- Authors:
- ShirleyV Browne,
- James W. Moore
The Reuse Library Interoperability Group (RIG) was formed in 1991 for the purpose of drafting standards enabling the interoperation of software reuse libraries. At that time, prevailing wisdom among many reuse library operators was that each should be a stand-alone operation. Many operators saw a need for only a single library, their own, and most strived to provide the most general possible services to appeal to a broad community of users. The ASSET program, initiated by the Advanced Research Project Agency STARS program, was the first to make the claim that it should properly be one part of a network of interoperating libraries. Shortly thereafter, the RIG was formed, initially as a collaboration between the STARS program and the Air Force RAASP program, but growing within six months to a self-sustaining cooperation among twelve chartering organizations. The RIG has grown to include over twenty members from government, industry, and academic reuse libraries. It has produced a number of technical reports and proposed interoperability standards, some of which are described in this report.
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