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Network Information Services Infrastructure (nisi)
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Charter
Last Modified: 09-Aug-95
Current Status: Concluded Working Group
Chair(s):
April Marine <amarine@george.arc.nasa.gov>
User Services Area Director(s):
Joyce K. Reynolds <jkrey@isi.edu>
User Services Area Advisor:
Joyce K. Reynolds <jkrey@isi.edu>
Mailing Lists:
General Discussion:nisi@merit.edu
To Subscribe: nisi-request@merit.edu
Archive:
Description of Working Group:
The NISI Working Group will explore the requirements for common, shared
Internet-wide network information services. The goal is to develop an
understanding for what is required to implement an information services
``infrastructure'' for the Internet. The work will begin with existing
NIC functions and services and should build upon work already being
done within the Internet community. A primary goal of the group is to
facilitate the development of relationships between NICs that will
result in the presentation of a seamless user support service. NISI
will work with all NICs, including the InterNIC, to achieve the goal of
a fully-functioning, cooperative mesh of worldwide NICs. In addition
to creating policies for interaction, NISI will address areas such as
common information formats, methods of access, user interface, and
issues relating to security and privacy of Internet databases.
Goals and Milestones:
Done Review draft for phase 1 and begin discussions for completing
the second phase which is to define a basic set of `cooperative
agreements' which will allow NICs to work together more
effectively to serve users.
Done Revised draft document ready for working group review. Document
defines NIC functions and suggests some standardizations for
NIC services, as well as offers new mechanisms for exchanging
information between NICs.
Done Document submitted as Internet-Draft for comment from a wider
Internet audience.
Done Working group discussed current Internet-Draft and suggested
minor revisions. Decision made to continue Working Group
activity beyond this document.
Done First document released as Informational RFC. Outline and
discuss new NISI tasks at IETF meeting.
Done Write a document explaining the security issues of privacy and
accuracy in Internet databases. Publish as an Informational
RFC.
Jun 93 Post an Internet-Draft of a NIC user handoff procedure based on
the UCP work.
Done Post an Internet-Draft describing NIC interelationships.
Done Post an Internet-Draft describing accessing the nic-profiles
data in the X.500 database at Merit.
Dec 93 Submit the NIC Interelationship document for consideration as
an FYI RFC.
Dec 93 Submit the NIC-Profiles paper for consideration as an FYI RFC.
Dec 93 Submit the User Handoff procedures for consideration as an FYI
RFC.
Done Complete draft for phase 2 suggesting cooperative agreements
for NICs.
Internet-Drafts:
No Current Internet-Drafts.
Request For Comments:
RFC Stat Published Title
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RFC1302 Feb 92 Building a Network Information Services Infrastructure
RFC1355 Aug 92 Privacy and Accuracy Issues in Network Information
Center Databases