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Configuration Files that Support Vocabulary-Assisted Searching

Introduction

This topic explains how a number of configuration files provide information necessary to provide vocabulary-assisted searching in WebZ.

Related Configuration Files

This table lists the configuration files that control vocabulary-assisted searching in WebZ. The table includes links to documentation about these files, examples of these files in the WebZ Out-of-the-Box Interface (OBI), version 1, and the information relevant to vocabulary-assisted searching in each file.

Files Example(s) in OBI Information Related to Vocabulary-Assisted Searching
databases.ini

<WebZ_root>/ini/databases.ini

Reference to thesaurus database configuration file.
Thesaurus database configuration files

<WebZ_root>/ini/dbs/
      
ERICThesaurus.ini
      
LCSH.ini
      
MeSH.ini
       PsycThesaurus.ini

Database configuration information for thesaurus database (as for any other WebZ database) and references to formatting configuration file(s) for term list display from the thesaurus and the thesaurus tree display in [formats] section.
Database configuration files

Databases associated with a thesaurus database:

<WebZ_root>/ini/dbs/
      
ERIC.ini
      
Medline.ini
      
Psyc.ini
       WorldCat.ini

Databases configured for vocabulary-assisted searching without a thesaurus database:

<WebZ_root>/ini/dbs/
       ABII.ini
      
AcadIndx.ini
      
III.ini
      
and others

[database]

  • Flag that associates database to a thesaurus database (ThesaurusDbName=), as appropriate

[formats]

  • Reference to formatting configuration file for term list display (if database has no associated thesaurus database or the thesaurus does not contain the search term)

[TermFinder]

  • Index to search the database using items on the term list (TermListSearchindex=)
  • Number of records to retrieve from the database to create the term list (SampleSize=n)
  • Index for retrieving records to create the term list from the database when the patron requests a term list from the Term Finder screen (TermFinderSearch Index=)
  • Whether to specify an adjacency-type search for the search to create the term list from the target database (UseAdjacencyInTFSearch=true or =false).
Note: The UseAdjacencyInTFSearch parameter allows you to create a more accurate term list from databases that support adjacency-type searches. If the database does not support adjacency-type searches and/or this variable is set to false, the search is an "and" search for terms with more than one word.
Thesaurus formatting configuration files <WebZ_root>/ini/format/obiv1/
       ERICThesaurusFormats.ini
      
LCSHFormats.ini
       MeSHFormats.ini

       PsycThesaurusFormats.ini
Thesaurus formatting configuration file with display specifications and formatting rules for displaying the:
Term list formatting configuration files

<WebZ_root>/ini/format/obiv1/
      
FSMarcRTLFormat.ini
       MarcRTLFormat.ini

          OR 

Database-specific formatting configuration files, such as

<WebZ_root>/ini/format/obiv1/
       ABIIFormats.ini
       NotisFormats.ini

Display specifications and formatting rules for displaying term lists from a database without an associated thesaurus or when the database's thesaurus does not contain the desired search term(s).

Interface style configuration files

<WebZ_root>/ini/interface/obiv1/
      
BaseStyle.ini

[TabBar]

  • Parameter to add a Term Finder tab to the tab bar for all databases, for no databases, or to add it on a database-by-database basis (termfinder=true, false, or database, respectively).

[TermFinderSearchHeader]

[TermListSearchHeader]

[ThesTreeSearchHeader]

[ThesNavButtons]

[anchors]

  • For navigational buttons (termList, termfinder, scopenote, and treedisplay)

<WebZ_root>/ini/interface/obiv1/
      
imagesGreen.ini
      
imagesBlue.ini

Images for Term Finder, Term List, and Scope Note buttons and thesaurus tree icon.

<WebZ_root>/ini/interface/obiv1/
      
pagesFrame.ini
      
pagesNoFrame.ini

HTML pages for term finder, term list, and thesaurus tree screens, and associated error pages.
Interface display configuration files

<WebZ_root>/ini/interface/obiv1/
      
frameDisplayGadgets.ini
      
noframeDisplayGadgets.ini

Formatting display gadget specifications for:

term list [TermListDisplay]
thesaurus results [ThesTreeDisplay]

and associated data wrapper specifications [termlistHtml] for [TermListDisplay] and [thestree] for [ThesTreeDisplay], respectively.

 

See Also

WebZ and Vocabulary-Assisted Searching
Vocabulary-Assisted Searching Process Flow
Vocabulary-Assisted Searching in the WebZ Out-of-the-Box Interface (OBI)
Configuring a Database for Vocabulary-Assisted Searching with its Thesaurus Database
Configuring a Database for Vocabulary-Assisted Searching without a Thesaurus Database

 


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