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Site Updates and Additions – July 1999 through December 1999
- Purpose
- This page notes additions
and changes to the Help Zone between July and December 1999 by date
with links to the changed pages and a brief description of the modifications.
Return
to most recent updates
12/17/1999
Updated:
12/3/1999
Updated:
- Database
Configuration Files
- Enhanced content
and divided into four focused documents:
- Added new
sections and variables introduced in SiteSearch 4.1.0, variables
applicable to Record Builder databases (local databases created
and/or updated with the Record Builder application), thesaurus databases,
and holdings databases.
- Revised format
to clarify database types applicable to each section and variable,
indicating whether variables are optional or required, default values,
and lists of allowable values.
- Record
Builder application – Made minor enhancements to the following
documents:
- OCLC
SiteSearch Suite System Requirements – Modified Java Development
Kit (JDK) requirement, which now must be version 1.1.6 or higher.
11/24/1999
Added/Updated:
Updated:
- Record
Builder application – Made minor enhancements to the following
documents:
11/19/1999
Updated:
11/12/1999
Added:
- November
1999 InSite – The
latest issue of InSite includes a cover story on the use of SiteSearch
on North Dakota's LaND, a preliminary report on the results of Z39.50
server testing, OCLC announces a new marketing director, and more.
10/29/1999
Updated:
10/22/1999
Updated:
10/15/1999
Updated:
Added:
- Access Component
- Expanded documentation is now available for the Access component:
- Access
Component Overview - Describes the purpose of the Access component,
the elements that comprise the Access component, and the Access
component in different SiteSearch environments (WebZ and WebZ/Record
Builder). It also includes a list of available documentation for
the Access component.
- Configuring
the Access Component for WebZ (UNIX), Configuring
the Access Component for WebZ (Windows NT), and Testing
the Access Component Configuration for WebZ - These documents
have been revised for SiteSearch 4.1.0 and renamed to indicate that
they pertain to using the Access component with WebZ.
- Configuration
Files that Support the Access Component - Explains how a number
of configuration files provide information necessary to support
the Access component for WebZ and Record Builder.
- accessdb
Database - Presents the schema for the accessdb database by
describing the purpose of each table, the structure of each table,
and the relationships among the tables. Also explains how a sample
data file included with WebZ for both UNIX and Windows NT systems
illustrates some possible uses of this database.
- mSQL
Scripts and Templates (UNIX) - Describes the mSQL scripts and
templates available to assist UNIX users to create and maintain
the two Access component databases: accessdb for controlling access
to WebZ and rbdb for controlling access to Record Builder
- Configuring
the Access Component for Record Builder (UNIX), Configuring
the Access Component for Record Builder (Windows NT), and Testing
the Access Component Configuration for Record Builder - These
documents explains how to configure the Access component for Record
Builder in UNIX and Windows NT operating systems, respectively,
and how to test this configuration.
- rbdb
Database - Presents the schema for the rbdb database by describing
the purpose of each table, the structure of each table, and the
relationships among the tables. Also explains how a sample data
file included with Record Builder for both UNIX and Windows NT systems
illustrates some possible uses of this database.
10/8/1999
Revised:
09/20/1999
Added:
- October
1999 InSite - The current issue of InSite looks at the new release
of version 4.1.0. Brenda Bailey, Director of OCLC Distributed Systems,
provides an overview of some of the major components and changes found
in version 4.1.0. Links to the release notes for these features are
also available.
- Description
of the Open SiteSearch 4.1.0 Release
- Release notes that provide a detailed list of the new functionality,
software enhancements, and bug fixes included with the Open SiteSearch
suite 4.1.0 release, including:
- Upgrading
to SiteSearch 4.1.0 - Provides
instructions provides
instructions for integrating an existing SiteSearch 4.0.2 environment
into the Open SiteSearch 4.1.0 software on UNIX or Windows NT systems.
- OCLC
SiteSearch Record Builder
- Index page for Record Builder. Beginning with the SiteSearch 4.1.0
release, Record Builder is shipped as part of Database Builder. Record
Builder is an end-user application built on WebZ technology. Record
Builder is specifically designed for you to create, modify, and maintain
local collections of sound files, images, Web sites, and data. Through
its own pre-built Web interface, it offers an alternative to batch updating
for cataloguers who need to add, modify, and delete records one at a
time.
- WebZ
Rules-Based Formatting - Overview of and links to detailed information
about rules-based formatting. Beginning in SiteSearch 4.1.0, rules-based
formatting becomes an option for formatting data for presentation in
the WebZ interface. Instead of programming and compiling Java source
code files, implementing WebZ rules-based
formatting involves:
- WebZ
Cross-Database Searching Functionality
- Describes WebZ's basic
cross-database searching functionality and the following enhancements
to cross-database searching in SiteSearch 4.1.0:
- WebZ
and Vocabulary-Assisted Searching - Introduces
you to vocabulary-assisted searching and the way in which WebZ implements
it. It includes links to other topics that explain WebZ's processing
flow during vocabulary-assisted searching, the configuration files that
affect vocabulary-assisted searching, step-by-step procedures for enabling
vocabulary-assisted searching, and a detailed look at the way in which
the WebZ OBI, version 1, demonstrates vocabulary-assisted searching.
08/30/1999
Added:
- September
1999 InSite - Check out this month's issue to learn about:
- OCLC's efforts
to ensure compatibility of vendors Z39.50 servers with the WebZ
software
- The release
of SiteSearch 4.1.0 and its training options
- The SiteSearch
Support Team reorganization, Help Zone updates, and OCLC Custom
Services
- Effective
ways to use log analyzers to understand who is visiting your site
and how they are using it.
07/19/1999
Updated:
- Searching
functionality - Improved search functionality allows you to search
the Help Zone as a whole or each zone within the Help Zone The available
zones include the documentation, API documentation (javadoc), support,
and community zone. Advanced search functionality is available and from
the proximity based results screen you can view similar documents as
well as documents that link to the given document.
- Introduction
to WebZ - A system overview of what WebZ is, how libraries can work
with WebZ, what WebZ does, and how to begin working with WebZ.
Added:
- Working
with WebZ - Provides topic descriptions and links to documentation
for common tasks you might perform after you install the WebZ software.
- Building
Your WebZ Interface - Index page for the following new concepts
and tasks related to Interface Building:
- WebZ
and Interlibrary Loan - Provides an overview of the interlibrary
loan (ILL) process, describes WebZ's capabilities for creating ILL requests
initiated by SiteSearch users, and provides links to SiteSearch ILL
documentation.
- Community
Zone - The Community Zone serves as a forum for communication between
OCLC and users. The purpose of this section is to announce SiteSearch
meetings and attendance at conferences, to distribute OCLC and user
presentations to the entire user community, and to provide links to
various demonstration sites related to Open SiteSearch. The Community
Zone currently includes the following sections:
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