On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 09:00:38PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: > Description : Perl extension implementing the ZOOM API for Information > Retrieval via Z39.50 > > This module provides a nice, Perlish implementation of the ZOOM > Abstract API described and documented at http://zoom.z3950.org/api/ > . > The ZOOM module is implemented as a set of thin classes on top of the > non-OO functions provided by this distribution's Net::Z3950::ZOOM module, > which in turn is a thin layer on top of the ZOOM-C code supplied as part of > Index Data's YAZ Toolkit. Because ZOOM-C is also the underlying code that > implements ZOOM bindings in C++, Visual Basic, Scheme, Ruby, .NET > (including C#) and other languages, this Perl module works compatibly with > those other implementations. (Of course, the point of a public API such as > ZOOM is that all implementations should be compatible anyway; but knowing > that the same code is running is reassuring.) > . > Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/~mirk/Net-Z3950-ZOOM/lib/Net/Z3950/ZOOM.pm
Okay, so now I've read all that, and I'm stuck with one question: WTF is 'ZOOM'? -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
