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GILS [1 record]

Record 1 2009-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
OBS

The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) system was originally developed in the United States, and in 1994 was approved by the Department of Commerce as a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 192), making it mandatory for all U.S. government departments. GILS is a way to overcome that difficulty, to improve public access to government information. It accomplishes this by storing metadata provided by many different government departments in a distributed network of servers, allowing searchers to access information from sources across the government.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
OBS

À l'origine, le système du Service de localisation de l'information du gouvernement (GILS) a été mis au point aux États-Unis; en 1994, le Department of Commerce l'adoptait comme norme fédérale de traitement de l'information (FIPS 192), en le rendant obligatoire pour tous les ministères du gouvernement de ce pays. Le GILS constitue un moyen permettant de triompher de cette difficulté et d'améliorer l'accessibilité de l'information du gouvernement pour le grand public. Pour ce faire, on archive les métadonnées fournies par les différents ministères dans un réseau de serveurs décentralisé, ce qui permet aux chercheurs d'avoir accès à l'information provenant de différentes sources dans l'ensemble du gouvernement.

Spanish

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