vra> Scout Report, November 4, 1994 (fwd)
Vladimir Vrabec
vrabec at cs.felk.cvut.cz
Wed Nov 9 01:59:40 CET 1994
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Scout Report: November 4, 1994
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The Scout Report is a weekly publication provided by InterNIC Information
Services to assist InterNauts in their ongoing quest to know what's new
on and about the Internet. It focuses on those resources thought to be of
interest to the InterNIC's primary audience, researchers and educators,
however everyone is welcome to subscribe and there are no associated
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Comments and contributions to the Scout Report are encouraged and can be
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Highlights In This Week's Report:
* CNIDR & Patent and Trademark Office provide the first AIDS patent
library accessible through the Internet.
* Harvest -- the next step in information discovery, from the folks who
brought us Netfind.
* National Infrastructure for Education grant program announced.
* What's good on the tube tonight? Find it in your email each morning.
World Wide Web
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The nation's first Internet-accessible AIDS patent library allows
instantaneous search through hundreds of AIDS-related patents. Linkages
among patents enable automatic cross-references - a process that takes
place behind the scenes. In addition, the system automatically generates
a paper trail noting the various patents retrieved and reviewed providing
researchers not only text-based access to patent information but also
high-resolution images complete with drawings, equations and diagrams of
the full patents as issued by the PTO. The system also fully integrates
other significant patent resources such as U.S. Patent Classifications.
The prototype AIDS patent library is a system designed by MCNC's
Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval (CNIDR)
for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and will serve as a model
for storing and disseminating government and other public documents in the
future. The system uses CNIDR-developed information retrieval software
and supports direct access to patents through a variety of popular network
information services such as Z39.50, World Wide Web and electronic mail.
Because anticipated demand will severely tax available resources at MCNC,
the files will be relocated soon to an InterNIC network fileserver at the
AT&T offices in New Jersey.
http://patents.cnidr.org/
http://pioneer.uspto.gov/
Email: send mail to ezgate at cnidr.org
in the body of the text type the word: help
The ARTSEDGE worldwide web pages and the Arts Information Gallery gopher
are provided by the John F. Kennedy Center, with support from the National
Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Education. The web pages
are filled with information, including a newsletter about the Arts in K-12
education, Goals 2000 information, links to art and education related
resources, stories about teachers who are using the web in the classroom
-- and a link to the Information Gallery. The Information Gallery is a
collection of information resources about Goals 2000, meetings and
conferences, professional development opportunities, media resources,
research and more.
http://k12.cnidr.org/janice_k12/artsedge/artsedge.html
gopher to: purple.tmn.com
choose: artsedge information gallery (#6)
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Information Network, or InfoNet, is a
campus-wide information service providing access to information from and
about the medical institutions. Sections include training, research,
information for patients, and information for health care providers.
http://infonet.welch.jhu.edu/
The Arthritis Foundation is pleased to announce the WWW availability of
Information About Arthritis as well as information about the Arthritis
Foundation's programs and services. Topics include an extensive set of
frequently asked questions about arthritis, ordering information for free
literature about various arthritis-related topics, as well as pointers to
other internet resources.
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/arthritis/arthritis.html
AT&T has developed a WWW 800 number directory that can be browsed by name
or category. Find a florist in literally any state in the union, among
many, many other things. The directory is also searchable via a Harvest
demonstration.
http://att.net/dir800
The Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), which is
published both electronically and in print, has commenced publishing
articles formatted in HTML. The first is a re-release of a 1993 JAIR
article, Software Agents: Completing Patterns and Constructing User
Interfaces. The article is accompanied by an online appendix containing a
QuickTime demo. It is an excellent example of what is possible with
electronic publications.
http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/jair/home.html
Medical Matrix is a new Web resource that offers a database of Internet
clinical medicine resources. Medical Matrix categorizes resources by
disease, specialty, and other interest areas. It is designed as a "home
page" for a physician's or healthworker's computer. Medical Matrix is a
project of the Internet Working Group of the American Medical Informatics
Association.
http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/units/medcntr/Lee/HOMEPAGE.HTML
Gopher
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Illinois State Board of Education
gopher to: isbe.state.il.us
InformationWorks (Texas Alliance for Human Needs)
gopher to: info.works.org
Middlebury College
gopher to: gopher.middlebury.edu
NASA/Johnson Space Center
gopher to: gopher.jsc.nasa.gov
OSSHE Gopher (Oregon State System for Higher Education)
gopher to: gopher.osshe.edu
Smith College gopher server
gopher to: gopher.smith.edu
National Information Infrastructure
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As part of an expanding effort to encourage innovation and leverage the
power of computer and networking technology to support science and
mathematics education reform, the National Science Foundation's
Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
and for Education and Human Resources (EHR) issue the second solicitation
of a joint Program on Networking Infrastructure for Education (NIE). In
addition, information on three related areas of networking applications
are included: electronic libraries, Native American Telecommunications and
programs with the Department of Defense Dependent Schools.
The NIE Program aims to hasten the development of a widespread high
performance electronic communications infrastructure in support of
science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) education reform,
and to help lay a foundation on which strategies for the appropriate use
of technology in support of increased student achievement can be
developed. NIE's goal is to build synergy between technology and
education researchers, developers and implementers so they can explore
networking costs and benefits, test self-sustaining strategies, and
develop a flexible educational networking infrastructure that will be
instrumental in the dissemination, integration and application of
technologies to speed the pace of educational innovation and reform.
NIE seeks proposals in the areas of (a) policy studies, (b) research and
development in support of NIE goals, (c) demonstrations and model sites,
and (d) infrastructure and testbeds. These are not formal categories, but
guides to types of projects and associated funding levels.
For a copy of the complete announcement released by NSF, send mail to
mailserv at is.internic.net
in the body of the message type: send /faq/nie
For general information, contact the NIE
(703) 306-1651 nie at nsf.gov
NetBytes
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Harvest -- a new network information discovery and retrieval system form
the folks at UC Boulder who brought us Netfind -- is an integrated set of
tools to gather, extract, organize, search, cache, and replicate relevant
information across the Internet. With modest effort users can tailor
Harvest to digest information in many different formats, and offer custom
search services on the Internet. Moreover, Harvest makes very efficient
use of network traffic, remote servers, and disk space.
A number of content indexes have been built with Harvest and are available
for general use to illustrate the capabilities of Harvest, including an
index of AT&T's 1-800 phone numbers, an index of WWW home pages, and an
index of over 24,000 Computer Science technical reports from around the
world. Harvest has been in beta-testing for four months, and as of
November 7 the software is available on the Internet. You can get to
demonstrations, papers, software and documentation at
http://harvest.cs.colorado.edu/
The Internet Conference Calendar is an organized and concise listing of
conferences, workshops, exhibitions and seminars related to the Internet.
Sections include what's new, calls for papers, and a geographic listing.
http://www.automatrix.com/conferences/
Weekend Scouting
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"tv2nite" is a daily guide to America's favorite pastime -- watching
prime time network and cable television. "tv2nite" has been designed for
those of us who don't get complete cable listings in their newspaper (or
don't get a newspaper), and/or don't want to shell out $40 a year for TV
Guide. It's also for people who just like the idea of having their
evening's entertainment choices pop up on their computer screen every day
when they log in. Every morning, you'll get a new e-mail which summarizes
the evening's best viewing, followed by a complete programming guide for
all major broadcast and cable networks. This will include cable stations
that many major newspapers don't have the space to list, such as Comedy
Central, the Science Fiction channel, MTV, etc. We'll also let you know
who's scheduled to appear on the evening's late night talk shows. (Local
programming listings are not included.)
Email: send mail to listserv at netcom.com
in the body of the message type: subscribe tv2nite-l
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additional information in the InterNIC InfoGuide about each network tool.
A brief explanation of one tool, WWW is included below.
The four network tools referenced most often in the Scout Report are
World Wide Web, gopher, email, and FTP. Occasionally WAIS and Telnet
addresses are also listed.
After each resource at least one address is listed, and sometimes more.
This is because some resources are available through multiple network
tools. The network tool addresses are always listed in the same order
after each resource:
World Wide Web (WWW)
Gopher
FTP
Email
Telnet
WAIS
A WWW address is called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and always
begins with a string of characters followed by a colon and two right
brackets. For example:
http://www.internic.net/
gopher://gibbs.oit.unc.edu:70/11/research.d/grants.d
ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/access/hecker/internet/slip-ppp.txt
To access the resource through the WWW you will need a WWW client
installed on your host computer. Clients are available for all major
computer platforms, including Macintosh, PC, and UNIX. To use a WWW
client on your computer, you will need a TCP/IP connection to the
Internet, either through a dedicated line connection or a SLIP/PPP
connection. See the InfoGuide for additional information about the World
Wide Web and for sites which archive WWW clients. For more information
about SLIP/PPP, which can be used over a dial-up connection, see the
document listed in the NetBytes section above.
gopher://is.internic.net/11/infoguide/using-internet/basic-resources/emai
l/
Gopher to: is.internic.net
Choose: Information Services/Using the Internet/
Send email to: mailserv at is.internic.net
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