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IESR Z39.50 Access

Z39.50 Connection Details

The basic connection details for the IESR Z39.50 target are as follows:

  • Address: iesr.ac.uk
  • Port: 2227
  • Database name: iesr
  • Record syntax: SUTRS, GRS-1; Element set: B, F
  • Record syntax: XML; Element set: B, F, IESR

The following Bib-1 Use attributes are searchable:

  • Title (4)
  • Local number (IESR identifier) (12)
  • Dewey classification (13)
  • Local classification (20)
  • Subject heading (21)
  • Code--language (54)
  • Code--institution (56)
  • Name geographic (58)
  • Abstract (62)
  • Record type (1001)
  • Concept-text (1014)
  • Any (1016) -- will search most fields in the database.
  • Server-choice (1017) -- will search most fields in the database.
  • Doc-id (IESR identifier) (1032)
  • Content-type (1034)
  • Anywhere (1035) -- will search most fields in the database.
  • Classification (1040)
  • Number-local-acquisition (1062)
  • DC-Title (1097)
  • DC-Subject (1099)
  • DC-Description (1100)
  • DC-ResourceType (1103)
  • DC-ResourceIdentifier (1104)
  • DC-Language (1105)
  • DC-Coverage (1110)
  • Controlled Subject Index (1112)
  • Place (1122)
  • Time Period (1125)
  • Availability (1130)
  • Distributor (1131)
  • Resource Description (1143)
  • Technical Prerequisites (1148)
  • Access Constraints (1157)
  • Contact Organization (1164)
  • Identifier-URN (1209)

Also the following local Bib-1 Use attributes are supported:

  • Education Level (5000)
  • Standards supported (5001)
  • IESR record type (5002)
  • Contents date range (5003)

Record syntaxes

Records are available in the following syntaxes:

  • SUTRS - brief and full records available. The SUTRS records are similar to those viewable through the web interface, but without the HTML markup.
  • GRS-1 - the brief and full records are the same.
  • XML/[B|F] - the brief and full records are the same and Simple Dublin Core. The XML record conforms to the DTD included in the Bath Profile 1.1.
  • XML/IESR - Use an 'element set name' of IESR to retrieve records as IESR XML. The XML record conforms to the IESR DTD.

Examples

Some examples of the results of a Z39.50 search using different record syntaxes are available.

Metadata Mappings

For more details on the mapping from the IESR metadata to the Z39.50 Bib-1 attributes and the result record formats please see the Application Metadata Mappings documents.