Overviews & technical notes for protocols

an Internet Tools Summary

Archie gateway (FTP searches) ( Gopher )

Archie Gateway to WWW ( ArchiePlexForm )

Archie Hypertext Servers ( ArchiePlex )

This is an elegant use of Mosaic forms to drive the Archie service for discovering which anonFTP servers contain particular files.

Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval ( CNIDR )

Promote and Support the implementation and use of networked information discovery and retrieval software applications such as the Wide Area Information Server (WAIS), World Wide Web (WWW), the Internet Gopher, freeWAIS, and archie. Coordinate to Create Consensus among NIDR applications developers to ensure compatibility and interoperability. Disseminate Information about NIDR applications to the network community as well as those active with NIDR applications development.

Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides

Global Network Navigator ( GNN )

(GNN) (alternate - from Germany)
(GNN) (alternate - from Ireland)
(GNN) (alternate - from Germany)
(GNN) (alternate - from United Kingdom)

Gopher protocol from Univ. Minnesota (home of the " Golden Gophers" )

the FAQ
lists of Gophers servers

HTTP sitelist ( WWW )

Internet Resources Meta-Index ( from NCSA )

Web services - lists and maps.

World Wide Web ( WWW, W3 )

" Astronomy & the Web"
" Hypertext?"
HTML Primer (the NCSA version; here is an excellent alternative)
URL Primer (at NCSA)
the FAQ for the Web

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue ( WWW, from CERN )

WWW Servers Directory ( from CERN )