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| 15 | <H2><A NAME="s8">8. Future Directions</A></H2>
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| 17 | <P>The software has been
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| 18 | successfully ported to the Mac as well as Windows NT/95 - we'd like to
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| 19 | test those ports better and make sure they work as they should.
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| 20 | <P>We have a new and better version of the frontend server on the drawing
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| 21 | board. Resources and external commitments will govern when we'll be
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| 22 | able to do something real with it. Fetures should include greater
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| 23 | flexibility, greter support for access/resource control, and easy
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| 24 | support for Explain (possibly with Zebra as an extra database engine).
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| 25 | <P>We now support all PDUs of Z39.50-1995. If there is one of the
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| 26 | supporting structures that you need but can't find in the prt*.h
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| 27 | files, send us a note; it may be on its way.
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| 28 | <P>The 'retrieval' module needs to be finalized and documented. We think
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| 29 | it can form a useful resource for people dealing with complex record
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| 30 | structures, but for now, you'll mostly have to chew through the code
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| 31 | yourself to make use of it. Not acceptable.
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| 32 | <P>Other than that, YAZ generally moves in the directions which appear to
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| 33 | make the most people happy (including ourselves, as prime users of the
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| 34 | software). If there's something you'd like to see in here, then drop
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