RFC 2654 (rfc2654) - Page 1 of 24
A Tagged Index Object for use in the Common Indexing Protocol
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group R. Hedberg
Request for Comments: 2654 Catalogix
Category: Experimental B. Greenblatt
Directory Tools and Application Services, Inc.
R. Moats
AT&T
M. Wahl
Innosoft International, Inc.
August 1999
A Tagged Index Object for use in the Common Indexing Protocol
Status of this Memo
This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document defines a mechanism by which information servers can
exchange indices of information from their databases by making use of
the Common Indexing Protocol (CIP). This document defines the
structure of the index information being exchanged, as well as the
appropriate meanings for the headers that are defined in the Common
Indexing Protocol. It is assumed that the structures defined here
can be used by X.500 DSAs, LDAP servers, Whois++ servers, CSO Ph
servers and many others.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. The Tagged Index Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. The Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2. Content Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.3 Tagged Index BNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3.1. Header Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
4.3.2. Tokenization types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
4.3.3. Tag Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
4.4. Incremental Indexing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Hedberg, et al. Experimental