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Integration of Internet Information Resources (IIIR) Charter
Chair(s)
- Chris Weider <clw@bunyip.com>
- Kevin Gamiel <kgamiel@cnidr.org>
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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 1993
- 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 1993
- Submit final version of `Taxonomy of Internet Information Services' to the IESG as an Informational RFC.
- Nov 1993
- Post an Internet-Draft defining common exchange formats.
- Nov 1993
- Post an Internet-Draft defining a Query Routing Protocol.
- Mar 1994
- Submit final version of common exchange format to the IESG as a Proposed Standard.
- Jul 1994
- Submit final version of Query Routing Protocol to the IESG as a Proposed Standard.
NOTE: The Internet-Draft(s) listed below may have been deleted
since they are only good for six months.
Internet-Drafts
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``Resource Transponders'', 08/02/1994, C. Weider
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``A Vision of an Integrated Internet Information Service'', 08/02/1994, C. Weider, P. Deutsch
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``Publishing Information on the Internet with Anonymous FTP'', 05/25/1994, P. Deutsch, A. Emtage
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``Using the Z39.50 Information Retrieval Protocol in the Internet Environment'', 08/23/1994, C. Lynch
Request for Comments