cni-directories: Re: Public Catalog of InterNet Resources
Re: Public Catalog of InterNet Resources
Paul Jones (pjones@MENTO.OIT.UNC.EDU)
Mon, 27 Jan 1992 15:13:11 EST
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1992 15:13:11 EST
From: Paul Jones <pjones@MENTO.OIT.UNC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Public Catalog of InterNet Resources
Besides the official Internet Resource Guide, which is a noble attempt but
usually lagging
and out of date, you can use any of the automated access points on the network
as
starting points from which to explore the net.
The IRG and several other documents have been WAISed and are easily accessable
from
any WAIS cleint on the net.
We've created a unix script that allows you to contact various libraries easily.
There is a
great VMS version as well.
We also manage an Extended Bulletin Board (bbs.oit.unc.edu) that allows anyone
from
anywhere to create their own account for connecting to online resources through
our
script (called LIBTEL), to use a simple WAIS client, to read any of the Network
News
Groups, and a few other goodies. Just telnet of bbs.oit.unc.edu and try it all
out. It may be
a little slow, but we plan a massive upgrade in the next month or less.
As far as managing a network database of resources, it would be best done in a
distributed
manner so that local resource owners could update their own information
dynamically and
have it instantly available to the network. Further it would be best done in a
client-server
manner so that local friendly interfaces could be used to search the
information. The idea
of passing lists or programs that do no more that read lists across the network
reminds me
of the old hosts files. They were always disk hogs, cumbersome, and nearly
always out of
date. Archied or WAISed distributed databases and distributed management are
better
places to start.
Paul Jones
paul_jones@unc.edu
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