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From: sac@Apple.COM (Steve Cisler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Information access protocol? (was: Open Look versus...)
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Date: 21 Feb 90 13:10:51 GMT
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Savela says:
I'm looking for the universal
information access tool for the next millenium...

the NISO Z39.50 protocol might be a good place to start.  I think this
American protocol is being discussed in ISO meetings now.  It was written
by the library community and is being experimented with by a number of
commercial firms and academic library systems.

Steve Cisler
Apple Library
sac@apple.com
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