The ANSI/NISO Z39.50 Protocol: Information Retrieval in the Information
Infrastructure
Authored by:
William Moen
wemoen@mailbox.syr.edu
As an information user, consumer, or provider, you need tools to keep up with
the explosive growth of networked information. An essential tool is ANSI/NISO
Z39.50, the American National Standard for information retrieval. Z39.50 is a
computer-to-computer communications protocol designed to support searching and
retrieval of information -- full-text documents, bibliographic data, images,
multimedia -- in a distributed network environment. Based on client/server
architecture and operating over the Internet, the Z39.50 protocol is supporting
an increasing number of applications. And like the dynamic network environment
in which it is used, the standard is evolving to meet the changing needs of
information creators, providers, and users.
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