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Introduction to the CPI-C Implementers' Workshop              (4/12/95)
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The CPI-C Implementers' Workshop (CIW) is a forum of architects,
implementers, and users of CPI-C.  Its purpose is to define enhancements
to CPI-C, to promote the implementation and use of CPI-C, and to move
CPI-C toward consideration for standardization.  Participation in the
CIW is open to any person with an interest in CPI-C as an implementer or
user.  For additional information about the CIW, send a note to
ciw-chair@networking.raleigh.ibm.com.
 
The procedures of the CIW are described in the CIW Procedures Manual,
available in the CIW document library (see below) as
/pub/standards/ciw/general/ciwproc.ps.
 
Intellectual property aspects of participating in and contributing to
the CIW are covered by a CIW Member Agreement.  Information about the
member agreement may be obtained from:
 
  IBM Corporation
  Dept. E82, Bldg 673
  P.O. Box 12195
  Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
  ATT: Tresa Schermerhorn
 
The technical work items, schedules for their completion, and publication
plan of the CIW are described in the CIW Technical Plan, available in the
CIW document library as /pub/standards/ciw/general/ciwtech.ps.
 
Electronic Infrastructure
-------------------------
The CIW conducts much of its business between meetings via Internet
e-mail lists.  These lists are supported by a mail exploder currently
provided by IBM.  In addition, the same system also serves as a
repository for the CIW document library files and for other files related
to the CIW.  These files include copies of presentations, architecture
proposals and other documentation.  The files are available to anyone
with Internet access via anonymous ftp.
 
Special Interest Groups
-----------------------
The CIW is organized into different special interest groups
(SIGs) for work on the different work items.  The mail exploder
enables members of a SIG to send mail to all other members of
the SIG.  Table 1 gives a listing of the SIGs, along with the
sig-mail-list name and archive file for each SIG.
 
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** Table 1 **
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SIG              sig-mail-list name        archive file
---------        ------------------        ------------
General CIW      ciw-general               general.95
 
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To send a message to all participants in a SIG, use your
favorite mailer and address the message to:
 
     <sig-mail-list>@networking.raleigh.ibm.com
 
where <sig-mail-list> is the sig-mail-list name for the SIG given
in table 1.  All SIG e-mail traffic is archived and available for
retrieval via anonymous ftp.  The archive file is listed in table
1.  All archive files are in directory /pub/standards/ciw/maillogs.
 
You can send a message to all CIW participants by using the
following address:
 
        ciw-general@networking.raleigh.ibm.com
 
Adding, Deleting Members of SIGs
--------------------------------
To join or leave a SIG mailing list, send requests to:
 
     listproc@networking.raleigh.ibm.com
 
Do not use a subject line.  In the body of the request write
 
     subscribe (name of the SIG mailing list) (your name)
 
For example, if Joe Nethead wishes to subscribe to the Automatic Data
Conversion SIG mailing list, he sends a note to the listproc with this
statement included in the body of his note:
 
     subscribe ciw-sig-adc Joe Nethead
 
To unsubscribe from mailing lists, send a note to the same listproc,
and include this line in the body:
 
    unsubscribe (name of the mailing list)
 
Generic requests and problem reports on the mail exploder should
be sent to:
 
       postmaster@networking.raleigh.ibm.com
 
 
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
----------------------------
In addition to e-mail support, networking.raleigh.ibm.com also
provides for file distribution to CIW members.  This is done by
placing the files on the system and making them available via
anonymous FTP.  Each SIG has its own directory for files related
to the SIG.  The SIG directories are identified in the directory
structure below.
 
            pub/standards/ciw
                    |
     Ú---------*----*---*------------*----------*-------*
     |         |        |            |          |       |
 conference   sig    general      maillogs    spec    pseudo
               |
               *- 2rc
               *- accept-specific
               *- adc
               *- conformance
               *- dir
               *- fdx
               *- lang-bind
               *- nonblock
               *- osi-tp
               *- sec
               *- spec-local-addr
 
Thus, for example, full-duplex files are found in /pub/standards/ciw/sig/fdx.
 
Using FTP to Get a File
-----------------------
The following instructions on using ftp assume direct connection
to the Internet.  If you access the Internet via a gateway or
firewall system, the instructions will probably require
modification.
 
Step 1:  ftp to the networking.raleigh.ibm.com system:
 
     ftp networking.raleigh.ibm.com
 
Step 2:  When prompted for userid enter:
 
     anonymous
 
Step 3:  When prompted for password, enter your e-mail address.
 
Step 4:  Enter the following ftp commands, substituting the
appropriate string for <desired-directory> and <file-name>.
 
    cd <desired-directory>
    mode i                  /* mode i sets mode to image, which is
                               required for binary files such as
                               postscript.  This step is not required
                               if the file is plain ascii.  */
    get <file-name>
    .
    . <other ftp commands>
    .
    quit                   /* end ftp session */
 
 
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