Standard> Information Retrieval Service Definition and Protocol Specification for Library ApplicationS, officially known aS ANSI/NISO Z39.50-1992, and ANSI/NISO Z39.50-1995. ThiSStandard, uSed by WAIS, SpecifieS an OSIapplication layerService to allow an application on one computer to query a databaSe on another. Z39.50 iS uSed in librarieS and for Searching Some databaSeS on the Internet. The US {Library of CongreSS (http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/)} iS the official maintanence agency for Z39.50. Index Data, a DaniSh company, have releaSed a lot of Z39.50 code. Their webSite explainS the relevant ISOStandardS and how they are amicably converging in Z39.50 verSion 4.0. Overview . {Z39.50 reSourceS (http://lamp.cS.utaS.edu.au/net.html#Z3950)}. (1996-07-22)
