RFC 316 (rfc316) - Page 3 of 7
ARPA Network Data Management Working Group
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RFC 316 Data Management Working Group February 1972 At a later stage in the experiment, a user will input a query, the local host will determine where the query is to be sent, the transmission takes place, it is accepted by the target node, translated to the target node's local language and processed. ERNIE FORMAN, MITRE, is developing a special, simple data management system specifically for the purpose of measuring and testing organizational techniques for control, directories, and files. The question to be answered is whether each of these three functions should be centralized, or distributed, how, and where. The initial experimental arrangement is to have the control and directory centralized at the Rand node, and the files to be distributed at UCSB, Rand, and BBN. The files are each split vertically and distributed, this organization chosen to present the more difficult case. DICK WATSON, SRI, described some extensions of NIC (Network Information Center) that he would like to see, and that would involve network data management facilities. The first would be the ability to process text from one text processor by another. Second, it would eventually be desirable to distribute the NIC journals. A first stage of this would be to have several NLS (Network Library System) systems around the network, each with its own journal. The problems with this first stage would be in coordination of numbering and in organization of the directory. A second stage would be one in which the journal might reside, in part, on other than NLS systems. A third extension is to enable the NLS System to use the results of some other cataloging or citation and bibliographic referencing systems as input to the NLS catalogs. The fourth extension would be to enable other data management systems to generate data of more general type and be usable by the NLS. PHASE II The second phase of the meeting was a working meeting to try and organize the committee and try and set up an active working interest group. The following names presently form the committee. These are the people who have shown active interest, and are engaged in related activities: McKay & Mulleray
