There has been some discussion for Internet information retrieval service in work groups of IRTF. Now this issue will be discussed in the BOF of Application Area.
As one of most important services of Internet, current information retrieval service is still far from our expectation---precise, comprehensive and fresh information. This problem may become more serious with the rapid development of Internet. We need pay more attention to this issue. This BOF is just for it. Wish you can participate in.
The date of this BOF will be determined soon.
The timing and full agenda are available at:
http://www.ietf.org/ietf/04mar/iiri.txt
Note that the chairs are different from that listed in Wang Liang's recent note; Guo Yiping and Andy Newton will chair the meeting, since Wang Liang will be a major presenter. John Klensin will be presenting the history of IETF work in the area, but it would be useful if those present were familiar with the previous work in METAD and FIND as well as the citations given in the BoF agenda. regards, Ted Hardie