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YAZ is a C/C++ library for information retrieval applications using the Z39.50/SRU protocols for information retrieval.
Properties of YAZ:
Complete Z39.50 version 3 support. Amendments and Z39.50-2002 revision is supported.
Supports SRU GET/POST/SOAP version 1.1 (over HTTP and HTTPS).
Includes BER encoders/decoders for the ISO ILL protocol.
Supports the following transports: BER over TCP/IP (RFC1729), BER over unix local socket, and HTTP 1.1.
Secure Socket Layer support using GNU TLS or OpenSSL. If enabled, YAZ uses HTTPS transport (for SOAP) or "Secure BER" (for Z39.50).
Offers ZOOM C API implementing both Z39.50 and SRU.
The YAZ library offers a set of useful utilities related to the protocols, such as MARC (ISO2709) parser, CCL (ISO8777) parser, CQL parser, memory management routines,