<s>
Scheme	B-Language
Requests	I-Language
for	I-Language
Implementation	I-Language
(	O
SRFI	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
coordinate	O
libraries	O
and	O
extensions	B-Application
of	O
standard	O
Scheme	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
necessitated	O
by	O
Scheme	B-Language
's	O
minimalist	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
particularly	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
standard	O
library	O
before	O
Scheme	B-Language
R6RS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specific	O
SRFI	O
documents	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
many	O
Scheme	B-Language
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Scheme	B-Language
Workshop	O
held	O
in	O
Baltimore	O
,	O
Maryland	O
,	O
on	O
September	O
26	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
attendees	O
considered	O
several	O
proposals	O
for	O
standardized	O
feature	O
sets	O
to	O
include	O
in	O
Scheme	B-Language
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
Request	O
for	O
Implementation	O
,	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
Request	O
for	O
Comments	O
,	O
was	O
coined	O
at	O
the	O
workshop	O
,	O
and	O
modified	O
to	O
Scheme	B-Language
Request	I-Language
for	I-Language
Implementation	I-Language
by	O
the	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
srfi-discuss	O
mailing	O
list	O
was	O
established	O
which	O
had	O
as	O
subscribers	O
many	O
major	O
implementors	O
of	O
Scheme	B-Language
and	O
other	O
contributors	O
to	O
the	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
