# \[ANN\] Ruby/ZOOM 0.1.0

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-ruby-zoom-0-1-0/17020>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [18 March 2005 21:02 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-ruby-zoom-0-1-0/17020 "2005-03-18T21:02:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Laurent\_Sansonetti3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@Laurent\_Sansonetti3](https://rubytalk.org/u/Laurent_Sansonetti3)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2005 21:02 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-ruby-zoom-0-1-0/17020/1 "2005-03-18T21:02:02Z")

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Hi,

I am happy to announce the first release of Ruby/ZOOM!

Ruby/ZOOM provides a Ruby binding to the Z39.50 Object-Orientation Model  
(ZOOM), an abstract object-oriented programming interface to a subset of  
the services specified by the Z39.50 standard, also known as the  
international standard ISO 23950.

This software is based (and therefore depends) on YAZ, a free-software  
implementation of the Z39.50/SRW/SRU standards, but could be easily  
ported to any ZOOM compliant implementation.

You can get more information (download link, sample, API reference,  
etc…) from the homepage:

```
    http://ruby-zoom.rubyforge.org/

```

Enjoy

Laurent