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- Whois and Network Information Lookup Service (wnils)
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- Charter
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- Chair(s):
- Joan Gargano <jcgargano@ucdavis.edu>
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- User Services Area Director(s)
- Joyce Reynolds <jkrey@isi.edu>
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- Mailing lists:
- General Discussion:ietf-wnils@ucdavis.edu
- To Subscribe: ietf-wnils-request@ucdavis.edu
- Archive: ucdavis.edu:~/archive/wnils
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- Description of Working Group:
- The Network Information Center (NIC) maintains the central NICNAME
- database and server, defined in RFC 954, providing online look-up of
- individuals, network organizations, key nodes, and other information
- of interest to those who use the Internet. Other distributed
- directory information servers and information retrieval tools have
- been developed and it is anticipated more will be created. Many sites
- now maintain local directory servers with information about
- individuals, departments and services at that specific site.
- Typically these directory servers are network accessible. Because
- these servers are local, there are now wide variations in the type of
- data stored, access methods, search schemes, and user interfaces. The
- purpose of the Whois and Network Information Lookup Service (WNILS)
- Working Group is to expand and define the standard for WHOIS services,
- to resolve issues associated with the variations in access and to
- promote a consistent and predictable service across the network.
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- Goals and Milestones:
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- Done Review and approve the Charter making any changes deemed necessary.
- Examine the particular functional needs for expanded whois directory
- service. Begin work on a framework for recommendations. Assign
- writing assignments for first draft of document.
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- Done Post the Whois and Network Information Lookup Service Recommendations
- document as an Internet-Draft.
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- May 93 Submit the Whois and Network Information Lookup Service
- Recommendations document to the IESG as an Informational document.
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- Jun 93 Post the revised WHOIS protocol and index service document to the
- IESG as an Internet Draft.
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- Sep 93 Submit a revised WHOIS protocol specification and index service
- document to the IESG for consideration as a Draft Standard.
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- Internet Drafts:
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- Posted Revised I-D Title <Filename>
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- Nov 92 Apr 93 <draft-ietf-wnils-whois-01.txt>
- Architecture of the Whois++ Index Service
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- Request For Comments:
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- None to date.
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