CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Joyce Reynolds/ISI Minutes of the User Services Working Group (USWG) Joyce Reynolds reported on the IETF User Services Area activities including: working groups coming to closure and new working groups starting up, new publications, and current user services related Internet-Drafts postings. Working Groups coming to closure include: o Directory Information Services Infrastructure (DISI) o NOC-Tool Catalogue Revisions (NOCTool2) o Internet User Glossary (USERGLOS) New working groups initiating their first sessions at this IETF include: o Training Materials (TRAINMAT), and o Integrated Directory Services (IDS). New FYI RFC publications since the last IETF are: o FYI 18 ``Internet Users' Glossary'', (Also RFC 1392), January 1993. o FYI 17 ``The Tao of IETF - A Guide for New Attendees of the Internet Engineering Task Force'', (Also RFC 1391), January 1993. Discussion also focused on the ``new NICs'' (i.e., the InterNIC and the proposed/experimental APNIC - Asia/Pacific NIC). Jill Foster presented an update on RARE activities, including a report on the RARE Information Services/User Support (ISUS) activities. The ISUS Working Group is broken down into several sub-areas: Network User Support, Asynchronous Group Communication, and Networked Information Retrieval and Services Liaison. WG-ISUS Task Forces are being set up to cover the main tasks outlined in the Workplan. The following task forces are proposed (and many have started work): o User Documentation o Document Delivery o Networked Information Retrieval (joint RARE/IETF/CNI endeavor) o Coordination of Networked Information Retrieval Services o Maintenance and gathering of information on networks and networked resources. o UNITE ``Total Solution'' User Interface 1 o RARE Technical Report 1 o Training, Publicity and Awareness (joint RARE/IETF Working Group) o Support for Special Interest Communities o Automatic Mailing List Servers o Multi Media Information Services Susan Calcari presented a talk on the new InterNIC. The InterNIC information services include: Network Solutions provides the registration services, AT&T provides the Directory and Database Services, and General Atomics provides the information services. NIS Fests and NIS manifests are planned. The InterNIC reference desk will be open from 5am to 7pm Pacific time. For more information on information services send email to: info@internic.net, Database and Directory Services: admin@ds.internic.net, and for Internet Registry services, hostmaster@internic.net. Gary Malkin led a session on two FYI RFC updates: o FYI 7 ``FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to Commonly Asked ``Experienced Internet User'' Questions'', (Also RFC1207), February 1991. o FYI 4 ``FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to Commonly asked ``New Internet User'' Questions'', (Also RFC1325), May 1992. Attendees Jules Aronson aronson@nlm.nih.gov Robert Beer r-beer@onu.edu Susan Calcari calcaris@cerf.net Corinne Carroll ccarroll@bbn.com Jodi-Ann Chu jodi@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu Al Costanzo al@akc.com Naomi Courter naomi@concert.net Mark Davis-Craig mad@merit.edu Peter Deutsch peterd@bunyip.com Robert Enger enger@reston.ans.net Jill Foster Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk Marcello Frutig frutig@rnp.impa.br Gwen Funchess funchess@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Maria Gallagher maria@nsipo.nasa.gov Greg Gicale gicale@ohio.gov Martyne Hallgren martyne@nr-tech.cit.cornell.edu Deborah Hamilton debbie@qsun.att.com Susan Harris srh@umich.edu Alisa Hata hata@cac.washington.edu Ellen Hoffman ellen@merit.edu Alton Hoover hoover@ans.net Susan Horvath shorvath@merit.edu Edward Krol e-krol@uiuc.edu 2 Hock-Koon Lim lim@po.cwru.edu Gary Malkin gmalkin@xylogics.com Janet L. Marcisak jlm@ftp.com April Marine april@atlas.arc.nasa.gov Jerry Martin jerry+@osu.edu Cynthia Mills cmills@bbn.com Jim Naro jnaro@nic.near.net Bill Norton wbn@merit.edu Marsha Perrott mlp+@andrew.cmu.edu Joyce K. Reynolds jkrey@isi.edu Richard Rodgers rodgers@nlm.nih.gov Jennifer Sellers sellers@nsipo.nasa.gov Karen Shay kshay@cs.cmu.edu Charlie Smith crsmith@osvi.edu Patricia Smith psmith@merit.edu Ruediger Volk rv@informatik.uni-dortmund.de Janet Vratny janet@apple.com William Yurcik yurcik@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov 3