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... tools such as the archie servers, the Wide
Area Information Servers (WAIS), the Internet gopher, and the
Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition to the acceptance of these tools
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... Alex
archie
gopher
Hytelnet
Netfind
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... URL: ftp://mailbase.ac.uk/pub/lists/nir/files/nir.status.report
or via gopher or World Wide Web to mailbase.ac.uk
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... Internet, but neither
allows simple browsing and neither is particularly easy for the
newcomer to learn to use. Gopher and the World Wide Web (W3) are
two recent developments that attempt to make it easier to
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... logging in or knowing in advance where to look for information.
The Gopher project was first developed at the University of
Minnesota to provide a simple campus-wide on-line information
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... Minnesota to provide a simple campus-wide on-line information
system. Gopher represents information as a simple hierarchy of
menus and files. It has limited capability to recognize different
types of files, allowing, for example, the display of selected
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... services are provided
(usually in a manner that is transparent to the user). The
underlying Gopher protocol is simple, and has facilitated the
creation of freely available clients for use on a variety of
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... hardware platforms and operating systems. The more recent Gopher+
protocol adds the ability to provide documents in alternate forms
(PDF ...
... PDF, PostScript, RTF, Word). These features and the ease of
installing and administering gopher servers has led to an
explosive growth of gopher sites since its initial deployment ...
... installing and administering gopher servers has led to an
explosive growth of gopher sites since its initial deployment. As
of November 1993, there were over 2200 known servers.
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... developed at CERN for the High Energy Physics Community.
Gopher and WWW share a maintenance problem in that there is no
automated way to update links ...
... telnet, stand-alone client programs running on
a user's own machine, gopher, WWW, or via electronic mail. The
initial implementation of archie tracks over 2,100,000 filenames
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... Veronica:
Veronica arose as an attempt to do for the world of Gopher what
archie did for the world of ftp. A central server periodically
scans the complete menu hierarchies of Gopher ...
... Gopher what
archie did for the world of ftp. A central server periodically
scans the complete menu hierarchies of Gopher servers appearing on
an ever-expanding list (over 2000 sites as of November 1993). The
resulting index is provided by a veronica server and can be
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... an ever-expanding list (over 2000 sites as of November 1993). The
resulting index is provided by a veronica server and can be
accessed by any gopher client.
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... login name. Some are also available
through other tools, such as Gopher.
Text-based Indexing Services ...
... search may be used
to successively refine future searches ("relevance feedback").
Gopher clients can also access WAIS servers via a transparent
gateway ...
... gateways to the archie system from
many other NIR tools, including Gopher, WAIS and WWW. An X.500
interface ...
... Internally, the archie system now supports a WAIS search engine
and frontends for Gopher, WWW and WHOIS++ for accessing archie
information through Gopher ...
... Gopher, WWW and WHOIS++ for accessing archie
information through Gopher clients is now being tested.
Additional collections of information to be served by the archie
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The archie system can be accessed through systems operating the
Gopher, WAIS and WWW (HDDL) protocols. A gateway from the X.500
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GOPHER
Date template updated or checked: 14 March 1994
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... search and retrieval protocol originally developed at the University
of Minnesota. Gopher was originally created as a fast, simple,
distributed, campus-wide information search ...
... distributed, campus-wide information search and retrieval system;
ease of use and implementation has made Gopher increasingly popular
on the Internet. Since its original release, many folks on the
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... clients, and linking their local servers into the worldwide network
of Gopher servers. Gateways exist to seamlessly access a variety of
non-Gopher ...
... Gopher servers. Gateways exist to seamlessly access a variety of
non-Gopher services such as ftp, WAIS, USENET news, Archie, Z39.50 ...
... search for items in gopherspace by title.
The gopher protocol is often described as "fiercely simple"; it is
connectionless (stateless), and uses TCP ...
... domain name and
port number. Because of its simple and connectionless nature, gopher
servers make very minimal demands on their host machines and gopher ...
... gopher
servers make very minimal demands on their host machines and gopher
clients are extremely easy to implement.
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... clients are extremely easy to implement.
The users view the Gopher world as a series of networked hierarchical
directories much like a familiar filesystem. However, the links
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... define a graph rather than a simple rooted tree. Links in the Gopher
graph may define services other than simple files or directories;
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... directories below a certain root directory on their machine are all
visible and available for retrieval by gopher clients. More features
like long names, item types, links ...
... PC-DOS boxes. The Internet Gopher name is copyright (c)
1991-1992 by the University of Minnesota. The Internet Gopher ...
... Gopher name is copyright (c)
1991-1992 by the University of Minnesota. The Internet Gopher
protocol is described in an informational RFC (1436) available at
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... 1436) available at
better RFC archives everywhere. Extensions to the base gopher
protocol allow for associating meta-information with gopher ...
... gopher
protocol allow for associating meta-information with gopher items,
alternate views of documents (i.e., text, postscript, rtf, etc.) and
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... postscript, rtf, etc.) and
electronic forms. Collectively, these extensions are referred to as
Gopher+. Gopher+ is upward compatible with the orginal gopher
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... electronic forms. Collectively, these extensions are referred to as
Gopher+. Gopher+ is upward compatible with the orginal gopher
protocol. The gopher ...
... Gopher+. Gopher+ is upward compatible with the orginal gopher
protocol. The gopher software may be retrieved from numerous Gopher ...
... Gopher+ is upward compatible with the orginal gopher
protocol. The gopher software may be retrieved from numerous Gopher
or FTP ...
... or FTP archive sites, including the University of Minnesota Gopher
server, the Info-Mac Archive Gopher ...
... Gopher
server, the Info-Mac Archive Gopher server, and by anonymous FTP from
boombox.micro.umn.edu and sumex-aim.stanford.edu. As of December
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... FTP from
boombox.micro.umn.edu and sumex-aim.stanford.edu. As of December
1993, about 1/3 of the approximately 4800 Gopher servers on the
internet support Gopher ...
... Gopher servers on the
internet support Gopher+.
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... gopher-news@boombox.micro.umn.edu
Administration: gopher-news-request@boombox.micro.umn.edu
Description: News and views of all things gopher ...
... gopher-news-request@boombox.micro.umn.edu
Description: News and views of all things gopher. Tends to
be a high volume mailing list and technically
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... gopher-announce@boombox.micro.umn.edu
Administration: gopher-announce-request@boombox.micro.umn.edu
Description: A low-volume mailing list ...
... client; connect to the
gopher server at gopher.tc.umn.edu port 70,
look in the "Information About Gopher ...
... gopher.tc.umn.edu port 70,
look in the "Information About Gopher" section.
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... native indexing, tools, gateway code. Supports Gopher+.
Approximate number of such servers in use:
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General comments:
The defacto standard workhorse Gopher server.
Paul Lindner is the architect and keeper of this server.
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... Apple Computer's AppleSearch
full-text search software as a Gopher-accessible search engine.
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... General comments:
Written by Chris McNeil <cmcneil@mta.ca>, based on Phil Karns net
package. The U of M Gopher team forwards difficult problems to
Chris.
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... Information About Gopher
Gopher Software Distribution
Via FTP: boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pub/gopher ...
... Gopher Software Distribution
Via FTP: boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pub/gopher/
Brazos.IS.Rice.EDU:/pub/vmcms/
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... Information About Gopher
Gopher Software Distribution
Via FTP: boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pub/gopher ...
... Gopher Software Distribution
Via FTP: boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pub/gopher/
Location of more information:
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... Information About Gopher
Gopher Software Distribution
Via FTP: boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pub/gopher ...
... Gopher Software Distribution
Via FTP: boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pub/gopher/
Location of more information:
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Brief Scope and Characteristics:
Gopher server for IBM MVS installations.
Approximate number of such servers in use:
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... University of Nevada.
Future plans: Additional support for searching on Gopher+ attributes
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... Macintosh TurboGopher is as of this writing, the fastest
Gopher client available for the Mac. Written by the
Minnesota Gopher ...
... Gopher client available for the Mac. Written by the
Minnesota Gopher Development Team. Supports Gopher+.
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... client available for the Mac. Written by the
Minnesota Gopher Development Team. Supports Gopher+.
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... Client software available from:
Via Gopher: Indiana University Gopher Server
IUBio Software+Data/GopherApp,
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... Client software available from:
Via Gopher: Indiana University Gopher Server
IUBio Software+Data/GopherApp,
Mac Gopher ...
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General comments:
Written and maintained by Don Gilbert. Supports Gopher+.
Future plans:
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... Brief Scope and Characteristics:
One of the many Macintosh Gopher clients. Requires MacTCP.
Has a browser style interface ...
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General comments:
Written and maintained by Paul Lindner. Supports Gopher+.
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Brief Scope and Characteristics:
sgopher is a simple gopher client for inetd/batch/online; it does not
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... Written and maintained by Allan Tuchman.
Future plans: Gopher+ support planned for the future.
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... Name: Andrew Scherpbier
Email address: xvgopher@gopher.sdsu.edu
turtle@sciences.sdsu.edu
Telephone ...
... Brief Scope and Characteristics:
Makes use of the X interface... displays a way cool chewing gopher
icon while information is being downloaded.
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General comments:
Gopher+ support.
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... Client software available from:
Via FTP: bcm.tmc.edu:/nfs/gopher.exe
Location of more information:
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... Client software available from:
Via FTP: lennon.itn.med.umich.edu:pub/gopher
Location of more information:
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General comments:
Written and maintained by Martyn Hampson. Gopher+ support.
Future plans:
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Brief Scope and Characteristics:
Gopher client for Windows; uses Asymetrix's ToolBook to paint the
screen and speaks to the network ...
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Future plans:
Gopher+ support planned.
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... Email address: mpm@boombox.micro.umn.edu
Platform: Win Gopher
Primary Contact:
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General Comments:
Requires Winsock. Supports gopher.
Future plans:
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Future plans:
Gopher+ support planned.
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... login as serving area
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consultant.micro.umn.edu 134.84.132.4 gopher North America
gopher ...
... North America
gopher.uiuc.edu 128.174.33.160 gopher North America
panda.uiowa.edu 128.255.40.201 panda North America ...
... info.anu.edu.au 150.203.84.20 info Australia
gopher.chalmers.se 129.16.221.40 gopher Sweden
tolten.puc.cl 146.155.1.16 gopher ...
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gopher.chalmers.se 129.16.221.40 gopher Sweden
tolten.puc.cl 146.155.1.16 gopher South America
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... gopher.chalmers.se 129.16.221.40 gopher Sweden
tolten.puc.cl 146.155.1.16 gopher South America
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... Gopher+ Proposed Extensions
Location details:
Via Gopher: U of M Gopher
Information About Gopher ...
... Balakrishan, B. (Oct 1992) "SPIGopher: Making SPIRES databases
accessible through the Gopher protocol". SPIRES Fall '92
Workshop, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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... tools this interworks with:
Future plans: Possible translation into gopher format
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... database
and a gateway to all Gopher menus, files, and searches. We hope to
have WAIS indices and World Wide Web documents online in the near
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... version 5.1). If you want the latest version of
the server (which includes the Gopher gateway), you should retrieve
it by version number ...
... namespace. Release Alpha.5.2 of the server includes a
gateway feature which treats all Gopher servers as a Prospero
database.
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... not yet ready to release. We plan to develop a gateway similar to
the existing Gopher gateway feature for World Wide Web. There is
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... UNIX filesystem. ("cd", "ls", etc.) The newer one is a menu-
based file and directory browser similar to the UNIX Gopher client.
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... be used to integrate internet information services, including
Gopher, WAIS, Archie, and World Wide Web. The paper was
presented at INET'93 in August.
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... Archives.
veronica is the comprehensive title-index of the world's gopher
servers. Because of veronica, the Gopher web is a search ...
... veronica is the comprehensive title-index of the world's gopher
servers. Because of veronica, the Gopher web is a search-and-
retrieval system as well as a browsing system. veronica is popular
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... search-and-
retrieval system as well as a browsing system. veronica is popular
because the ubiquitous Gopher client can both access the search
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... search
server, and provide immediate access to the discovered resources.
Taking advantage of Gopher's linked menus, and of the policy of open
access at most gopher sites, veronica finds and indexes almost all
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... Taking advantage of Gopher's linked menus, and of the policy of open
access at most gopher sites, veronica finds and indexes almost all
items on publicly-accessible gopher servers.
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... access at most gopher sites, veronica finds and indexes almost all
items on publicly-accessible gopher servers.
As of February, 1994, veronica holds indexes to more than 3200 gopher ...
... gopher servers.
As of February, 1994, veronica holds indexes to more than 3200 gopher
servers on approximately 2500 internet hosts ...
... institutions run servers for internal access.
veronica is easily accessed via any Gopher client. It offers various
types of searches, ranging from single-keyword searches to boolean
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... search originates with a user's request for a search,
submitted from a gopher client. The searches may include boolean
operators ( AND, OR ...
... control the number of items returned, and to restrict the search to
certain gopher types. The result of a veronica search is a set of
gopher ...
... gopher types. The result of a veronica search is a set of
gopher-type data items, which is returned to the gopher client as a
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... search is a set of
gopher-type data items, which is returned to the gopher client as a
gopher ...
... gopher client as a
gopher menu. Each item on this menu contains the user's desired
keyword or keywords in the item title.
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... keyword or keywords in the item title.
The user can access any of the gopher items by selecting from the
returned menu. Items on this menu may be drawn from many gopher
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... The user can access any of the gopher items by selecting from the
returned menu. Items on this menu may be drawn from many gopher
servers. Because veronica is accessed through gopher clients ...
... returned menu. Items on this menu may be drawn from many gopher
servers. Because veronica is accessed through gopher clients, it
provides immediate access to all types of data supported by the
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... provides immediate access to all types of data supported by the
gopher protocol and the client implementation.
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... service comprises two functions:
1) Harvesting menu data from gopher servers, and preparing it for
use;
2) Offering searches of that database ...
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Related Working Groups: GOPHER, FACETS
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Name: veronica discussion happens on comp.infosystems.gopher
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Other NIR tools this interworks with: Gopher, WAIS, ftp
Future plans: Implement extensions with Gopher ...
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Location of more information:
Via Gopher: veronica.scs.unr.edu
veronica/
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... Data collection, data preparation, and indexing are being
done at veronica.scs.unr.edu. The harvester "walks" all
advertised gopher servers, and any newly-discovered servers.
Almost all redundant links are removed ...
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2. Server module.
Servers run on unix computers and answer to gopher-type-7
requests. Boolean keyword logic is implemented. See file
"how-to-compose-veronica-queries ...
... "how-to-compose-veronica-queries". Several options allow
retrieval of items with specified gopher-types, retrieval
of a file of links containing the search ...
... Auxiliary tool: Maltshop v. 0.2d
Maltshop builds a menu of Public Gopher Servers for the local
gopher menu.
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