MOEN, Willian E <br/><br/>
The metadata approach to acessing government information 

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> This introductory essay provides an overview of the articles in this special issue. In addition, it provides a brief historical sketch of the development of GILS and offers several perspective on the critical importance of metadata for resource description and resource discovery. Interoperabitliy is presented as key challenge in integrating access to the various government information locator services being deployed at state and Federation levels