RFC 173 (rfc173) - Page 2 of 2

Network Data Management Committee Meeting Announcement

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The meeting will provide an opportunity for varying viewpoints on
network data sharing to be expressed.  The essential issues will be
educed, thus fulfilling the committee's objective (a).  Compre- hensive
plans for attaining objectives (b) and (c) can then be established.  We
expect that responsibilities for carrying out objectives (b) and (c)
will be assumed by interested committee members.

One of the original objectives of the meeting was to elicit comments on
the data language for the data computer, following a presentation of
design specifications by CCA.  Due to a change in scheduling at CCA,
they will discuss the facilities to be provided by the data computer
rather than language itself.  Therefore meeting participants will have
an opportunity to provide input to the language design which will be
specifically directed at provision of the facilities.

   Some suggested topics for position papers are:

      (a)  philosophical discussion on computer network
           data sharing;
      (b)  syntactic and semantic considerations for data
           description and access languages;
      (c)  approaches for the integration of data handling
           services already available;
      (d)  experimentation methodology for evaluating
           alternative data sharing techniques;
      (e)  information content and structure of a network
           data directory; and
      (f)  operational or control protocol.

Any or all of the above topics can be addressed in a single paper.
Other ideas for position paper topics can be gleaned from RFC #s 144 and
146.  Many of the comments made at the data management session, 18 May,
at the NWG meeting (RFC 164, pp. 26-29) can be expanded and expounded
upon.

Position papers should be submitted ti Doug McKay by 16 July (received
no later than 19 July).  A meeting agenda, copies of all submitted
papers, and a background bibliography will be distributed to all
participants by 23 July.  The meeting will be held at CCA, 565
Technology Square, Cambridge, Mass. from 2 August until 4 August.  All
participants should contact Marty Ginsberg, CCA (617-491-3670) by 16
July for hotel reservations.

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