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       Title     : Registration Procedures for SOIF Template Types         
       Author(s) : T. Hardie
       Filename  : draft-ietf-find-soif-registry-00.txt
       Pages     : 5
       Date      : 05/27/1997

The Summary Object Interchange Format [Ref. 1] was first defined by the 
Harvest Project [Ref 2.] in January 1994.  SOIF was derived from a 
combination of the Internet Anonymous FTP Archives IETF Working Group 
(IAFA) templates [Ref 3.] and the BibTeX bibliography format [Ref 4.].  The
combination was originally noted for its advantages of providing a 
convenient and intuitive way for delimiting objects within a stream, and 
setting apart the URL for easy object access or invocation, while still 
preserving compatibility with IAFA templates.              

SOIF uses named template types to indicate the attributes which may be 
contained within a particular summary object.  Within the context of 
a single application, private agreement on the definition of template 
types has been adequate.  As SOIF objects are moved among applications, 
however, the need for standard, well-specified, and easily identifiable 
template types increases.  This need is particularly intense in the context 
of query referral, where knowledge of an attribute's definition and the 
allowed data types for specific values is crucial.  For a discussion of 
this in the context of the Common Indexing Protocol, see [Ref. 1].                                    

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