lisplog@uklirb.UUCP ("Bernd Bachmann") (02/15/89)
THE FORMAL CALL FOR VOTES FOR A NEWSGROUP ON EXPERT SYSTEM SHELLS
Bernd Bachmann, Harold Boley, Norbert Kratz, Robert Rehbold,
Michael M. Richter, Peter Spieker, Thomas Wetter
Paper address: Prof. Richter, FB Informatik,
Univ. 675 Kaiserslautern, Box 3049, W. Germany
Email address: lisplog@uklirb.uucp or ...!unido!uklirb!lisplog
or in USA: ...!uunet!unido!uklirb!lisplog
In a previous news in comp.ai.digest (Subject: ES Shell Newsgroup,
Posted: Mon Dec 12 13:33:37 1988) we informally described the topics
of a proposed newsgroup on the explosively expanding field of "shells"
or "programming environments for knowledge engineering" (if you really
can no longer access it, ask us for an email copy).
We suggest to initiate this newsgroup in March/April '89, to call it
comp.ai.shells, and to begin as its moderators. In our opinion,
minimum moderation is necessary to prevent the newsgroup from being
used as an advertisment medium. Nevertheless, companies will be
invited to participate actively in the discussion, especially if their
products permit large practical applications or are of deep
theoretical interest. Two reoccuring subjects, which are being prepared,
will be "Incremental Shell Bibliography" and "Incremental Shell
Table".
Since we have received many encouraging emails (thanks to all who
replied) we hopefully will receive a surplus of 100 pro votes in favor
of installing the new newsgroup within a month. Some people received
our informal comp.ai.digest call in USENET in the redistributed AILIST
form of BITNET and expressed their interest to redistribute the new
shell group, too. Since we could not figure out how to organize
redistribution, the only thing we can do is to ask those interested
for a formal request for redistribution in addition to their pro vote.
We will make available a list of these requests together with the
votes in news.groups, hoping that some net gurus will organize
redistribution to those additional nets with enough interested people.
Please send your short pro or con vote concerning a USENET newsgroup
comp.ai.shells, your possible request to redistribute it in some other
net (please specify which one, say BITNET), and perhaps further
suggestions to the above email address.