------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet Tools Summary ======================================================================== WHO === Compiled by John December (decemj@rpi.edu) WHEN ==== The internet-tools project last update: 11 Mar 94. WHERE ===== Anonymous ftp Host: ftp.rpi.edu; File: pub/communications/internet-tools.readme My Internet Tools Summary in html, URL: http://www.rpi.edu/Internet/Guides/decemj/internet-tools.html WHAT ==== This file (internet-tools.readme) describes files relating to my summary of Internet tools for network information retrieval (NIR) and computer-mediated communication (CMC). The purpose of my internet-tools project is to gather information, documentation, discussion, and demonstrations of NIR tools and CMC forums. Eventually, I want to develop the notation further and describe a categorization and taxonomy. Comments always welcome. WHY === This is part of my on-going work to research how people use the Internet. FILES ===== The files available for internet-tools are analogous to those for internet-cmc, described in the file internet-cmc.readme at the Anonymous ftp Host: ftp.rpi.edu; Directory: pub/communications. This file is unique to internet-tools.*: internet-tools.tax -- a discussion of Internet Tools taxonomy/categorization USE === Basically, o internet-tools.ps looks best for reading on static paper. o internet-tools.txt is good if you want the 80-column constraint (other wise, it seems a bit awkward to read with all the continuations). o internet-tools is great for manipulating with Unix scripts. o internet-tools.html is useful in a WWW server; Connect to URL: ftp://ftp.rpi.edu/pub/communications/internet-tools.html KEY === The format of internet-tools.dat is the same as internet-cmc.dat. See internet-cmc.readme in pub/communications at ftp.rpi.edu.