Integration of Internet Information Resources (iiir)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 04/07/1998

 Current Status: Concluded Working Group

 Chair(s):
     A Anantha  <cweider@microsoft.com>
     Kevin Gamiel  <kevin.gamiel@cnidr.org>

 User Services Area Director(s):
     April Marine  <april.marine@nominum.com>

 User Services Area Advisor:
     April Marine  <april.marine@nominum.com>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:iiir@merit.edu
     To Subscribe:      iiir-request@merit.edu
     Archive:           ftp://merit.edu/pub/iiir-archive

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:

   SEP 92       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. 

   SEP 92       Track emerging Internet information services in order to 
                specify technical requirements for their integration into 
                the VUIS. 

   SEP 92       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.' 

   JUL 93       Submit final version of `Taxonomy of Internet Information 
                Services' to the IESG as an Informational RFC. 

   Done         Submit final version of `A vision of integrated information 
                resources' to the IESG as an Informational RFC. 

   NOV 93       Post an Internet-Draft defining a Query Routing Protocol. 

   NOV 93       Post an Internet-Draft defining common exchange formats. 

   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. 


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
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RFC1625 I    JUN 94    WAIS over Z39.50-1988 

RFC1729 I    DEC 94    Using the Z39.50 Information Retrieval Protocol in 
                       the Internet Environment 

RFC1727 I    DEC 94    A Vision of an Integrated Internet Information 
                       Service 

RFC1728 I    DEC 94    Resource Transponders