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- From: Andrew Gilmartin <Andrew_Gilmartin@Brown.Edu>
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- Subject: [comp.infosystems.gopher] A Gopher gateway to Ph
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- Date: 4 Sep 1992 03:51:59 GMT
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- Archive-name: auto/comp.infosystems.gopher/A-Gopher-gateway-to-Ph
-
- After Gopher '92 and seeing the X.500 to Gopher gateway, I
- decided to write a Ph (CSO name server) to Gopher gateway. Both
- gateways incorporate the I concept of using existing parts of
- the Gopher protocol to access new information sources or
- services. Since searching and navigation are part of the Gopher
- protocol it makes sense to use these with Ph. Thus Phq.
-
- Phq is a Gopher server that knows how to respond to search,
- folder, and file requests with information from Ph. Search
- (type 7) and folder (type 1) requests return a list of Gopher
- files (type 0) derived from Ph records that match the given
- query. File (type 0) requests return a Ph record.
-
- You can use folders for navigation. For example, our Gopher
- server has the link
-
- Name=News Bureau Staff
- Type=1
- Path=1department="News Bureau"
- Host=gopher.brown.edu
- Port=1070
-
- This link is displayed as a folder on the client. Opening the
- folder, the client sees a list of the News Bureau staff. This
- staff listing is infact the result of a Ph query. Opening one
- of the list's items will display that staffer's Ph entry.
-
- Searching requires that you have a search link, for example
-
- Name=Search Brown's Online Directory
- Type=7
- Path=7
- Host=gopher.brown.edu
- Port=1070
-
- Try Phq out and see if you like it. Phq is a simple server with
- little error handling. If Brown decides to use it, I will
- strengthen it. Since all Ph servers are a little different, you
- might have to modify the code a little to work with your Ph
- server. What to modify is documented in the source.
-
- Phq is available via anonymous FTP at ftp.brown.edu
- /pub/gopher/phq.tar.Z.
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- Andrew Gilmartin
- Computing & Information Services
- Brown University
-
- Andrew_Gilmartin@Brown.Edu
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