ACTION PLAN FOR A NATIONAL NETWORK OF TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INFORMATION SERVICES (TRISNET)

This report of the TRIS Committee contains thirty-eight recommendations and seven implementation tasks for the development of a national network of transportation research information services. The recommendations cover user requirements, a subsystem for project resumes and document abstracts, a subsystem for document access, network coordination, and financial support for the network. Implementation tasks include a coordinating unit for the network, user conferences, market research and publicity, on-line access, a document access subsystem, development of new services, and service directories.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also report dated Nov 72, PB-214 004.
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board

  2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC    20418
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 48 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Trisnet
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054478
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-00035
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 18 1974 12:00AM