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CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_
Reported by Dana Sitzler/Merit
NISI Minutes
Agenda
o Review of Activities
o Discussion of Draft Document 2
Announcement:
Due to new job commitments, Dana is looking for a Co-Chair for this
Working Group. If anyone is interested, contact her (dds@merit.edu) or
Joyce Reynolds (jkrey@venera.isi.edu).
Discussion:
The meeting began by re-evaluating what the group is trying to do. The
group was originally developing a set of requirements/recommendations
for a network information services infrastructure. The last meeting
took us in a different direction which produced a draft of guidelines
for Network Information Centers (NICs). This meeting began with re-
assessing if this was the appropriate direction. The group decided that
the first step in defining a network information services infrastructure
is to define what a NIC is and the function it performs. This will
ensure some minimum level of service from NICs in the community. The
next step is to establish some guidelines for sharing information
between NICs.
The group agreed to take the existing draft guidelines document and
expand it to more accurately define and describe a NIC. The information
about existing NICs (discussed at our first meeting) will also be
incorporated.
The group then defined the audience for the revised document. The
stated audience will include existing NICs, people wanting to start
NICs, Network Operations Centers (NOCs), and funding agencies. The
stated purpose of the document is to establish a base set of
requirements for establishing services and to assist those considering
implementing a new NIC. The ultimate goal is to make it easier for users
to get information from NICs. The remaining time was spent defining the
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components of a NIC.
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The session ended with agreement to the following action plan:
o A new draft will be distributed to the NISI mailing list within the
next 2 weeks.
o The document will be discussed and reviewed on the mailing list.
o The draft will be revised based on comments received (Volunteer
revisors:
Marc Sheldon, Gary Malkin, Joan Thompson, Karen McKelvey).
o The draft will be distributed to the USWG mailing list for
comments.
o A near final-form document will be ready prior to the next IETF
meeting in March.
Attendees
Randy Butler rbutler@ncsa.uiuc.edu
Fred Engel
Ole Jacobsen ole@csli.stanford.edu
Darren Kinley kinley@crim.ca
Gary Malkin gmalkin@ftp.com
Karen McKelvey karen@cerf.net
Mark Needleman mhn@stubbs.ucop.edu
Joyce Reynolds jkrey@isi.edu
Karen Roubicek roubicek@nnsc.nsf.net
Michael Schwartz schwartz@boulder.colorado.edu
Tim Seaver tas@mcnc.org
Marc Sheldon ms@uni-dortmund.de
Dana Sitzler dds@merit.edu
Pat Smith psmith@merit.edu
Joanie Thompson joanie@nsipo.nasa.gov
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