CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_


Reported by Daisy Shen/IBM

Network Database Minutes

This is a new Working Group Chaired by Daisy Shen.  The first meeting
consisted of discussing the Charter, defining the scope and preparing
for the next meeting.

All attendees agreed upon the Charter; although there was no discusson
regarding the schedule and the milestones.  Those items will be
discussed at the next meeting.

Define the Scope


  1. It will be built as a client/server model which will be called a
     database requester/server.

  2. RPC will be used on top of TCP/IP as the communication vehicle.

  3. We will define the concept of the Unit of Work.

  4. We will do data conversion.

  5. Security:


       o Use Kerberos for authentication
       o Let each database system handle its own security.


  6. If the server has more than one database, we require that the
     databases be homogeneous.


Work to Be Done

Before the next meeting, we will find out:


   o The effort of the OSI/RDA group related to this subject.
   o The effort of the OSF group related to this subject.
   o The effort of other vendors related to this subject.

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o Advertising this Working Group.
o A first draft will be written.
  Attendees
  David Benton             benton@bio.nlm.nih.gov
  Richard Bowles           bowles@stsci.edu
  Robert Enger             enger@seka.scc.com
  Elizabeth Feinler
  Charles Fineberg         fineberg@wums2.wustl.edu
  Russ Hobby               rdhobby@ucdavis.edu
  Mike Janson              mjanson@mot.com
  Greg Minshall            minshall@wc.novell.com
  Joel Replogle            replogle@ncsa.uiuc.edu
  Paul Selkirk             paul@ftp.com
  Daisy Shen               daisy@watson.ibm.com
  Jim Sheridan             jsherida@ibm.com
  Wing Fai Wong            wfwong@malta.sbi.com
  Wengyik Yeong            yeongw@psi.com



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