CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_



Reported by Joyce Reynolds/ISI

DISI Minutes

The Distributed Information Service Infrastructure Working Group met
during the User Services Working Group.  The Chair, Chris Weider led the
session which included discussion on the current Charter, current
deployment and players, available implementations, documents to be
produced, and how this group segues into User Services activities.



In reviewing the current Charter, suggestions were made to change the
last paragraph to include ``maintenance'', and in the 2nd paragraph,
change ``building'' to ``providing'' information.



Chris will amend the Charter, and send out a new one for approval.  The
``combined efforts'' of the OSI Integration Area and the User Services
Area was discussed, as was what the current deployment of DSAs are.
There are currently more than 200 DSAs in 20 countries!



What organizations are currently building infrastructure?  The FOX
project at ISI, Merit, PSI, and SRI. In Europe, PARADISE. Quipu - Part
of the ISODE, IAN at UBC, NIST (not fully functional yet).



Documents to be produced by DISI:



   o Vol.  1 - Advantage Document; What should I do it,, even if I know
     what it is??

   o Vol.  2 - Implementation Document; rapidly changing.  Would provide
     current implementation and interoperability profiles.

   o Vol.  3 - Advanced usages document/administrators guide ( 1 year
     life span).

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Writing Assignments:


   o Vol.  1 - Chris Weider, Sergio Heker and Joyce Reynolds
   o Vol.  2 - Ruth Lang and Russ Wright
   o Vol.  3 - Assignments will be made at the next IETF in Atlanta.


Attendees

Richard Bowles           bowles@stsci.edu
Robert Enger             enger@seka.scc.com
Charles Fumuso           cwf@cray.com
Keith Hacke              hacke@informatics.wustl.edu
Sergio Heker             heker@jvnc.net
Darren Kinley            kinley@crim.ca
Tracy LaQuey Parker      tracy@utexas.edu
Ruth Lang                rlang@nisc.sri.com
Joyce Reynolds           jkrey@isi.edu
Karen Roubicek           roubicek@bbn.com
Dana Sitzler             dds@merit.edu
Patricia Smith           psmith@merit.edu
Michael Stanton          "usermas@lncc.bitnet"
Allen Sturtevant         sturtevant@ccc.nmfecc.gov
Joanie Thompson          joanie@nsipo.nasa.gov
Chris Weider             clw@merit.edu
Russ Wright              wright@lbl.gov



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