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        FYI 12:
	RFC 1302:

        Title:      Building a Network Information Services
                    Infrastructure
       	Author:     D. Sitzler, P. Smith, and A. Marine
	Mailbox:    dds@merit.edu, psmith@merit.edu,
                    april@nisc.sri.com
	Pages:      13
	Characters: 29,135 
	Obsoletes/Updates:  none


This FYI RFC document is intended for existing Internet Network
Information Center (NIC) personnel, people interested in establishing
a new NIC, Internet Network Operations Centers (NOCs), and funding
agencies interested in contributing to user support facilities.  The
document strives to:

       - Define a basic set of essential services that Network
         Information Centers (NICs) will provide to Internet users,
         including new mechanisms that will facilitate the timely
         dissemination of information to the Internet community and
         encourage cooperation among NICs.

       - Describe existing NIC services as an aid to Internet users
         and as a model for organizations establishing new NICs.

This document reflects the work of the Network Information Services
Infrastructure (NISI) working group in the User Services area of the
IETF.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
USC/Information Sciences Institute