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<title abbrev='The CIP Architecture'>The Architecture of the Common Indexing Protocol (CIP)</title>
<author initials='J.' surname='Allen' fullname='Jeff Allen'>
<organization />
<address>
<postal>
<street>246 Hawthorne Street</street>
<city>Palo Alto</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>94301</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>jeff.allen@acm.org</email></address></author>
<author initials='M.' surname='Mealling' fullname='Michael Mealling'>
<organization>Network Solutions, Inc.</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>505 Huntmar Park Drive</street>
<city>Herndon</city>
<region>VA</region>
<code>22070</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 703 742 0400</phone>
<email>michael.mealling@RWhois.net</email></address></author>
<date month='August' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>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 its architecture and the protocol specifics of exchanging indices.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2651' />
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