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Editor's Note: Minutes received 11/21/92
CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_
Reported by Joan Gargano/UCDavis
Minutes of the Whois and Network Information Lookup Service Working
Group (WNILS)
Introduction and Overview
Joan Gargano spoke briefly about the impetus for starting the working
group and development of the Whois++ application. This was followed by
presentations by the developers.
Architecture of Whois++
Peter Deutsch presented an overview of the Whois++ architecture. Peter
described the prototype system, the currently supported query syntax and
areas for improvement.
Centroids
Chris Weider provided an overview of the mechanism used to build a
distributed directory service called ``centroids''. Simon Spero
continued with a discussion of the underlying theory of centroids which
has been used by other groups studying information retrieval issues.
Sample Server
Jim Fullton presented a brief overview of the Whois++ server developed
at CNIDR. Jim describe his system which was built using standard Unix
utilities. Response times of 15 seconds to query a database of 30,000
records was reported, however Jim felt significant improvements could be
achieved with software designed and coded to optimize the system.
Servers for testing are available at CNIDR and UC Davis. It is
anticipated about 10 new servers will be in place within a couple of
weeks.
Questions
The floor was opened for questions and general discussion of the
protocol.
Future
The Whois++ developers solicited input about desired features. The
following work was recommended.
o A feature to allow servers to pass information about servers that
poll them to optimize searching.
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o A description of printer output format.
o There needs to be a clearinghouse for templates. It was
recommended this be performed by CNIDR.
o Privacy and security features.
o A method for handling replication of services.
o Further discussion about usernames and attributes.
o A method for using synonyms with queries.
o A method to abort searches and continue searches.
o Provide the ability to store and pass images.
o A way to limit the attributes returned by a search.
o A method for tagging attributes.
Attendees
Jules Aronson aronson@nlm.nih.gov
Anthony Ballardie A.Ballardie@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Steve Bucey sabucey@ns.pacbell.com
Peter DiCamillo Peter_DiCamillo@brown.edu
Letha Dugas 4371362@mcimail.com
Cliff Frost cliff@cmsa.berkeley.edu
Jim Fullton jim_fullton@unc.edu
Joan Gargano jcgargano@ucdavis.edu
Masayoshi Gohara mg@sinet.ad.jp
Deborah Hamilton debbie@qsun.att.com
Alisa Hata hata@cac.washington.edu
Russ Hobby rdhobby@ucdavis.edu
Jim Knowles jknowles@binky.arc.nasa.gov
John Kunze jak@violet.berkeley.edu
Edward Levinson levinson@pica.army.mil
Clifford Lynch calur@uccmvsa.ucop.edu
Mitra mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us
Charlotte Mooers mooers@nnsc.nsf.net
Clifford Neuman bcn@isi.edu
Pete Percival percival@indiana.edu
Karen Petraska-Veum karen@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sheri Repucci smr@merit.edu
Joyce K. Reynolds jkrey@isi.edu
Richard Rodgers rodgers@nlm.nih.gov
Patricia Smith psmith@merit.edu
Larry Snodgrass snodgras@bitnic.educom.edu
Janet Vratny janet@apple.com
Yung-Chao Yu yy@qsun.att.com
William Yurcik yurcik@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov
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