<s>
The	O
Clearinghouse	B-Application
for	I-Application
Networked	I-Application
Information	I-Application
Discovery	I-Application
and	I-Application
Retrieval	I-Application
or	O
CNIDR	B-Application
was	O
an	O
organization	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
U.S.	O
National	O
Science	O
Foundation	O
from	O
1993	O
to	O
1997	O
and	O
based	O
at	O
the	O
Microelectronics	O
Center	O
of	O
North	O
Carolina	O
(	O
MCNC	O
)	O
in	O
Research	O
Triangle	O
Park	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNIDR	B-Application
was	O
active	O
in	O
the	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
and	O
open	O
standards	O
,	O
centered	O
on	O
information	O
discovery	O
and	O
retrieval	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
emerging	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
software	O
developed	O
at	O
CNIDR	B-Application
were	O
Isite	O
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
Z39.50	B-Protocol
implementation	O
and	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
WAIS	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Isearch	B-Application
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
text	O
retrieval	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNIDR	B-Application
staff	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
open	O
standards	O
in	O
the	O
Internet	O
Engineering	O
Task	O
Force	O
,	O
the	O
Z39.50	B-Protocol
Implementors	O
Group	O
and	O
Dublin	O
Core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNIDR	B-Application
collaborated	O
with	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Patent	O
and	O
Trademark	O
Office	O
(	O
USPTO	O
)	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
USPTO	O
's	O
first	O
Internet-based	O
patent	O
search	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
