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CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_
Reported by Tracy LaQuey Parker/UTexas
USERGLOSS Minutes
Status Update
Chairpersons Karen Roubicek / roubicek@nnsc.nsf.net
Tracy LaQuey Parker / tracy@utexas.edu
Mailing List usergloss@ftp.com subscription -
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Date of Last Meeting St. Louis IETF / 11 March 1991
Date of Next Meeting Atlanta IETF / August 1991
Pending/New Objectives Compile list of terms, acronyms and
definitions from existing sources. Will
then edit this list.
Progress to Date Have compiled a list of existing glossaries
to use as a base.
Agenda
o Review Charter
o Define Criteria for Glossary Terms
o Review Existing Glossaries
o Discuss Glossary format
o Discuss online version
o Establish processes for drafting, editing, and group review
o Review proposed milestones and adjust
o List action items for summer IETF and next 4 months
This was the first official full meeting of the USERGLOSS Working Group.
The meeting began with a review of the Charter. To summarize, the
objective of this group is to create a glossary of networking terms and
acronyms for the Internet community. There was some discussion about
creating another glossary when several already exist, and one has been
published as RFC 1208 (Glossary of Networking Terms). However, the
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general feeling was that there is no complete glossary that truly
represents the Internet community.
The criteria for selection of glossary terms was discussed. Because we
don't have anything to work with yet, we decided to postpone this step
until the next meeting. There was some discussion on how to decide
which organizations would be included as entries. The general consensus
was to admit all organizations that directly support the Internet. Some
criteria that was suggested included, federal agencies; companies who
have contracts in support of government or networking (such as ISI,
SRI); state, regional, and midlevel networks; backbone networks;
non-profit organizations; Internet specific organizations (IAB, IESG).
We will not include names of universities or companies.
Other issues were brought up. Should we limit the glossary to the
Internet community? It was decided that the glossary should reflect our
perspective FROM the Internet community. The scope of the glossary will
include IETF terms and terms used in required RFC's. The audience for
this FYI will be the broad range of Internet users.
We reviewed a list of existing glossaries. After looking at this list
Ole Jacobsen observed that ``There are too many words here.'' The list
included:
o Networking.terms found on nsipo.arc.nasa.gov in pub directory.
o The glossary in RFC 1206, ``Answers to Commonly asked `New Internet
User' Questions''.
o RFC 1208, ``A Glossary of Networking Terms''.
o Glossary in the NNSC Internet Tour.
o Glossary from ``Analyzing Sun Networks'' by Carl Malamud.
o Glossaries from other textbooks, such as Comer's TCP/IP and Rose'
books.
o Hacker's Dictionary.
o NCAR's Glossary.
We then talked about the format of the glossary. It will be ascii text.
For now, Tracy will keep the glossary in a standard format that can be
converted to what we decide on later. A suggested format was:
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term/acronym/expansion | Definition (1,2,3...) | source of
definition | index
Indexes will be defined later. These were suggested:
o Protocol
o Acronym
o Operating networks
o Organizations
o Government
o International
o Level (new user, etc.).
The online draft version will be kept on a host at the University of
Texas. Tracy will announce where it is to the Usergloss mailing list.
It was mentioned that we should think about generating several forms of
the glossary - a short form and an expanded form.
Next on the agenda was the editing process. It was decided that the
approach will be to create a ``big bucket'' of existing online
glossaries (and include attributions when appropriate). An editing
committee, consisting of Gary Malkin, Tracy LaQuey Parker, Karen
Roubicek, and Carl Malamud, will edit this ``bucket'' and suggest
additions and deletions. Two people that volunteered at the Boulder
IETF who were not present at this meeting are Marilyn Martin and Allen
Apt.
The following editing steps were suggested (these are also our proposed
milestones):
Step 1 Compile from existing sources. Remove duplicates and
definitions that don't apply. Complete by August 1991
Step 2 Submit for group review. Resolve any conflicts. Add
new terms. Refine indexes. To be done at August IETF.
Step 3 Assign indexes/classify terms. August - September 1991
Step 4 Group Review October - November 1991
Step 5 Submit as Internet Draft December 1991
And finally, we made a list of action items:
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o Gary Malkin will update and provide for archiving of the mailing
list.
o Tracy LaQuey Parker will find a host machine for the glossary and
announce it to the mailing list.
o Karen Roubicek will follow up on the two people on the editorial
board who were not present at this meeting.
o Someone needs to research the ``Hacker's Dictionary.''
o Karen will contact Don Morris about the NCAR glossary.
o Gary Malkin will send the online glossary from RFC 1206 to Tracy.
o Accomplish Step 1 defined above (editorial board will divide up
these tasks).
Attendees
Robert Enger enger@seka.scc.com
Douglas Gale dgale@note.nsf.gov
Sergio Heker heker@jvnc.net
Ole Jacobsen ole@csli.stanford.edu
Shelly Knueven shelly@wugate.wustl.edu
Tracy LaQuey Parker tracy@utexas.edu
Steven Lendt network@zeus.unomaha.edu
Carl Malamud carl@malamud.com
Gary Malkin gmalkin@ftp.com
Joyce Reynolds jkrey@isi.edu
Karen Roubicek roubicek@bbn.com
Patricia Smith psmith@merit.edu
Joanie Thompson joanie@nsipo.nasa.gov
John Wobus jmwobus@suvm.acs.syr.edu
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