<refnamediv>
<refname>record_transform</refname>
- <refpurpose>Metaproxy Module that performs Z39.50 presentResponse record transformations</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Metaproxy Module that performs record transformations</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
- This filter acts only on Z3950 present requests, and let all
- other types of packages and requests pass untouched. It's use is
- twofold: blocking Z3950 present requests, which the backend
- server does not understand and can not honor, and transforming
- the present syntax and elementset name according to the rules
- specified, to fetch only existing record formats, and transform
- them on the fly to requested record syntaxes.
+ This filter acts on Z39.50 present requests and Z39.50 search requests,
+ and let all other types of packages and requests pass untouched. Its
+ use is twofold: blocking Z39.50 present/search requests that the backend
+ server does not understand or can not honor, and transforming the present
+ syntax and elementset name according to the rules specified, to fetch
+ only existing record formats, and transform them on the fly to requested
+ record syntaxes.
</para>
<para>
The allowed record present syntax and
may be omitted, in which case any
element name is accepted. An additional
<literal>identifier</literal> attribute can be added to explicitly
- describe the Z3950 identifier string.
+ describe the Z39.50 identifier string.
</para>
<para>
The <literal><retrieval></literal> element and the content