[102] in Information Retrieval
[Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk: NIR BOF at IETF]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jon@MIT.EDU)
Mon Jul 6 20:25:37 1992
From: jon@MIT.EDU
To: elibdev@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 92 20:24:31 BST
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Date: Sun, 05 Jul 92 21:17:29 BST
From: Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk
Subject: NIR BOF at IETF
To: ietf@ISI.EDU
Cc: nir@cc.mcgill.ca, osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk, Erik.Huizer@surfnet.nl
Message-Id: <emu-un19.1992.0705.201729.njf@eata.ncl.ac.uk>
There will be a Networked Information Retrieval BOF on the evening of
Tuesday 14th July. It is intended that this BOF will lead to an NIR
WG under the Applications Area.
Chairs: George Brett and Jill Foster
Goals:
To increase the useful base of information about networked information
retrieval (NIR) tools, their developers, interested organisations, and
other activites that relate to the production, dissemination, and
support of NIR tools.
To produce documentation that will enable user services organizations
to provide better support for NIRtools.
To develop materials that will assist the support and training of end
users.
Objectives:
Produce "Consumer Report" of NIR Tools that should include information
such as where to get the various client software, ease of use (from
the user's point of view), how to make information available using the
various applications, etc. This document should be in draft stage by
November 1992 for discussion at the RARE User's Spt. Mtg as well as
the Fall IETF meeting.
Produce annotated list of Activities and Organizations that are
focusing on NIR Tools. This document should be in draft stage by
November 1992 for discussion at the RARE User's Spt. Mtg as well as
the Fall IETF meeting.
Agenda:
I. Introduction
assembled introduce themselves and describe their interest in
topic.
II. Statements from Brett & Foster about their projects.
Brett: Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery &
Retrieval
Foster: RARE USIS Group
Foster & Brett: thoughts on collaborative ventures.
III. Discussion about scope of the topic.
What can be included in the list of NIR applications. (ie. does
this include various email interfaces or news handlers?)
IV. Discussion of the "Consumer Report"
What are the necessary details to make this document complete?
V. Discussion of initiatives and groups that are working in NIR.
What groups, orgs, individuals are doing significant work in the
area of NIR tools. Create a document/info base that will help
locate and track these folks (if they want to be.)
VI. Delegation of tasks to the assembled.
VII. Futures
Directions this group may take such as standards, training,
manuals and documentation, etc.
George Brett and Jill Foster
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