Wide area information server

Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) is a client–server text searching system that uses the ANSI Standard Z39.50 Information Retrieval Service Definition and Protocol Specifications for Library Applications" (Z39.50:1988) to search index databases on remote computers. It was developed in 1990[1] as a project of Thinking Machines, Apple Computer, Dow Jones, and KPMG Peat Marwick.

WAIS did not adhere to either the standard nor its OSI framework (adopting instead TCP/IP) but created a unique protocol inspired by Z39.50:1988.

  1. ^ A powerful wide-area information client | Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Computer Society International Conference. 5 March 1995. p. 13. doi:10.1109/CMPCON.1995.512357. ISBN 9780818670299. S2CID 6337694. Retrieved 2020-08-10. WAIS has kept growing since its start in 1990, and presently, there are over 500 WAIS sources, ... {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

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