@misc{rfc4707,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    4707,
    howpublished =  {RFC 4707},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC4707},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4707},
    author =    {Philipp Grau},
    title =     {{Netnews Administration System (NAS)}},
    pagetotal = 49,
    year =      2006,
    month =     oct,
    abstract =  {The Netnews Administration System (NAS) is a framework to simplify the administration and usage of network news (also known as Netnews) on the Internet. Data for the administration of newsgroups and hierarchies are kept in a distributed hierarchical database and are available through a client-server protocol. The database is accessible by news servers, news administrators, and news readers. News servers can update their configuration automatically; administrators are able to get the data manually. News reader programs are able to get certain information from an NAS server, automatically or at a user's discretion, which provides detailed information about groups and hierarchies to the user. NAS is usable in coexistence with the current, established process of control messages; an unwanted interference is impossible. Furthermore, NAS is able to reflect the somewhat chaotic structure of Usenet in a hierarchical database. NAS can be used without modification of existing news relay, news server, or news reader software; however, some tasks will be better accomplished with NAS-compliant software. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.},
}