WAIS(Wide Area Information System)

WAIS(Wide Area Information System),WAIS is a Internet system, in this system, the need for multiple dedicated thematic database created on the server, the server directory system can be tracked on each server, and allows users of the WAIS client information to find out. WAIS users can access a range of distributed database, when the user enters a query in a particular database information, the client will have access to all associated with the database server. The results provide access to users is to meet the requirements of all the text of the description, this time users can get the whole text of the information file.
WAIS using their own Internet, the <protocol is Z39.50 standard (international information standards organizations to develop standards) expansion. Web users can download a WAIS client program and a "gateway" to the Web browser, or through remote access, connect to a public WAIS client, so that you can use WAIS by. Server files as well as extensive search engine already exists, so most of the Web users will find WAIS is superfluous. However, librarians, medical researchers, there are other people, they can get some WAIS can not in the existing professional information on the Web.
WAIS is based on the keywords Internet checker.