CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_

Reported by Joyce Reynolds/Information Sciences Institute

Minutes of the Gopher BOF (GOPHER)

This BOF focused on the Gopher protocol and insuring its existence in a
well-defined, standard fashion.  Current implementations/licensing
issues were not discussed at this meeting as it was outside the scope of
involvement of the Chairpersons and the BOF.

Comments on the current Gopher protocol (RFC 1436) were fielded and
discussed.  A game plan was discussed on where this Group would like to
go.  The Gopher protocol is one of various documents which have not come
into the ``standardization'' process.  The intent is to start with this
informational document, make some minor additions to bring it into
agreement with the protocol as it is currently deployed, and place it
into the protocol standardization track of the IETF. Discussion also
focused on a liaison ``reporter'' that could interact between the IETF
participants and the Gopher folks at the University of Minnesota, as
they were unable to attend this IETF.

Discussion and consensus of moving this BOF to the Integration of
Internet Information Resources Working Group (IIIR) for formal actions
was approved.  IIIR will assist by providing integration guidance of the
Gopher protocol with other services, progressing RFC 1436 into the
protocol standardization track, and looking into the next generation of
Gopher protocols.

The GOPHER Chairs, Jim Fullton and Joyce K. Reynolds, and the IIIR
Chair, Chris Weider, will report the results of this BOF to the Gopher
developers at the University of Minnesota.

Formal Declaration to be sent to the Gopher attendees at the Gopher
Conference to be held April 13th:



     The intended collaboration between the IETF and the Gopher
     group is welcomed and necessary.  The Gopher Protocol document
     (RFC 1436) is nearly complete.  The consensus of the attendees
     at the Gopher BOF last week is that minor corrections need to
     be made to the document that will bring the paper into
     compliance with existing working software and thus put it on
     the standardization track in the IETF. Discussion and consensus
     of moving this BOF to the IIIR (Integration of Internet
     Information Resources) Working Group for formal actions was
     approved.  We look forward to working with you.



Attendees

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N. Akiko Aizawa          akiko@nacsis.ac.jp
Harald Alvestrand        Harald.Alvestrand@delab.sintef.no
Jules Aronson            aronson@nlm.nih.gov
Robert Beer              r-beer@onu.edu
Tim Berners-Lee          timbl@info.cern.ch
Fred Bohle               fab@interlink.com
Deborah Boyer            djb@noc.ans.net
Sandy Bryant             slb@virginia.edu
Susan Calcari            calcaris@cerf.net
Corinne Carroll          ccarroll@bbn.com
Jodi-Ann Chu             jodi@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
David Conklin            conklin@jvnc.net
Naomi Courter            naomi@concert.net
Mark Davis-Craig         mad@merit.edu
Peter Deutsch            peterd@bunyip.com
Kishan Dudkikar          kishan@icm1.icp.net
Jill Foster              Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk
Paul Franchois           paulf@bldrdoc.gov
Marcello Frutig          frutig@rnp.impa.br
Jim Fullton              Jim.Fullton@cnidr.org
Kevin Gamiel             kevin.gamiel@concert.net
Greg Gicale              gicale@ohio.gov
Terry Gray               gray@cac.washington.edu
Deborah Hamilton         debbie@qsun.att.com
Susan Harris             srh@umich.edu
Russ Hobby               rdhobby@ucdavis.edu
Ellen Hoffman            ellen@merit.edu
Susan Horvath            shorvath@merit.edu
Lenore Jackson           jackson@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov
Erik Jul                 jul@oclc.org
Bill Kelly               kellywh@mail.auburn.edu
Michael Khalandovsky     mlk@ftp.com
Jim Knowles              jknowles@binky.arc.nasa.gov
Mark Kosters             markk@internic.net
John Kunze               jak@violet.berkeley.edu
Sylvain Langlois         Sylvain.Langlois@exp.edf.fr
Hock-Koon Lim            lim@po.cwru.edu
Samir Malak              malaks@alice.uncg.edu
April Marine             april@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
Michael Mealling         michael@fantasy.gatech.edu
David Meyer              meyer@ns.uoregon.edu
Mitra                    mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us
Joe Pagan                jrp@afterlife.ncsc.mil
Marsha Perrott           mlp+@andrew.cmu.edu
Robert Reschly           reschly@brl.mil
Joyce K. Reynolds        jkrey@isi.edu
Francois Robitaille      francois.robitaille@crim.ca
Richard Rodgers          rodgers@nlm.nih.gov
Steve Romig              romig@cis.ohio-state.edu
Marshall Rose            mrose.iesg@dbc.mtview.ca.us
Larry Snodgrass          snodgrass@bitnic.educom.edu
Michael St.  Johns       stjohns@darpa.mil
Craig Todd               ctodd@desire.wright.edu
Matt Tuttle              snodgras@cren.net

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Robert Ullmann           Ariel@Process.com
Janet Vratny             janet@apple.com
Chris Weider             clw@merit.edu
Moira West               mjw@cert.org
Richard Wiggins          wiggins@msu.edu



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