Currently, a first version of the IBS prototype is being implemented, due to be finished in October 1996. It contains only one Broker. Also, a few databases have been looked at to determine the schemata used by different database providers. All of the databases accessible via the ``Services'' entry in Ariadne [Ari] use the standard BIBTeX set of attributes; therefore that will be the schema used in the first version of the prototype, though it will be extended with a keywords and an ACM classification attribute as well as a few attributes needed for bookkeeping (such as document id). The database selection will at first be based on the keywords and ACM classification attributes only.
The MeDoc participants intend to gain experiences with the first version of the IBS prototype when it is finished. That experience will be used to determine what kinds of improvements and changes are necessary for the second, final, prototype version. The final version is due in the second quarter 1997. The participants (in particular the pilot users) are then going to evaluate the final prototype for the project report.