Application profile for the government information locator service (gils)

This standard describes the United States Federal Government use of the international application profile for the Government Information Locator Service (GILS), also known as the Global Information Locator Service. The GILS Profile is based primarily on ISO 23950, presently equivalent to the American National Standard for Information Retrieval Application Service Definition and Protocol Specification for Open Systems Interconnection (ANSI/NISO Z39.50-1995/Version 2), developed by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), and formerly analogous to the international ISO Search and Retrieve protocol ISO 10162, 10163.