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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 13, 2005 FBO #1264
MODIFICATION

D -- TRANSITION OF LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM METADATA AND FULL TEXT DOCUMENTS TO XML OPTIMIZED FOR SEARCHING

Notice Date

5/10/2005
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

NAICS

519190 — All Other Information Services
 

Contracting Office

Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Contracts Section, 101 Independence Ave SE LA-325, Washington, DC, 20540-9411
 

ZIP Code

20540-9411
 

Solicitation Number

CRS20050231
 

Response Due

6/24/2005
 

Archive Date

7/9/2005
 

Description

The Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service(CRS) has a requirement for expert assistance to transition Legislative Information System metadata and full-text documents to XML, optimized for searching, while at the same time retaining all current LIS search functionality. This assistance includes the following tasks: /1.Submit a Project Management Plan including project milestones and proposed times for completion; /2.Work with CRS, the Library of Congress, the Senate, and the House to create XML Schemas for full-text legislative documents, optimized for searching, to be used at the Library of Congress; /3.Work with CRS, the Library of Congress, the Senate, and the House to create XML Schemas for metadata, optimized for searching; /4.Work with CRS and Library of Congress staff to convert existing metadata to XML, advising on the best way to store and view the metadata in XML format within the existing infrastructure and the best way to transition the entry and management systems of CRS, the Senate, and the House to add metadata to the new XML structure, while at the same time continuing to support the existing Oracle databases; /5.Work with CRS and the Library of Congress to enhance xLIS?the data entry and management system that CRS uses to add metadata to Oracle databases?so that data may be created and managed in XML; /6.Design web services for sharing metadata and full-text documents in XML; and /7.For all LIS databases, develop cross-Congress search pages that are dynamically populated from XML databases according to criteria selected on the search page.// The Solicitation will be available on-line on or about May 16, 2005 and all proposals will be due on June 24, 2005. Prior to the submission of the proposals, there will be a Pre-Proposal Conference held in the following location: Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial Building, Room LM316, Congressional Research Service Conference Room, Washington,DC 20540. The schedule date and time of the Pre-Proposal conference is Thursday, May 26, 2005 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EST. All who wish to attend please register at ldrummond@crs.loc.gov. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (10-MAY-2005). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 11-MAY-2005. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington DC

Zip Code: 20540

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00805476-W 20050513/050511213805 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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