BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
          ID:: STAN//CS-TN-98-72
       ENTRY:: May 18, 1998
ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science
       TITLE:: The Stanford InfoBus and Its Service Layers: Augmenting the
               Internet with Higher-Level Information Management Protocols
        TYPE:: Technical Note
      AUTHOR:: Roscheisen, Martin
      AUTHOR:: Baldonado, Michelle
      AUTHOR:: Chang, Kevin
      AUTHOR:: Gravano, Luis
      AUTHOR:: Ketchpel, Steven
      AUTHOR:: Paepcke, Andreas
        DATE:: May 1998
       PAGES:: 28
    ABSTRACT:: The Stanford InfoBus is a prototype infrastructure developed
               as part of the Stanford Digital Libraries Project to extend
               the current Internet protocols with a suite of higher-level
               information management protocols. This paper surveys the five
               service layers pro vided by the Stanford InfoBus: protocols
               for managing items and collections (DLIOP), metadata (SMA),
               search (STARTS), payment (UPAI), and rights and obligations
               (FIRM).
       NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19980518]
         END:: STAN//CS-TN-98-72