[net.general] Request for Information

bts (07/27/82)

     This is a request for information on AI or other clever
computer  applications to legal problems.  Surely someone is
doing such things, but very little seems to be published  in
the CS journals that I see.  Here are some of the things I'd
like to hear about:

1)   Expert knowledge systems  for  legal  reasoning.   (I'm
     working  on production systems these days, so I'd espe-
     cially like to hear about this topic.)

2)   Special purpose languages  for  describing  laws,  e.g.
     the LEGOL language from the LSE.

3)   Personal experiences with attempts to apply  such  sys-
     tems.  Even second-hand anecdotes are acceptable.

4)   Suggestions on where  to  look  for  more  information.
     This  one may be hard.  Even in the IJCAI proceedings I
     have found only one paper, "An Intelligent  Information
     System  for  Criminal  Case  Management  in the Federal
     Courts", by Buchanan and Fennell, 1977.

Please send everything to me by mail.  If there  are  enough
responses to warrent it, I will collect them for redistribu-
tion in a couple of weeks.

     Thanks in advance.

			Bruce Smith, UNC-CH
			...duke!unc!bts
			bts.unc @ UDEL-RELAY

golde (11/13/82)

The University of Washington, line many other universities, is 
currently embarking upon a study leading toward the design of
a Local Area Network (LAN) for the campus. There are a number
of such networks already in existence, e.g. BRUNET at Brown 
University, and KIEWIT at Dartmouth College. However, there
appears to be no existing inventories of such networks. I believe
that such an inventory would help many universities in their
planning effort; hence, I am suggesting that one be started. 

Since we are on the ARPANET, I am setting up a file at our
ARPANET node (DEC-2060, ARPANET address WASHINGTON), with the
name <bboard>LAN-info.txt. You may look at this file, or, if
you send me a request, I will send you a copy via USENET.

To make this file grow, please send me mail containing the
information below, and I will add it to the file. Any update
of incomplete or incorrect information would also be welcome.

Please send this notice to other BBOARDS as well. Note that I
am limiting this inventory to campus-wide networks, excluding
small departmental or single-building nets.

Initially, I would like to gather the following information for
every campus-wide LAN on a US or Canadian campus:

1. Name of institution and name of network (if any)

2. Name, address, and telephone number of contact person who
   can provide further information

3. Brief technical characterization of network (broadband-coax,
   twisted-pair, Ethernet, telephone lines, speed, topology,
   etc.)

4. Operational status (planned, under construction, etc.)

5. Access to national networks (ARPANET, TELENET, etc.)

6. Literature pointers (references to further information)

Thank you.

Hellmut Golde (ARPANET: GOLDE at WASHINGTON)
              (USENET: ... decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!golde)