Re: American Chemical Society gopher (fwd)

[h.rzepa %! at !% ic.ac.uk (Henry Rzepa) (Henry Rzepa)]

 Excellent idea. Might I take it further by suggesting the gopher might
 carry information
 NOT on the ACS pages! For example, color plates, which are currently very
 expensive,
 might be archived here. Further, animations can also be added. Just in case
 you have
 not noticed, we have been running our own gopher for this purpose for a
 year or more.
 It contains animations, sound, colour plates, programs etc etc.
 It can be accessed as argon-fddi.ch.ic.ac.uk (155.198.1.33).
 Clearly the problem confronting us is how to ensure quality of this
 material. Gopher
 is a highly distributed concept. Do we want to have say only one ACS and one
 RSC gopher, which is tightly controlled by the societies? This would ensure
 security,
 quality control, peer review mechanisms etc. But is it within the gopher
 concept of
 a distributed system?
 Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY;
 rzepa %! at !% ic.ac.uk via Eudora 1.4, Tel:+44  71 225 8339, Fax:+44 71 589
 3869.