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Networked Information Retrieval (nir)
Charter
Chair(s):
Jill Foster <Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk>
George Brett <George.Brett@cnidr.org>
User Services Area Director(s)
Joyce Reynolds <jkrey@isi.edu>
Mailing lists:
General Discussion:nir@mailbase.ac.uk
To Subscribe: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
In Body: subscribe nir <first name> <last name>
Archive: mailbase.ac.uk:~/pub/nir
Description of Working Group:
As the network has grown, along with it there has been an increase in
the number of software tools and applications to navigate the network
and make use of the many, varied resources which are part of the
network. Within the past year and a half we have seen a wide spread
adoption of tools such as the ARCHIE servers, the Wide Area Information
Servers (WAIS), the Internet Gopher, and the WorldWide Web (WWW). In
addition to the acceptance of these tools there are also diverse
efforts to enhance and customize these tools to meet the needs of
particular network communities.
There are many organizations and associations that have recently begun
to focus on the proliferating resources and tools for networked
information retrieval (NIR). The Networked Information Retrieval Group
will be a cooperative effort of three major players in the field of
NIR: IETF, RARE, and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
specifically tasked to collect and disseminate information about the
tools and to discuss and encourage cooperative development of current
and future tools.
The NIR Working Group intends to increase the useful base of
information about networked information retrieval (NIR) tools, their
developers, interested organizations, and other activities that relate
to the production, dissemination, and support of NIR tools, to produce
documentation that will enable user services organizations to provide
better support for NIRtools, to develop materials that will assist the
support and training of end users and to evolve in the future as
necessary to meet and anticipate changes in the field (i.e., NIR
tools, protocols, network topology, etc.)
Goals and Milestones:
Done Review and comment on proposed charter. Discuss Applications
Template and Organizational Template.
Sep 92 Post an Internet-Draft containing the Applications and Organizational
Templates.
Oct 92 Post an Internet-Draft of the ``Consumer Report'' with introductory
material and completed templates.
Dec 92 Submit ``Consumer Report'' to the IESG for publication as an
Informational RFC.
Internet Drafts:
Posted Revised I-D Title <Filename>
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Mar 93 New <draft-ietf-nir-status-report-00.txt>
A Status Report on Networked Information Retrieval: Tools and
Groups
Request For Comments:
None to date.