<s>
ArcIMS	B-Application
(	O
standing	O
for	O
Arc	O
Internet	B-Application
Map	I-Application
Server	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
Map	I-Application
Server	I-Application
produced	O
by	O
Esri	O
accessible	O
through	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
GIS	B-Application
that	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
serve	O
maps	O
across	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
interactive	O
maps	O
served	O
with	O
ArcIMS	B-Application
include	O
maps	O
with	O
layers	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
turned	O
on	O
and	O
off	O
,	O
or	O
with	O
features	O
containing	O
attributes	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
queried	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
of	O
ArcIMS	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
spatial	B-Algorithm
server	O
which	O
processes	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
map-related	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
server	O
side	O
,	O
ArcIMS	B-Application
connector	O
sits	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
a	O
web	O
server	O
and	O
ArcIMS	B-Application
component	O
and	O
Application	O
server	O
works	O
behind	O
the	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArcIMS	B-Application
uses	O
Esri	O
's	O
ArcXML	O
to	O
receive	O
and	O
respond	O
to	O
requests	O
from	O
the	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	O
behind	O
ArcIMS	B-Application
is	O
usually	O
stored	O
in	O
Shapefile	O
format	O
(	O
an	O
open	O
specification	O
)	O
or	O
in	O
an	O
ArcSDE	B-Application
RDBMS	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Data	O
Delivery	O
Extension	O
(	O
DDE	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
ArcIMS	B-Application
product	O
,	O
delivers	O
data	O
to	O
users	O
in	O
a	O
data	O
format	O
and	O
coordinate	O
system	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
choosing	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
format	O
compatible	O
with	O
their	O
local	O
GIS	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Esri	O
no	O
longer	O
supports	O
ArcIMS	B-Application
,	O
</s>
