Data management meeting announcement
The first ARPANET Data Management meeting, August 2-3, 1971.
Karp, P.M. and D.B. McKay, "Data management meeting announcement", RFC 188, DOI 10.17487/RFC0188, January 1971, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc188>.
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series = {Request for Comments},
number = 188,
howpublished = {RFC 188},
publisher = {RFC Editor},
doi = {10.17487/RFC0188},
url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc188},
author = {P.M. Karp and D.B. McKay},
title = {{Data management meeting announcement}},
pagetotal = 2,
year = 1971,
month = jan,
} RFC text
Network Working Group P. M. Karp
Request for Comments: 188 MITRE
Categories A.2 D. B. McKay
IBM
28 January 1971
Data Management Meeting Announcement
The first Network Data Management meeting will take place on Monday
and Tuesday, August 2nd and 3rd in Room 801, 545 Technology Square.
The meeting is being hosted by Richard Winter, Computer Corporation
of America. A block of rooms under the name of CCA has been reserved
at:
Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Mass., 02139
A map* is attached for reference. The Sonesta is on Rt. 1 and
Technology Square is on Main Street about 1/2 mile off Rt. 1. Taxi
fare from Logan Airport to the Sonesta or Tech. Square is
approximately $4.00.
The meeting is being conducted to allow people to exchange ideas and
develop a working data management group. The ideas presented will be
both discussions of papers and informal discussions of what people
plan to do.
There are several people listed on this agenda that have expressed an
interest at one time or another to discuss some topic. The people
listed on the agenda as tentative may or may not be presenting.
Hopefully they will attend and present their ideas on an informal
basis.
Also enclosed are two of the papers* that will be presented. We also
urge people to read RFCs, 144, 146, 171, 172, 173 and 195.
See you at the Meeting on August 2nd.
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* not enclosed with this copy
Data Management Meeting
Monday, August 2 9:00 a.m.
Introduction
D. McKay, IBM Corporation
Philosophy
Three Approaches to Data Sharing on Computer Networks
A. Shoshani, System Development Corporation
Unified Data Management System (Described briefly in RFC #144)
B. Wessler, University of Utah
Data Management Overview
P. Karp, Mitre Corporation
Monday, August 2 1:30 p.m.
Language Considerations
DDL
A. Mullery, IBM Corporation
Discussion of Codasyl Report
L. Haibt, IBM Corporation
DDL and Access Language (RFC #195)
*G. Mealy, Harvard University
Data Disposition
*T. O'Sullivan, Raytheon Data Systems
Monday Evening - Informal discussion of the ideas presented during
the day.
Tuesday, August 3 9:00 a.m.
The Data Computer
R. Winter, Computer Corporation of America
Plans and Usage of the Data Computer
R. Liuzzi, Rand Corporation
Experimentation
*P. Karp, Mitre Corporation
Tuesday, August 3 1:30 p.m.
Planning Session
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* Tentative Speakers
AI ELI5
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§1A New Challenge
In 1971, ARPANET researchers were beginning to think seriously about data management and data sharing across the network. Different research groups had different ideas about how network data should be organized, accessed, and managed. To bring the community together, researchers from MITRE and IBM organized the first Network Data Management meeting.
The meeting was hosted by Richard Winter at the Computer Corporation of America and held in Cambridge, Massachusetts on August 2 and 3, 1971. It was designed to let people exchange ideas and develop a working data management group with both formal paper presentations and informal discussions.
Scientists at different computer centers needed to figure out how to share information across the network. They met in Boston to share their ideas.
§2Topics and Speakers
Monday morning addressed three different philosophical approaches: A. Shoshani from SDC presented three approaches to data sharing, B. Wessler from University of Utah described a Unified Data Management System, and P. Karp from MITRE offered a data management overview.
Monday afternoon covered language considerations, including discussions of data definition languages (DDL), the Codasyl database model report, and how data should be accessed and arranged. Tuesday morning featured presentations on the Data Computer project at CCA and plans for its use. The agenda concluded with a planning session to decide on next steps for network data management standardization.
Presenters talked about different ways to organize data, how to describe it, and how computers could share it across the network.
§3Meeting Logistics
The meeting was held at 545 Technology Square in Room 801 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A block of rooms was reserved at the Sonesta Hotel (5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge). The document provided directions from Logan Airport (approximately four dollars by taxi) and a rough map showing the hotel's location off Route 1 and Technology Square's location on Main Street about half a mile away.
The RFC references earlier RFCs on related topics (144, 146, 171, 172, 173, and 195) and notes that some papers would be distributed with the original announcement.
The meeting was in a building in Cambridge, with hotel rooms nearby. Directions and a map were provided so people knew where to go.