Re: Directory for document / software descriptions (OSI-DS 40)

Martijn Koster <m.koster@nexor.co.uk> Thu, 11 November 1993 18:03 UTC

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From: Martijn Koster <m.koster@nexor.co.uk>
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To: P.Barker@cs.ucl.ac.uk
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Subject: Re: Directory for document / software descriptions (OSI-DS 40)

Paul Barker writes:

> Archie helps for FTP'able info, but the filename-only restriction 
> limits its effectiveness.  I propose to build up a collection of pointers 
> to all these papers and bits of software too, and have it searchable 
> through X.500.
> 
> So, if you do have any material that you think would fit into this scheme,
> please let me know.  I expect most of it will be files in FTP servers, but
> you may have some documents which are only available by paper.  If so, I'd
> still like to know as the schema can also represent paper docs.

On this subject, you might be interested in the hypertext index of the OSI-DS
archive I maintain on the WWW in

	http://web.nexor.co.uk/osi-ds/osi-ds-index.html

and some assorted bits on X.500 in

	http://web.nexor.co.uk/osi-ds/x500.html

The index only contains titles, mainly because there was no parseable 
description index on the FTP site, and most links refer to the FTP
site to get the actual files. But it helps :-)
The other bits are links to X.500 gateways, LDAP info, and to info on NEXOR's
X.500 products.

-- Martijn

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Directory for document / software descriptions (O… Paul Barker
Re: Directory for document / software description… Martijn Koster