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Reported by Chris Weider/Merit

Minutes of the Integration of Internet Information Resources Working
Group (IIIR)

Agenda


   o Introduction and Correction of Minutes from Last Meeting.
   o Resource Transponders
   o Vision of Integrated Information Services Document.
   o Start Work on Taxonomy Document.
   o Internet Information Framework
   o AOB


There were no corrections offered to the Minutes from Washington.

Resource Transponders

Chris Weider discussed his Resource Transponder Internet-Draft.  Scott
Kaplan of FTP mentioned that a similar concept was already under
development in the Service Location Protocol Working Group for modems
and other hardware; Chris agreed to look at the SLP stuff to see if
there was any synergy.

Vision of Integrated Information Services Document

Peter Deutsch presented the Vision of Integrated Information Services
document that he and Chris Weider had developed.  It was mentioned that
this architecture provides a trivial level of interoperability between
currently deployed services, and can provide a foundation for
integrating new services.  Also, in the discussions of the `Axioms of
Information Services', an axiom was added by the Group:  ``Users want to
have the ability to look under the hood''.

Start Work on Taxonomy Document

The taxonomy document's contents were discussed; it was finally settled
that it would categorize the various available tools by functionality
(along several different schemes) and would point out gaps in the
current tool mix in light of the architecture provided in the Vision
document.  Although there was not a universal consensus that such a
document was needed, there was a rough consensus that such a document
could teach us a lot about what tools we have and what tools we need.
Peter Deutsch and Chris Weider volunteered to take a first cut at the
paper for Amsterdam.

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Internet Information Framework

Chris Weider discussed the Internet Information Framework developed by
the IESG and several working group Chairs.  This framework lays out the
administrative structure for working groups working in the information
services area.  In particular, a new working group will not be formed
for every information services protocol developed; instead IIIR will
take the responsibility of documenting new and existing protocols and
shepherding their standardization.  Examples of the protocols IIIR will
cover include GOPHER (RFC 1436), World Wide Web, and Z39.50.  As there
are active communities for these protocols, IIIR will simply help the
standardization process and may also serve as a mediator if many
incompatible versions of the same base protocol appear.  For those new
protocols which are needed by the integration effort or are identified
in the taxonomy paper, IIIR will work with the IESG to determine if a
new working group should be formed or if the work can be done in IIIR.

AOB

There was no other business.

Attendees

N. Akiko Aizawa          akiko@nacsis.ac.jp
Jules Aronson            aronson@nlm.nih.gov
Robert Beer              r-beer@onu.edu
Tim Berners-Lee          timbl@info.cern.ch
Cyrus Chow               cchow@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Jodi-Ann Chu             jodi@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
Naomi Courter            naomi@concert.net
Mark Davis-Craig         mad@merit.edu
Peter Deutsch            peterd@bunyip.com
Alan Emtage              bajan@bunyip.com
Jill Foster              Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk
Steven Foster            foster@cs.unr.edu
Marcello Frutig          frutig@rnp.impa.br
Jim Fullton              Jim.Fullton@cnidr.org
Kevin Gamiel             kevin.gamiel@concert.net
Joan Gargano             jcgargano@ucdavis.edu
Deborah Hamilton         debbie@qsun.att.com
Susan Harris             srh@umich.edu
Alisa Hata               hata@cac.washington.edu
Susan Horvath            shorvath@merit.edu
Scott Kaplan             scott@wco.ftp.com
Michael Khalandovsky     mlk@ftp.com
Edward Krol              e-krol@uiuc.edu
John Kunze               jak@violet.berkeley.edu
Hock-Koon Lim            lim@po.cwru.edu
Samir Malak              malaks@alice.uncg.edu
Janet L. Marcisak        jlm@ftp.com
April Marine             april@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
Michael Mealling         michael@fantasy.gatech.edu


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Mitra                    mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us
Clifford Neuman          bcn@isi.edu
Geir Pedersen            Geir.Pedersen@usit.uio.no
Pete Percival            percival@indiana.edu
Marsha Perrott           mlp+@andrew.cmu.edu
Bradley Rhoades          bdrhoades@mail.mmmg.com
Steven Richardson        sjr@merit.edu
Richard Rodgers          rodgers@nlm.nih.gov
Mark Smith               mcs@umich.edu
Sue Smith                smiths.es.net
Janet Vratny             janet@apple.com
Chris Weider             clw@merit.edu



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