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B -- Z39.50 STANDARD APPLICATION SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SOL IN96-5 POC Kaye Klinker, Contracting Officer, 202-707-8606. The Library of Congress intends to negotiate with Blue Angel Technologies, Phoenixville, PA to create public domain application software that supports the Z39.50 standard and Government Information Locator Service (GILS) metadata management. The Library requires the creation of a fully-conformant version of Z39.50 integrated with the INQUERY system based on the Z39.50 Version 3 kernel as specified by the standard. The GILS profile, based on Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and with OMB Bulletin Number 95-01. Experience is required with file formats that will be required for export of data, including Simple Unstructured Text Record Syntax (SUTRS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), Directory Interchange Format (DIF), and the Library's Machine Readable Catalog (USMARC). If other firms have the capabilities which meet the needs described above, detailed information regarding that expertise must be provided to the contracting officer no later than 30 days from date of this notice. NO SOLICITATION SHALL BE ISSUED. See Note 22. (0349)

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