Categorization of Government Information (CGI) Working Group
U.S. Federal Interagency Committee on Government Information

Informal Survey of Search Services in Use by Government

This document, version 1, is located on the Internet at http://www.search.gov/interop/services.html 
Comments on this document may be sent to the editor, Eliot Christian, U.S. Geological Survey (e-mail: echristian@usgs.gov )

Products or Services Examples in Government Notes
Alta Vista
Autonomy
Blue Angel Technologies
BookWhere? (Sea Change Corporation) BookWhere is client search software focused on searching of library catalogs, including  search by geospatial constraints.
Convera
ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) Geodata.Gov (Geospatial One-Stop portal) This search technology features search by geospatial constraints.
Excite
Fast FirstGov.Gov (GSA-operated portal)
Google
HtDig HtDig is open-source, free software.
Index Data
Infoseek/Ultraseek, Inktomi, Inquery, 
Isite Isite features search by geospatial constraints. Isite is open-source, free software.
Microsoft
OCLC (Online Computer Library Consortium) OCLC software focuses on library catalog searching.
Oracle Oracle software supports database queries, typically through SQL (Structured Query Language).
SIRSI SIRSI software focuses on library catalog searching.
Texis
Verity
Vivisimo
WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers) GPO Access At GPO, this technology is expected to be refreshed soon.
Yahoo