yaz_syntax

yaz_syntax -- Specifies the preferred record syntax for retrieval.

Description

int yaz_syntax ( int id, string syntax)

The syntax is specified as an OID ( Object Identifier ) in a raw dot-notation (like 1.2.840.10003.5.10 ) or as one of the known registered record syntaxes (sutrs , usmarc , grs1 , xml , etc . ). This function is used in conjunction with yaz_search( ) and yaz_present( ) to specify the preferred record syntax for retrieval .