Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 23:13:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: "William e. Moen" <wemoen@mailbox.syr.edu>
Subject: Announcing GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LOCATOR SERVICE (GILS) Forum
To: URI@bunyip.com
Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9408192353.A6810-0100000@mothra.syr.edu>
ANNOUNCING A DISCUSSION FORUM FOR THE
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LOCATOR SERVICE (GILS)
The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) is a Federal
initiative to enable users to identify, locate, and access or acquire
publicly available Federal information resources, including electronic
information resources. GILS uses ANSI/NISO Z39.50, the American
National Standard for information retrieval, and other relevant standards
to support the deployment of Federal agency-based, Internet-accessible
locators. These locators provide users with descriptive, location, and
access information for a wide range of Federal government information
resources.
ABOUT THE GILS FORUM:
The GILS Forum is a public, moderated computer forum open to
anyone interested in discussing development, implementation,
deployment, policy, and technical issues surrounding the Government
Information Locator Service (GILS) initiative. The GILS Forum provides
the opportunity for United States and other government and
non-government organizations' staff, state and local government
agencies, Z39.50 implementors, librarians, information service providers,
public interest groups, the general public, and others to participate in
discussions related to the GILS. The GILS Forum will also announce and
provide electronic access to documents related to the GILS initiative.
The GILS architecture is an application to identify and locate
information resources in a variety of networked information environments,
and the broad scope of the discussion on the GILS Forum may include
topics such as the use of GILS in an international context, the technical
implementation details of GILS, the creation of GILS records,
development of generalized Uniform Resource Identifiers, and the use of
ANSI/NISO Z39.50 in the GILS. In addition, the GILS Forum provides a
point of contact for vendors who are developing GILS products and
services and potential users of these products and services.
TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE GILS FORUM:
To join the electronic GILS Forum please send a SUBSCRIBE command
(as an e-mail note) to the address LISTPROC@CNI.ORG
subscribe <listname> <your real name>
e.g. SUBSCRIBE GILS John Doe
TO SEND MAIL TO THE GILS FORUM:
To participate in the list discussions, please send your mail to:
GILS@CNI.ORG
TO LEAVE THE GILS FORUM:
If you are a subscriber of the GILS Forum, and you wish to leave the
forum, please send either an UNSUBSCRIBE or a SIGNOFF command
(as an e-mail note) to the address LISTPROC@CNI.ORG
unsubscribe <listname> or signoff <listname>
e.g. UNSUBSCRIBE GILS SIGNOFF GILS
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE GILS FORUM:
All questions regarding the substance of, or policies related to, the
discussions on this forum should be sent to:
William E. Moen
Research Associate and GILS Forum Moderator
School of Information Studies
4-206 Center for Science and Technology
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 445-0015/443-4508
Internet: wemoen@mailbox.syr.edu
and queries regarding difficulties with mail or requests for technical
assistance should be sent to the Coalition's Systems Coorindator:
Craig A. Summerhill
Systems Coordinator and Program Officer
Coalition for Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 296-5098
Internet: craig@cni.org