Integration of Internet Information Resources (iiir) Charter

NOTE: This charter is accurate as of the 31st IETF Meeting in San Jose. It may now be out-of-date. (Consider this a "snapshot" of the working group from that meeting.) Up-to-date charters for all active working groups can be found elsewhere in this Web server.

Chair(s)

User Services Area Director(s):

Mailing List Information

Description of Working Group

The Integration of Internet Information Resources Working Group (IIIR) is chartered to facilitate interoperability between Internet information services, and to develop, specify, and align protocols designed to integrate the plethora of Internet information services (WAIS, ARCHIE, Prospero, etc.) into a single ``virtually unified information service'' (VUIS). Such protocols would include, but are not limited to, update protocols for distributed servers, a ``query routing protocol'' to pass queries between existing services, protocols for gateways between existing and future services, and standard exchange formats (perhaps based on Z39.50) for cross-listing specific information.

Also, where necessary, IIIR will create technical documentation for protocols used for information services in the Internet.

Goals and Milestones

Ongoing
Track emerging Internet information services in order to specify technical requirements for their integration into the VUIS.
Ongoing
Liaise with other groups working on deployment and integration of Internet information services: e.g., The Coalition for Networked Information, RARE Working Group 3, etc.
Ongoing
Create specifications for interoperability between Internet information systems.
Done
Post an Internet-Draft on `A vision of integrated information resources.'
Jul 93
Post an Internet-Draft on `Taxonomy of Internet Information Services.'
Done
Submit final version of `A vision of integrated information resources' to the IESG as an Informational RFC.
Jul 93
Submit final version of `Taxonomy of Internet Information Services' to the IESG as an Informational RFC.
Nov 93
Post an Internet-Draft defining common exchange formats.
Nov 93
Post an Internet-Draft defining a Query Routing Protocol.
Mar 94
Submit final version of common exchange format to the IESG as a Proposed Standard.
Jul 94
Submit final version of Query Routing Protocol to the IESG as a Proposed Standard.

Current Internet-Drafts

Request for Comments