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In SiteSearch 4.1.0,
Database Builder includes a new application, Record Builder. Record
Builder is an end-user application built on WebZ
technology that harnesses Database
Builder's administrative utilities to allow the creation, modification,
and maintenance of Newton searchable databases for local collections of
such things as images, sound files, Web sites, and data. Through its own
pre-built Web interface, Record Builder offers an alternative to batch
updating by providing cataloguers a way to add, modify, and delete single
records online using a variety of predefined templates and workforms.
The Database
Builder installation automatically installs Record Builder, but its use
is optional.
In
a SiteSearch environment that includes Record Builder, a single OpServe
manages both WebZ and Record Builder. Record Builder has its own Web server
port and Web server extension, JaSSI and ZBase servers (JaSSIRB and ZBaseRB),
and Access server (AccessServerRB), and a Lock server. This is the usual
configuration, although it is possible to set up Record Builder-only environment.
Web Servers for
Windows NT with Record Builder
If you are using the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) as your
Web server, it is not possible to run WebZ and Record Builder simultaneously
on a single machine. Your options are to:
- Use Netscape as
your Web server, which will allow you to run WebZ and Record Builder
simultaneously on the same machine
- Use IIS as the
Web server for a WebZ-only environment and Netscape as the Web server
for a Record Builder-only environment or a WebZ/Record Builder environment
- Use Netscape as
the Web server for a WebZ-only environment and IIS as the Web server
for a Record Builder-only environment
- Use IIS as the
Web server for a WebZ-only environment on one machine and IIS as the
Web server for a Record Builder-only environment on another machine
Databases
SiteSearch 4.1.0 includes four sample Record Builder databases and accompanying
templates and workforms:
| Database |
Description |
In OBI, Version 1
Database List |
| ARCH |
Replacement
for color archive database (CARC) provided in SiteSearch 4.0.x
versions |
Yes |
| DC |
Demonstrates
cataloging Internet resources using the Dublin
Core metadata element set. |
No |
| ERES |
Electronic Reserve
database, as in SiteSearch 4.0.x versions |
Yes |
| MARCCat |
Demonstrates
cataloging in MARC format with templates for a variety of media, including
musical scores, sound recordings, and computer files. |
No |
Structure of <WebZ_root>/dbbuilder/dbs
Directory
As in SiteSearch 4.0.x versions, there is a subdirectory for each
database in <WebZ_root>/dbbuilder/dbs. Under the database's
directory, such as <WebZ_root>/dbbuilder/dbs/eres, there
are additional files and directories:
<WebZ_root>/dbbuilder/dbs
also contains a new /save directory.
Configuration
Record Builder has its own configuration files; the files are analogous
to those in a WebZ-only environment. To distinguish these files, their
names end with "_rb" . For example, JaSSIServer.ini pertains
to a WebZ-only environment and JaSSIServer_rb.ini pertains to a SiteSearch
environment that includes both WebZ and Record Builder.
You specify the configuration
files for the databases that you plan to manage with Record Builder in
Record Builder's databases_rb.ini file. These database configuration files
use the same format as other SiteSearch database configuration files.
If you want your patrons to view the databases you manage with Record
Builder in your WebZ interface, you must include these databases in databases_ini,
and create database configuration files for them.
Start-up Scripts
There are also new scripts for starting Record Builder. The apache_rb
script starts the Apache Web server running on the port designated for
Record Builder. The ssadmin_rb script starts all the servers necessary
for a SiteSearch environment that includes both WebZ and Record Builder.
Interface
The Record Builder interface (designated Version 0) has its own HTML files,
interface style files, and interface display gadgets configuration file,
and uses the rules-based formatting introduced
in SiteSearch 4.1.0. Its interface style files are built around a
base style. The HTML files reside in <WebZ_root>/htdocs/rbv0.
This directory also has a number of subdirectories. The .ini files reside
within the standard configuration file structure in separate /rbv0 subdirectories.
Java classes
There are Java classes specific to Record Builder in a new class package,
ORG.oclc.mantis.
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