Humanities and Arts (harts)
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Charter
Last Modified: 04/07/1998

Current Status: Concluded Working Group

Chair(s):
    Janet Max  <[email protected]>
    Scott Stoner  <[email protected]>

User Services Area Director(s):
    April Marine  <[email protected]>

User Services Area Advisor:
    April Marine  <[email protected]>

Mailing Lists:
    General Discussion:[email protected]
    To Subscribe:      [email protected]
    Archive:           ftp://nfs/ftp/harts/harts.mail

Description of Working Group:

In building a bridge between the Internet Engineering community and the
Humanities and Arts' Research and Engineering communities, the HARTS
Working Group has identified three goals to be pursued. The first goal
is development of a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) regarding value
and role of the arts in the Internet. Tasks for this include
development of a document summarizing current issues regarding the arts
community Internet with an accompanying survey designed to identify
needs and concerns from the arts and humanities community. Survey
results will be used to develop the FAQ.

The second goal is to define tools for artists' organizations on the
Internet which will focus on creating, viewing, and storage formats for
arts humanities resources. This will include contributions regarding
text, sound, still and motion images. It will address different
operating systems, glossary of basic terminology and a bibliography.
The third goal is to further define issues surrounding copyright and
intellectual property, funding, and other support for arts humanities
participation and any other needs identified by the survey.

Goals and Milestones:

  JUL 95       Prepare outline and draft summary of document and survey
               for the FAQ, as well as securing a site and pointers to
               manage the survey process.

  JUL 95       Review final FAQ and HARTS-Tools document and submit for
               publication as FYI RFC.

  DEC 95       Develop initial framework for HARTS-Tools document.

  DEC 95       Working Group review and approvial of final draft of
               summary document survey.

  MAR 96       Review survey results and set up a plan for incorporating
               into a FAQ.

  MAR 96       Review first draft of HARTS-Tools document and identify
               further priorities based on survey results.


Internet-Drafts:

 No Current Internet-Drafts.

Request For Comments:

 RFC   Stat Published     Title
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RFC2150 I    OCT 97    Humanities and Arts: Sharing Center Stage on the
                      Internet