[186] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Internet Resources Catalog
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (KAREN S. SUMMERHILL)
Thu May 7 09:22:32 1992
Date: Thu, 7 May 1992 08:19:45 CDT
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From: "KAREN S. SUMMERHILL" <ksumme01%gumedlib.georgetown.edu@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
In-Reply-To: <01GJNHO1RDIG90MTI4@guvax.georgetown.edu>; from "Public-Access
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> From: me@SUZUKA.U-STRASBG.FR(Michel Eytan LILoL)
> Subject: Re: A suggestion
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> Quite right, too. I am sending this on the list so that it gets to all.
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> What you want *exists already* I believe (though for internal reasons here I
> haven't been able to set up a client here); it's called WAIS. If you want to
> know more about it, get the file 'What is WAIS?' from quake.think.com by
> anon ftp. If you do not have ftp, I can send you the file by mail -- after
> checking that this is allowed ...
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> ==michel eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr
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According to my understanding of WAIS, it is a searching protocol, not a
cataloging (i.e. descriptive) tool. WAIS might be used
effectively in conjunction with a catalog, but not to replace one.
Of course, everyone should be checking WAIS out (no pun!) in any case.
Karen Summerhill
Education Services Librarian
Georgetown Law Center
ksumme01@gumedlib.georgetown.edu
