functionality
- 1.3. Zebra index scanning
- 1.4. Zebra document presentation
- 1.5. Zebra sorting and ranking
- 1.6. Zebra live updates
- 1.7. Zebra networked protocols
- 1.8. Zebra data size and scalability
- 1.9. Zebra supported platforms
- 4.1. Special Retrieval Elements
- 5.1. Attribute sets predefined in Zebra
- 5.2. Boolean operators
- 5.3. Atomic queries (APT)
- 5.4. Relation Attributes (type 2)
- 5.5. Position Attributes (type 3)
- 5.6. Structure Attributes (type 4)
- 5.7. Truncation Attributes (type 5)
- 5.8. Completeness Attributes (type = 6)
- 5.9. Zebra Search Attribute Extensions
- 5.10. Zebra Scan Attribute Extensions
- 5.11. Zebra specific IDXPATH Use Attributes (type 1)
- 5.12. Access point name mapping
- 5.13. Structure and completeness mapping to register types
- 5.14. Regular Expression Operands
- 5.15. Regular Expression Operators
- 6.1. Extended services Z39.50 Package Fields
- 7.1. DOM XML filter pipelines overview
- 10.1. Character maps predefined in Zebra
List of Examples
- 10.1. Field types
- 10.2. Indexing Greek text
- 10.3. MARCXML indexing using ICU