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.


Internet-Drafts

     ``Resource Transponders'', 08/02/1994, C. Weider
     <draft-ietf-iiir-transponders-02.txt>

     ``A Vision of an Integrated Internet Information Service'',
     08/02/1994, C. Weider, P. Deutsch
     <draft-ietf-iiir-vision-02.txt>

     ``Publishing Information on the Internet with Anonymous FTP'',
     05/25/1994, P. Deutsch, A. Emtage
     <draft-ietf-iiir-publishing-01.txt>

     ``Using the Z39.50 Information Retrieval Protocol in the
     Internet Environment'', 08/23/1994, C. Lynch
     <draft-ietf-iiir-z3950-00.txt>

Request For Comments

RFC 1625   ``WAIS over Z39.50-1988''