Free Software
BibData.com
BibDataZU V1.0 is a free Z39.50 client software. Featuresinclude:
- Search Multiple Z39.50 databases simultaneously
- Marc record rating
- Export to MARC and Text
- Export single or multiple records to one file
- ISBN/Titles Batch Search
- Marc Editor
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Contact:Rigoberto Rodriguez
Developed by Basedow Information Systems, Mercury
Z39.50 Client for
Windows 2000/XP is able to search multiple Z39.50 databases
simultaneously. Records can be exported to MARC, XML, XML via XSL, to
any OLE DB compatible database and as plain text. It is available as
freeware.
Contact: Mark Basedow
ZMARCO
allows MARC records available through a Z39.50 server to
be made available via OAI.
Contact: Tom Habing
Alejandria
WorldLibrary
(Needs updating; under investigation.)
A universal Z39.50 client that uses a web interface. It allows simultaneous
queries to multiple Z servers, several user's sessions, to configure
the details of the Z servers to be searched.The software may be downloaded
from: http://alejandria.hacer.ula.ve/Z3950
Contact:Valeria León
A Z39.50 server providing access to CONTENTdm. It can be queried by any standard Z39.50 client and will return the results in USMarc or XML format.
VB ZOOM
VB ZOOM is an ActiveX DLL, written in Visual Basic which is an implementation
of the ZOOM (Z39.50 Object-Orientation
Model) Abstract API. It uses the YAZ Toolkit from Index
Data. Documentation, source code, and ActiveX DLL -- all freely
available from SourceForge .
Contact: Thomas Habing
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (217) 244-4425
JZKit is a Pure Java, Open source (LGPL), toolkit designed to assist
developers implementing the Z39.50 standard in pure java environments.
The toolkit is presented in three distinct levels: Encoders/Decoders,
Protocol Endpoint and IR-Services. A number of example origin and target
implementations are available.
Knowledge Integration Ltd
Contact: Ian Ibbotson
DatatransZtrans
(Needs updating; under investigation.)
Z39.50 Client Software operating in Microsoft Windows environment. The
user interface is in Simplified Chinese. (It is recommended that the software
be used on a Simplified Chinese version of Windows operating system).
The software may be downloaded from: http://www.datatrans.com.cn
.For further information, contact JIN
Peihua
a software development kit for developers of Z39.50 applications provided in the form of comprehensive Application Programming Interfaces. Originally developed as a UNIX toolkit for the German National Library project, DBV OSI II. Allows you to develop Z39.50 applications (client or server), where client applications can be either standalone applications or Web gateways. Comes with documentation and sample applications. The server-side architecture is multithreaded, and facilities include Z39.50 protocol logging, comprehensive error detection and memory management facilities.
Supplied by Crossnet Systems. Built on Crossnet ZedKit for Windows, offering search and retrieval facilities, result set management, index browsing,
sort, save and print records. Available for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95,
NT.
Index
Data Tools
and Applications
- YAZ / YAZ++
C/C++ programmer's toolkits supporting the development of
Z39.50/SRW/SRU clients and servers. Z39.50-2003 (version 3) as well
as SRW/SRU version
1.1 are supported in both the client and server
roles. The current versions of YAZ include support for the industry
standard ZOOM
API for Z39.50.
- YAZ Proxy
A highly
configurable Z39.50 proxy server and SRW/SRU--Z39.50 gateway which
can be used in a number of different applications, ranging from
debugging Z39.50-based applications and protecting overworked servers,
to improving the performance of stateless WWW/Z39.50 gateways and
mapping retrieved MARC records to XML for re-purposing in a Web
environment.
- PHP/YAZ
A Perl interface for the "generic front-end server" component of the
YAZ toolkit. It provides a simple API which hides the complexity of Z39.50 session
management, PDU serialization and network operations; implements Z39.50 origin
(client) functionality as well as the SRW/SRU protocols; supports init, search,
present, scan and sort; can also handle GRS-1, MARC,
SUTRS and XML, and enables the conversion of MARC in ISO2709 toMARCXML on
the client side.
- SimpleServer
A Perl module intended to make it as simple as possible to develop new Z39.50
servers over any type of database imaginable. Runs in threaded mode, which,
among other things, means that SimpleServer can run on a Windows platform.
- Zebra
A high-performance, general-purpose structured text indexing and
retrieval engine that reads structured records in a variety of input
formats (e.g. email, XML, MARC) and allows access to them through exact
boolean search expressions and relevance-ranked free-text queries.
Contact: [email protected]
A minimal Z39.50-1995 (v.3) client-server pair and prototype indexing
and fulltext search engines (PRISE) developed by NIST for Unix (Solaris)
using Tk/Tcl for the GUI. No usage restrictions.
Commercial Software
Formerly: The Structured Information Manager (SIM)
A high performance Z39.50 search engine and web development environment (also capable of connecting to non-TeraText Z39.50 servers). Extensive support for SGML, XML and MARC. Available for Linux (RedHat) and Windows. Developed, maintained and owned by Leidos Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Leidos Inc, formerly SAIC).
Contact: Arnold-Moore, Tim J. <[email protected]>
Updated June 28, 2018
Commercial software developed and supported by Index Data
- YAZ Proxy
See YAZ Proxy under FREE SOFTWARE for description. Because each
installation of YAZ Proxy is unique to the institution or company using it, there is no "generic" Open
Source distribution. Depending on the wishes of
the customer, a customized YAZ Proxy installation can either be an Open
Source distribution or proprietary distribution.
- YAZ Tools:
YAZ / YAZ++
PHP/YAZ
SimpleServer
See YAZ Tools and Applications under FREE SOFTWARE for
descriptions. In addition to distributing them under a BSD license, Index
Data also offers support agreements for each of these toolkits.
- Zebra
See Zebra under FREE SOFTWARE for description. The software is
available for custom licensing arrangements as well as for free
download. Support contracts are available but optional for both Open
Source distributions and special license arrangements.
Contact: David Dorman
Integral Concepts ZSearcher 2.0
(Needs updating; under investigation.)
Integral
Concepts ZSearcher is a Z39.50 v.3 client for Windows (9X,
NT, XP) that uses multi-threading and multi-document design for high-speed
simultaneous searches of multiple servers. Records can be retrieved
in USMARC (MARC21), UKMARC or UNIMARC formats; exported with a built-in
FTP client; and saved to disk as MARC, XML or ASCII text files.
Contact: Max Okrasa
Z39.50 Target for the BRS/SEARCH search engine. Easily configurable for any BRS database.
WebClarity Software Inc.
Z39.50 client application designed for librarian and researchers to search for metadata and cataloguing copy and export it in a variety of formats. Supports parallel searching of multiple databases, as well as batch record searching. Provides simple and expert search capabilities using keyword, Boolean, and cross-index searching as well as browse. User interface available in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.
Web-based Z39.50 search tool sold as an HTTP subscription service accessed via a standard Web browser including those used on Mac platforms. Solid option for organizations with strict IT policies regarding downloading software to desktops and network firewalls.
EndNote from Clarivate Analytics
EndNote is used for collecting and maintaining bibliographic references for insertion into papers; the current version as of early 2017 is EndNote X8. It has a built in Z39.50 client that can connect to various Z39.50 sites.
An online version of EndNote also has a built-in Z39.50 client. It allows users not associated with an institution to use a limited set of Z39.50 databases, while users at an institution that has Web of Science or who have the desktop version of EndNote get access to a much larger list of Z39.50 sites .
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