Z39.50 Site Information

Section 1. Site Information

1.1 Organization Data

Site Name: New York State Library 
Address: Cultural Education Center 
Address: Empire State Plaza 
City: Albany 
State: NY 
Zip Code: 12230

1.2 Contact us for Technical Support

By email
By phone through our Reference Unit at 518-474-5355.

Section 2. Database Information

Database Name: Unicorn 
Database Description: New York State Library Catalog

Section 3. Server Information

Domain Name: nyst.sirsi.net 
Port Number: 8419 
Server Software Vendor: Sirsi Corporation

Section 4. Initialization Service

Z39.50 Protocol Version: 3 
Preferred Message Size: 65530 bytes 
Maximum Record Size: 65530 bytes 

Section 5. Server Options Supported

5.1 General Options

Sorting 
Scanning 
Cross Reference 
Result Set Naming  
Intermediate Results 
Result Set Deletes

5.2 Attribute Type

Type-1 
Type-101

5.3 Element Set Names

Full 
Brief

5.4 Record Syntax

MARC

5.5 Bib-1 Attribute Set Profiles

The Z39.50 standards makes use of attributes to "code" a client's query so that the receiving server can process the query correctly. There are provisions for six encoding definitions in the Z39.50 standard.

Encoding Definitions and Attributes

Encoding DefinitionAttributesAttribute Combination Summary: Queries with Use Attributes other than 30 and 31Attribute Combination Summary: Queries with Use Attributes 30 and 31
USE or INDEX 
Specifies which data field(s) the query should be processed to
N/AN/AN/A
RELATION 
Controls the order of numerical expression
1=less than 
2=less than or equal to 
3=equal 
4=greater or equal 
5=greater than 
6=not equal
NONE1,2,3,4,5,6
POSITION 
Specifies the location of term(s) within the fields for matching query
1=first in field 
3=any position in field
1,31,3
STRUCTURE 
Specifies the structure of data in the query
1=phrase 
4=year 
6=word list
1,64
TRUNCATION 
Specifies type of truncation processing for query
1=right truncation 
100=do not truncate
1,1001,100
COMPLETENESS 
Specifies query processing by subfield
1=incomplete subfield 
3=complete field
1,31,3


 

Bib-1 Fields and Attributes

Z39.50 Bib-1 ValueField DescriptionMARC TagPositionStructureTruncationCompleteness
1Personal Name

100,400,600

700,705,800

1,31,61,1001,3
2Corporate Name

110,410,610

710,715,810

1,31,61,1001,3
3Conference Name

111,411,611

711,811

1,31,61,1001,3
4Title

130,212,222

240,241,242

245,246,440

490,630,730

740,830,840

1,31,61,1001,3
7ISBN0201,31,61,1001,3
8ISSN0221,31,61,1001,3
9LC Card Number0101,31,61,1001,3
12Local Number0011,31,61,1001,3
13Dewey Classification082,0921,31,61,1001,3
16LC Call Number050,0901,31,61,1001,3
20Local Classification0991,31,61,1001,3
21Subject Heading

600,610,611

630,650,651

656,690,691

1,31,61,1001,3
50GPO Call Number086,0961,31,61,1001,3
51Publisher Number0281,31,61,1001,3
60CODEN030,0601,31,61,1001,3
63Note

500,501,504

505,506,507

508,511,515

1,31,61,1001,3
1003Author

100,110,111

400,410,411

700,710,711

715,800,810

811,705

1,31,61,1001,3
1016Any Field1,31,61,1001,3