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        !             3: \chapter      {Introduction}
        !             4: This document is {\em The User's Handbook\/} for the
        !             5: NYSERNet/PSI White Pages Pilot.
        !             6: The goal of \thebook/ is to provide a user with enough information to be able
        !             7: to make effective use of the white pages service.
        !             8: In practical terms,
        !             9: this means that \thebook/ provides information on how
        !            10: to use the white pages from your host.
        !            11: 
        !            12: The OSI Directory is used to provide the white pages service.
        !            13: \thebook/ is not intended as a tutorial nor a detailed description
        !            14: of the OSI Directory.
        !            15: However,
        !            16: in order to make effective use of the white pages,
        !            17: it is necessary to understand some rudimentary Directory concepts.
        !            18: 
        !            19: Your comments are welcome!
        !            20: The OSI Directory is a new, complex technology.
        !            21: Although \thebook/ attempts to be straight-forward it probably doesn't
        !            22: succeed all the time.
        !            23: If you have comments on this document, send them to the Internet
        !            24: mailbox
        !            25: \begin{quote}\begin{verbatim}
        !            26: [email protected]
        !            27: \end{verbatim}\end{quote}
        !            28: so that \thebook/ can be improved.
        !            29: 
        !            30: If you are interested in sharing about experiences with other users of the
        !            31: white pages, drop a note to
        !            32: \begin{quote}\begin{verbatim}
        !            33: [email protected]
        !            34: \end{verbatim}\end{quote}
        !            35: and ask to be added to the
        !            36: \begin{quote}\begin{verbatim}
        !            37: [email protected]
        !            38: \end{verbatim}\end{quote}
        !            39: discussion group.
        !            40: 
        !            41: \newpage
        !            42: 
        !            43: \section*     {Related Documentation}
        !            44: In theory,
        !            45: \thebook/ is the only reference needed by all but the most sophisticated of
        !            46: users.
        !            47: However,
        !            48: if you're interested in finding out more about the NYSERNet/PSI White Pages
        !            49: Pilot Project and the underlying mechanisms and technology,
        !            50: there are a few documents you might want to look at.
        !            51: 
        !            52: The white paper
        !            53: {\em An Introduction to a NYSERNet White Pages Pilot Project\/}
        !            54: introduces the goals and phases of the pilot project.
        !            55: In addition,
        !            56: site administrators are provided with a document called
        !            57: {\em NYSERNet/PSI White Pages Pilot Project: Administrator's Guide},
        !            58: or simply \theguide/.
        !            59: 
        !            60: The research note {\em The Design of QUIPU\/} describes the design of the
        !            61: software used for the pilot project,
        !            62: whilst {\em Volume Five\/} of the ISODE User's Manual,
        !            63: henceforth termed \volfive/,
        !            64: describes the implementation of the software.
        !            65: 
        !            66: Your site administrator has access to all of these documents and can provide
        !            67: them to you as requested.
        !            68: 
        !            69: \newpage
        !            70: 
        !            71: \input{wp-intro}
        !            72: 
        !            73: \input{dir-intro}
        !            74: 
        !            75: \section      {Where to turn for help}
        !            76: The software supporting the pilot project is the QUIPU implementation
        !            77: of the OSI Directory,
        !            78: which is a part of the ISO Development Environment (ISODE).
        !            79: 
        !            80: QUIPU was originally developed as a part of the INCA project
        !            81: (under the auspices of the ESPRIT initiative of the EEC).
        !            82: The Inca of Peru did not have writing.
        !            83: Instead,
        !            84: they stored information on strings,
        !            85: carefully knotted in a specific manner with colored thread,
        !            86: and attached to a larger rope.
        !            87: Such a device was known as a {\em Quipu\/}
        !            88: (pronounced {\em kwip-ooo}).
        !            89: The encoding was obscure,
        !            90: and could only be read by selected trained people:
        !            91: the {\em Quipucamayocs}.
        !            92: The Quipu was a key component of Inca society,
        !            93: as it contained information about property and locations throughout
        !            94: the extensive Inca empire.
        !            95: 
        !            96: The pilot sponsors and the administrators of the participating organizations
        !            97: form the {\em camayocs\/} for the pilot project.
        !            98: There is a special mailing list
        !            99: \begin{quote}\small\begin{verbatim}
        !           100: [email protected]
        !           101: \end{verbatim}\end{quote}
        !           102: which each \camayoc/ belongs to.
        !           103: 
        !           104: If you need help with the white pages service,
        !           105: you should first contact your site administrator.
        !           106: If you are unable to do so,
        !           107: then you should contact another \camayoc/ or drop a note to the
        !           108: \verb"wpp-camayocs" list.

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