Editor's note:  Minutes received 4/8/93.  These minutes have not been edited
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Reported by Chris Weider 

Minutes from the IIIR meeting in Columbus, OH, March 29, 1993

Agenda:

1: Introduction and correction of minutes from last meeting
2: Resource Transponders
3: Vision of Integrated Information Services document
4: Start work on Taxonomy document
5: Internet Information Framework
6: AOB

1: There were no corrections offered to the minutes from Washington.

2: Chris Weider discussed his Resource Transponder internet draft.
   Scott Kaplan of FTP mentioned that a similar concept was already
   under development in the Service Location Protocol working group for 
   modems and other hardware; Weider agreed to look at the SLP stuff to
   see if there was any synergy.

3: Peter Deutsch presented the Vision of Integrated Information Services
   document that he and Chris Weider had developed. It was mentioned that
   this architecture provides a trivial level of interoperability between
   currently deployed services, and can provide a foundation for 
   integrating new services. Also, in the discussions of the 'Axioms of
   Information Services', an axiom was added by the group: "Users want to
   have the ability to look under the hood".

4: The taxonomy document's contents were discussed; it was finally settled that
   it would categorize the various available tools by functionality (along
   several different schemes) and would point out gaps in the current tool 
   mix in light of the architecture provided in the Vision document.
   Although there was not a universal consensus that such a document was 
   needed, there was a rough consensus that such a document could teach us
   a lot about what tools we have and what tools we need. Peter Deutsch and
   Chris Weider volunteered to take a first cut at the paper for Amsterdam.

5: Chris Weider discussed the Internet Information Framework developed by
   the IESG and several working group chairs. This framework lays out the
   administrative structure for working groups working in the information
   services area. In particular, a new working group will not be formed for
   every information services protocol developed; instead IIIR will take
   the responsibility of documenting new and existing protocols and shepherding
   their standardization. Examples of the protocols IIIR will cover include
   GOPHER (RFC 1436), World Wide Web, and Z39.50. As there are active 
   communities for these protocols, IIIR will simply help the standardization
   process and may also serve as a mediator if many incompatible versions
   of the same base protocol appear. For those new protocols which are 
   needed by the integration effort or are identified in the taxonomy paper,
   IIIR will work with the IESG to determine if a new working group should
   be formed or if the work can be done in IIIR.

6: There was no other business.