The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development
(CAASD) is addressing the issue of institutionalizing reuse within the
corporation.
Implementation of a distributed, heterogeneous asset library has been
recognized as a critical step in achieving the vision of
institutionalized information reuse.
Recent advances in the field of network information discovery and retrieval
technology have led to the CAASD development of
a reuse library mechanism, at minimal cost,
using widely available Internet resources. This position
paper supports the use of Internet resource discovery tools as
cost-effective building blocks for implementing distributed, heterogeneous asset
libraries.
Keywords: library, architecture, interoperability, standards, full-text
indexing, network information discovery and retrieval, Internet Gopher, WAIS
Workshop Goals: learning; sharing CAASD reuse initiative results; advocating
the importance of standards for implementing interoperable libraries.
Working Groups: tools and environments, education, reuse management,
organization and economics.