FIPS-PUB-192-1

Abstract

The GILS Profile fully specifies the use of ANSI/NISO Z39.50 by the GILS. In addition, the GILS Profile provides the specifications for the overall GILS application relating to the GILS Core including other aspects of GILS conformant servers that are outside the scope of Z39.50. <br>This version of the GILS Profile focuses on requirements for a GILS server operating in the Internet environment. GILS clients will be able to interconnect with any GILS server, and these clients will behave a manner that allows interoperability with the GILS server. Clients that support Z39.50 but do not implement the GILS Profile will be able to access GILS records with less than full GILS functionality. <br>The GILS Profile addresses many aspects of the GILS (e.g., intersystem interactions and information interchange) but does not specify user interface requirements, the internal structure of databases that contain GILS Locator Records, or search engine functionality. <br><strong>Applicability.</strong> <br>This standard is recommended for use by Federal agencies in the development and establishment of information locators, i.e., information resources that identify other information resources, describe the information available in those resources, and provide assistance in how to obtain the information. <br>This standard is required for use by Federal agencies in those information locators that are established and maintained as part of the Government Information Locator Service (GILS) pursuant to the requirements of 44 USC 3511 and other applicable, law, regulation, and policy.