Integration of Internet Information Resources (iiir)
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 Charter 
 
 Chair(s):
     Chris Weider  <clw@merit.edu>
 
 User Services Area Director(s) 
     Joyce Reynolds  <jkrey@isi.edu>
 
 Mailing lists: 
     General Discussion:iiir@merit.edu
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     Archive:           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: 
 
  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 93 Post an Internet Draft on 'Taxonomy of Internet Information 
          Services'.                                                           

   Jul 93 Submit final version of 'A vision of integrated information 
          resources' to the IESG as an informational RFC.                      

   Jul 93 Submit final version of 'Taxonomy of Internet Information Services' 
          to the IESG as an informational RFC.                                 

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

   Nov 93 Post an Internet Draft defining a Query Routing Protocol.            

   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:

Posted Revised       I-D Title  <Filename>
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 Mar 93 New     <draft-ietf-iiir-transponders-00.txt> 
                Resource Transponders                                          
 
 Mar 93 New     <draft-ietf-iiir-vision-00.txt> 
                A Vision of an Integrated Internet Information Service         

 Request For Comments:

  None to date.