<s>
The	O
Common	B-Protocol
Indexing	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
CIP	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
attempt	O
in	O
the	O
IETF	O
working	O
group	O
FIND	O
during	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
to	O
define	O
a	O
protocol	O
for	O
exchanging	O
index	O
information	O
between	O
directory	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
X.500	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
model	O
,	O
searches	O
scoped	O
near	O
the	O
root	O
of	O
the	O
tree	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
white	B-Application
pages	I-Application
schema	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
services	O
from	O
both	O
the	O
evolving	O
WHOIS	B-Protocol
and	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
activities	O
.	O
</s>
