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          [email protected]
Harald Alvestrand        [email protected]
Jules Aronson            [email protected]
Robert Beer              [email protected]
Tim Berners-Lee          [email protected]
Fred Bohle               [email protected]
Deborah Boyer            [email protected]
Sandy Bryant             [email protected]
Susan Calcari            [email protected]
Corinne Carroll          [email protected]
Jodi-Ann Chu             [email protected]
David Conklin            [email protected]
Naomi Courter            [email protected]
Mark Davis-Craig         [email protected]
Peter Deutsch            [email protected]
Kishan Dudkikar          [email protected]
Jill Foster              [email protected]
Paul Franchois           [email protected]
Marcello Frutig          [email protected]
Jim Fullton              [email protected]
Kevin Gamiel             [email protected]
Greg Gicale              [email protected]
Terry Gray               [email protected]
Deborah Hamilton         [email protected]
Susan Harris             [email protected]
Russ Hobby               [email protected]
Ellen Hoffman            [email protected]
Susan Horvath            [email protected]
Lenore Jackson           [email protected]
Erik Jul                 [email protected]
Bill Kelly               [email protected]
Michael Khalandovsky     [email protected]
Jim Knowles              [email protected]
Mark Kosters             [email protected]
John Kunze               [email protected]
Sylvain Langlois         [email protected]
Hock-Koon Lim            [email protected]
Samir Malak              [email protected]
April Marine             [email protected]
Michael Mealling         [email protected]
David Meyer              [email protected]
Mitra                    [email protected]
Joe Pagan                [email protected]
Marsha Perrott           [email protected]
Robert Reschly           [email protected]
Joyce K. Reynolds        [email protected]
Francois Robitaille      [email protected]
Richard Rodgers          [email protected]
Steve Romig              [email protected]
Marshall Rose            [email protected]
Larry Snodgrass          [email protected]
Michael St.  Johns       [email protected]
Craig Todd               [email protected]
Matt Tuttle              [email protected]

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Robert Ullmann           [email protected]
Janet Vratny             [email protected]
Chris Weider             [email protected]
Moira West               [email protected]
Richard Wiggins          [email protected]



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