@techreport{ietf-find-new-cip-00, number = {draft-ietf-find-new-cip-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-find-new-cip/00/}, author = {Jeff R. Allen}, title = {{The Common Indexing Protocol (CIP)}}, pagetotal = 30, year = 1996, month = jul, day = 3, abstract = {The Common Indexing Protocol (CIP) is used to pass indexing information from server to server in order to facilitate query routing. Query routing is the process of redirecting and replicating queries through a distributed database system towards servers holding the desired results. This document describes the CIP framework, including it's architecture and the protocol specifics of exchanging indices.}, }