CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Daisy Shen/IBM Network Database Minutes This is a new Working Group Chaired by Daisy Shen. The first meeting consisted of discussing the Charter, defining the scope and preparing for the next meeting. All attendees agreed upon the Charter; although there was no discusson regarding the schedule and the milestones. Those items will be discussed at the next meeting. Define the Scope 1. It will be built as a client/server model which will be called a database requester/server. 2. RPC will be used on top of TCP/IP as the communication vehicle. 3. We will define the concept of the Unit of Work. 4. We will do data conversion. 5. Security: o Use Kerberos for authentication o Let each database system handle its own security. 6. If the server has more than one database, we require that the databases be homogeneous. Work to Be Done Before the next meeting, we will find out: o The effort of the OSI/RDA group related to this subject. o The effort of the OSF group related to this subject. o The effort of other vendors related to this subject. 1 o Advertising this Working Group. o A first draft will be written. Attendees David Benton benton@bio.nlm.nih.gov Richard Bowles bowles@stsci.edu Robert Enger enger@seka.scc.com Elizabeth Feinler Charles Fineberg fineberg@wums2.wustl.edu Russ Hobby rdhobby@ucdavis.edu Mike Janson mjanson@mot.com Greg Minshall minshall@wc.novell.com Joel Replogle replogle@ncsa.uiuc.edu Paul Selkirk paul@ftp.com Daisy Shen daisy@watson.ibm.com Jim Sheridan jsherida@ibm.com Wing Fai Wong wfwong@malta.sbi.com Wengyik Yeong yeongw@psi.com 2