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# Zebra Server - Administrators's Guide and Reference

## Index Data, `info@indexdata.dk`

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The Zebra server combines a versatile fielded/free-text indexing/search engine with a Z39.50-1995 frontend to provide a powerful and flexible information mining tool. This document explains the procedure for installing and configuring Zebra, and outlines the possibilities for managing data and providing Z39.50 services with the software. Zebra is a free version of the Index Data Z'mbol information system, and it excludes some functionality such as incremental database updating and support for large databases.

## 1. Introduction

- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Features
- 1.3 Future Work

## 2. Compiling the software

- 2.1 UNIX
- 2.2 WIN32

## 3. Quick Start

## 4. Administrating Zebra

- 4.1 Record Types
- 4.2 The Zebra Configuration File
- 4.3 Locating Records
- 4.4 Indexing example

## 5. Running the Maintenance Interface (zebraidx)

## 6. The Z39.50 Server

- 6.1 Running the Z39.50 Server (zebrasrv)
- 6.2 Z39.50 Protocol Support and Behavior

## 7. The Record Model

- 7.1 Local Representation
- 7.2 Internal Representation
- 7.3 Configuring Your Data Model
- 7.4 Exchange Formats

## 8. License

## 9. About Index Data and the Zebra Server

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