Z39.50 Site Information
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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 Technical Support Point of Contact
Name: Excelsior Administrator
Email: excelsior@mail.nysed.gov
Telephone: (518) 473-6297
Support Availability Hours: 8:00 – 4:30 EST Monday-Friday
Section 2. Database Information
Database Name: Unicorn
Database Description: New York State Library Catalog
Section 3. Server Information
Domain Name: nysl.nysed.gov
Port Number: 2200
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.
USE or INDEX
-Specifies which data field(s) the query should be processed to
RELATION
-Controls the order of numerical expression
POSITION
-Specifies the location of term(s) within the fields for matching query
STRUCTURE
-Specifies the structure of data in the query
TRUNCATION
-Specifies type of truncation processing for query
COMPLETENESS
-Specifies query processing by subfield
| Relation Attributes | 1=less than 2=less than or equal to 3=equal 4=greater or equal 5=greater than 6=not equal |
| Position Attributes | 1=first in field 3=any position in field |
| Structure Attributes | 1=phrase 4=year 6=word list |
| Truncation Attributes | 1=right truncation 100=do not truncate |
| Completeness Attributes | 1=incomplete subfield 3=complete field |
Attribute Combination Summary
Queries structured with Use Attributes other than 30 and 31:
| Relation | NONE |
| Position | 1,3 |
| Structure | 1,6 |
| Truncation | 1,100 |
| Completeness | 1,3 |
Queries structured with Use Attributes 30 and 31:
| Relation | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Position | 1,3 |
| Structure | 4 |
| Truncation | 1,100 |
| Completeness | 1,3 |
| Z39.50 Bib-1 Value | Field Description | MARC Tag | Position | Structure | Truncation | Completeness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Personal Name | 100,400,600
700,705,800 |
1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 2 | Corporate Name | 110,410,610
710,715,810 |
1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 3 | Conference Name | 111,411,611
711,811 |
1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 4 | Title | 130,212,222
240,241,242 245,246,440 490,630,730 740,830,840 |
1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 7 | ISBN | 020 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 8 | ISSN | 022 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 9 | LC Card Number | 010 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 12 | Local Number | 001 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 13 | Dewey Classification | 082,092 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 16 | LC Call Number | 050,090 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 20 | Local Classification | 099 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 21 | Subject Heading | 600,610,611
630,650,651 656,690,691 |
1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 50 | GPO Call Number | 086,096 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 51 | Publisher Number | 028 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 60 | CODEN | 030,060 | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 63 | Note | 500,501,504
505,506,507 508,511,515 |
1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 1003 | Author | 100,110,111
400,410,411 700,710,711 715,800,810 811,705 |
1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |
| 1016 | Any Field | 1,3 | 1,6 | 1,100 | 1,3 |