CFP: Open Proxy Workshop, September 13, 2000

CFP: Open Proxy Workshop, September 13, 2000

                        Call for Participation: Workshop on
                   Sophisticated Content Services for the Network:
                              Extensible Proxies
                             September 13, 2000
                         Silicon Valley Conference Center
                             2161 N. First Street
                              San Jose, California

This workshop will help to define a new platform for the Internet, one that is essential for
engineering the delivery of sophisticated content forms and is also essential for bringing a new
level of sophistication to content delivery. We are seeking participants who can bring to bear
architectural innovations, new services ideas, and to either inspire or be inspired by a new
direction in the evolution of the Internet. 

In today's Internet, the infrastructure creating the "the net" is pointing towards a new network
service model. The Web is becoming clients or user agents that consume information, content
servers that provide the basic information and units of Web infrastructure which are the Proxies
(or Proxy-Cache). These critical infrastructure devices provide the opportunity for enhanced
services that expand the value of content on the Internet. Examples of such services are: 

     content adjustment - adjusting and/or assembling the content ultimately being delivered to
     the user. Today we see this in content assembly for advertising. 
     presentation adjustment - modifying the content presentation to be more suitable for the
     client. Today we have WAP and other gateways to adjust content. 
     semantic management - evaluate content against classification criteria such as virus
     detection, topic, legality, etc. 

Extending the notion of content services leads us to operations such as: 

     Data dependent cache functioning - cache management strategy is a function of the nature
     of the cached data. Content providers are already acting on the requirements for caching
     streaming multimedia data. 
     Web accounting - tracking Web usage independently of the content server or user client. 
     Multiple network sharing - objects obtained from a data network can, for example, feed a
     broadcast system. 

A recent Internet-Draft (EPSFW) proposed an architectural framework for standardizing the
components and APIs that can be used to build these services. This is the Extensible Proxy
Services Framework. We are holding a working to present and discuss concepts needed for
standardizing components in the Proxy system. 

Suggested areas for papers or panels are 

High-performance architecture requirements and engineering criteria 
Innovative services on proxy platforms (e.g. messaging, geographic positioning, etc.) 
Languages for extensible services 
Dynamic service extensions: delivery, loading, etc. 
New communication protocols 
Other new platform architectures for Internet infrastructure 

Papers and panels must be submitted by August 31, 2000. Please send a title and abstract for
papers to Michael Condry (condry@condry.org); panel proposals should include title, 
abstract, and names of committed panelists and should be sent to Hilarie Orman (horman@novell.com).
Responses will be sent by September 3, 2000. 

Registration information will be available at the Extensible Proxy website, http://www.extproxy.org.

Received on Monday, 7 August 2000 14:05:44 UTC