"checklist" for NIR Report

[April Marine <[e-mail]>]

Hi NIRites!

OK, at the risk of rotten tomato flinging, here is what I was
thinking of as a simple checklist, quick-glance matrix we might
consider including in the NIR Report.  I think that for each
tool, such a checklist would be good if it concentrated on answering
only the questions:  What's it good at? and What's it available in?

For "what's it good at?", I thought the taxonomy info referenced
in the report would be ideal, so I used those terms.  They also
coincided with the terms Jill had written in Amsterdam that I found
in my notes.  Unfortunately, I'm not totally sure what they mean!
And even if I knew what they meant, I'm not sure I would fill
them in correctly.  So, you'll notice that I left that part blank
until I get a little more info.

I also left blank the part about what types of info (text, pictures,
etc.) are accessible via the tools.  That I did partly, again, so I
wouldn't have to figure it out (although that wouldn't be too
difficult), but more because I was not sure we wanted that item
included in the matrix.

Then I just put down the client and server platforms.  Now, if I did
this wrong, it's because I'm ignorant.  Please do send corrections
here.  I tried to follow the report as closely as possible, but I
just wanted platforms, not actual implementations, if you get what
I mean.

Well, with all that preamble....here it is.  There were several people
who volunteered to help with this last time.  Maybe they in particular
can start tearing this apart/filling it in/correcting/etc.?  But
anyone who wants to fix it, please, please do.

thanks,
April


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			alex	archie	gopher	Hytelnet 

1. Taxonomy:						  

Resource Discovery

Class Discovery

Instance Location
 (indexing)

Access

Information Mgt



2. Info Types Accessible:

 ascii txt

 sound		

 image		

 video		



3. Server Platforms:

 unix		 	x	x	x	no
						servers
 Mac					x

 PC/Dos					x

 VMS					x

 X					x

 NeXTStep				x

 RS6000				x

 VM/CMS					x

 MVS					x


3. Client Platforms:

 unix			no	x	x	x
			client
 Mac			needed		x

 PC/Dos				x	x	x

 VMS				x	x	x

 X				x	x

 NeXTStep			x	x

 RS6000	

 VM/CMS					x
 
 MVS					x

 telnet				x	x

 e-mail				x	

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			 Netfind	Propsero	Veronica

1. Taxonomy:						  

Resource Discovery

Class Discovery

Instance Location
 (indexing)

Access

Information Mgt



2. Info Types Accessible:

 ascii txt

 sound		

 image		

 video		



3. Server Platforms:

 unix			x		x		x
	
 Mac	

 PC/Dos	

 VMS	

 X	

 NeXTStep

 RS6000		

 VM/CMS		

 MVS		


3. Client Platforms:

 unix			x		x		x
		
 Mac							x

 PC/Dos							x

 VMS							x

 X							x

 NeXTStep						x

 RS6000	

 VM/CMS							x
 
 MVS							x

 telnet			x				x

 e-mail					

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			WAIS	WHOIS	WWW	X.500

1. Taxonomy:						  

Resource Discovery

Class Discovery

Instance Location
 (indexing)

Access

Information Mgt



2. Info Types Accessible:

 ascii txt

 sound		

 image		

 video		



3. Server Platforms:

 unix			x	x	x	info not in doc
		
 Mac		

 PC/Dos		

 VMS					x

 X					

 NeXTStep	

 RS6000				x	

 VM/CMS					x

 MVS		

 Connection Machine
  Model 2		x

 VM/XA					x

3. Client Platforms:

 unix			x	incl.		info not in doc
				with
 Mac			x	most
				TCP/IP
 PC/Dos			x	net
				pkgs
 VMS			x

 X			x		x

 NeXTStep		x

 RS6000			x		x

 VM/CMS			
 
 MVS		

 AVS			x

 telnet			x

 e-mail					x

 viola					x