The Internet Pilot to Physics: An Open Information System for Physics Research and Education

Mikko Karttunen (), Kenneth Holmlund () and Günther Nowotny ()
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Mikko Karttunen: Department of Physics and the Centre for the Physics of Materials, McGill University, Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, 3600 rue University, Montréal (Qué.), Canada, H3A 2T8, Canada
Kenneth Holmlund: Department of Theoretical Physics, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Günther Nowotny: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10/136, Austria

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1997, vol. 08, issue 01, 3-17

Abstract: In this article we discuss the effort made by the Internet Pilot to Physics (TIPTOP) project to develop a uniform and open information infrastructure for physics research and education. We discuss concepts such as communication in research and education, the importance of distributed indexing and catalogs, and briefly the use of new technology such as VRML and Java. We also stress the importance of developing and using standardized protocols and formats such as the Summary Object Interchangeable Format (SOIF) and Thematic Uniform Resource Agents (TURA). TIPTOP has rapidly grown to be one of the most popular physics Internet knowledge servers, and the recently established collaboration with the European Physical Society is an important step forward in developing a stable framework of high quality information for researchers and educators.

Keywords: Physics Information Systems; Information Infrastructure; Distributed Indexing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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