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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@CNRI.Reston.VA.US>
Subject: Protocol Action: Uniform Resource Locators for Z39.50 to Proposed
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 96 09:02:16 -0400
Message-Id: <9606190902.aa17336@IETF.CNRI.Reston.VA.US>
The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft "Uniform Resource Locators for
Z39.50" <draft-ietf-uri-url-irp-05.txt> as a Proposed Standard. This
document is the product of the Uniform Resource Identifiers Working
Group. The IESG contact persons are Keith Moore and Harald Alvestrand.
Technical Summary
The Z39.50 protocol is a search/retrieval protocol primarily used in
the library community. One earlier version of this protocol was the
basis for the formerly popular "WAIS" service.
This document specifies an URL format for accessing two types of
Z39.50 resources:
- Z39.50 sessions, in the style of the "telnet" URL
- Z39.50 retrievals, in the style of a "search" URL
Working Group Summary
The document was reviewed by the former URI working group, with no
objections. The document was also reviewed by the Z39.50 Implementors
Group, which is not an IETF WG, but is quite confident that the Z39.50
stuff is right.
Protocol Quality
This specification was reviewed for the IESG by Harald Alvestrand.