NIR Tool Template
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Subject: NIR Tool Template
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Here is the NIR Tool Template. This has been substantially revised
since the NIR BOF in Boston in the light of comments from members of
the nir mailing list.
Please let me have comments on this by Thursday 15th October.
I will then ask for completed templates to be returned to me by
Wednesday 21st October.
Thanks - Jill
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NIR TOOL Template (ver. 3.0)
[ Was called "application" template ]
Purpose and scope:
This template is to be used to collect the information necessary to
identify and track the development of networked information retrieval
tools. It is intended that the main part of this will be completed by
the main individual responsible for the tool. Sections of the
template may require completion by others. This information will be
collected on a regular basis (at least every 3 to 6 months) and will
form the basis of a "snapshot" report on the activities in the area of
networked information retrieval (NIR).
The NIR tools included are defined by enumeration. The IETF/RARE
NIR-WG welcome suggestions for others to be included.
NIR Tools:
Alex
archie
gopher
Hyper-G
Hytelnet
Netfind
Prospero
WAIS
WHOIS
World Wide Web
X.500
Please complete this template and return it to
Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk (NIR-WG co-chair). Receipt of your
message will be acknowledged.
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Date template updated or checked:
By: Name:
Email address:
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NIR Tool Name:
Brief Description of Tool:
Note: This should be a maximum of 100 line description which
should cover the following:
- overview of use, purpose, scope and characteristics
- user's view
- information provider's view
- information types supported (e.g. text, sound, etc)
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Primary Contact(s):
[Please duplicate this section for each separate contact]
Name:
[May be the name of a role e.g. nirtool-support or of an
individual]
Email address:
Postal Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
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Help Line (for major center as well as each client)
Name:
[May be the name of a role e.g. nirtool-support or of an
individual]
Email address:
Telephone:
Level of support offered: [delete as appropriate]
o volunteer
o funded
o for experts only
o all users
Hours available:
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Related Working Groups
[Name only]
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Sponsoring Organisation / Funding source
[Name only]
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Mailing Lists
[Duplicate this section for each list or news group]
Address: [Email Address to send contributions]
Administration: [<listname>-request etc.]
Description:
[This is optional - if the group has only one mailing list]
Archive: [Location of message archive for this list]
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News groups
[Duplicate this section for each list or news group]
Name:
Description:
[This is optional - if the group has only one mailing list]
Archive: [Location of message archive for this news group]
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Protocols
What is supported: [e.g. Z39.50]
What it runs over:
Other NIR tools this interworks with:
Future plans:
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Servers:
[Duplicate the following for each platform
e.g. Unix, VMS, VM/CMS,....]
[The main contact for this NIR tool should complete at least
"platform" and "contact" for each server known to them.]
Date completed or updated:
By: Name:
Email address: [If different from that of the Primary
contact listed below]
Platform:
Primary Contact
Name:
Email address:
Telephone:
Server software available from:
Location of more information:
[Such as installation instructions
copyright statements,
warnings & bug reports etc.
Eventually this will be the Unique Resource
Identifiers of the documents]
Latest version number:
Brief Scope and Characteristics:
Approximate number of such servers in use:
General comments:
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Clients
[Duplicate the following for each platform
e.g. MS-DOS PC, MAC, vt100,...]
[The main contact for this NIR tool should complete
"platform" and "contact" for each server known to them.]
Date completed or updated:
By: Name:
Email address: [If different from that of the Primary
contact listed below]
Platform:
Primary Contact
Name:
Email address:
Telephone:
Client software available from:
Location of more information:
[Such as installation instructions
copyright statements,
warnings & bug reports etc.
Eventually this will be the Unique Resource
Identifiers of the documents]
Latest version number:
Brief Scope and Characteristics:
General comments:
Future plans:
Items included here could include
- optional items to come.
- plans for moving to international standards
- plans for interoperating with other NIR tools
- other functionality to be supported
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Demonstration sites :
List of sites which are willing to act as demonstration
sites for this application.
[Duplicate for each site]
Site name:
Access details:
[e.g.
telnet archie.sura.net
login as archie ]
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Documentation:
The following is a list of suggested items to be found in a
document archive. The NIR-WG may be able to help with the
production of some of these if they are not available
initially. Note that the location pointers below could be
replaced in the future by the "Universal Resource Identifier"]
o current overview
o instructions to information providers
o Frequently Asked Questions
o user manuals
o training materials
- tutorials
- canned demos
- sample session (screen dumps)
- videos
- etc.
o miscellaneous documents
[Duplicate the following for each existing document as
necessary]
Document Title:
Location details:
Site:
Full file name:
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Bibliography:
[A list of a maximum of 10 key papers, books etc on this NIR tool.
Optionally a pointer to a fuller bibliography could be given.]
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Other Information:
[Feel free to add other information that you feel is relevant.
This will be considered for inclusion in the report.]
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Evaluation:
Reviews & user comments:
It is intended that this section will be completed by users and
user reps in the NIR-WG to provide some "consumers" evaluation
of the NIR tools
o General pros and cons
o NIR tool implementation
o Strengths and weaknesses
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