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        RFC 1689:
	RTR 13:
	FYI 25:

        Title:      A Status Report on Networked Information
                    Retrieval: Tools and Groups
        Author:     J. Foster, Editor
        Mailbox:    Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk
        Pages:      226
        Characters: 375,469 
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none


The purpose of this report is to increase the awareness of Networked
Information Retrieval by bringing together in one place information
about the various networked information retrieval tools, their
developers, interested organisations, and other activities that relate
to the production, dissemination, and support of NIR tools.  NIR Tools
covered include Archie, WAIS, gopher and World Wide Web.  This RFC is
a collaborative effort by the Joint IETF/RARE/CNI Networked
Information Retrieval Working Group (NIR-WG).

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Joyce K. Reynolds
USC/Information Sciences Institute