Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 10:59:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: tpg
To: AMS Demo Part 21
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Subject: Additional Features

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There are many other AMS features that have not yet been mentioned in this 
demo, or are under development.  A few are outlined briefly here:


\bold{FLAMES}:  FLAMES, the Filtering Language for the Andrew Message System, 
is a powerful and general LISP-like language for operating on the message 
database; the primary initial application is automatic classification of 
incoming messages.  For example, you can automatically classify, delete, or 
redistribute incoming mail based on its origin or contents.  In the future we 
will also be concentrating on improved customization facilities, intelligent 
selection of messages, and automatic network-based information services.


\bold{ODA} (Office Document Architecture): The Andrew project has also 
developed a general toolkit for ODA, an emerging standard for the interchange 
of multi-media documents.  Eventually, we hope to use ODA to exchange mail 
with other multi-media message systems that use different internal 
representations for multi-media documents.


\bold{Name resolution}:  Our White Pages technology has proven so successful 
that we are considering ways to expand it to include names from non-Andrew and 
non-local sources, leading eventually toward the goal of a "national white 
pages".  Currently, we are exploring the automatic creation of a heuristic 
national database, built out of addresses that have been collected 
automatically by the delivery system.


\bold{Expansion of Client Base}:  Efforts are underway at CMU to increase the 
functionality available to AMS users on systems such as the Macintosh and VMS 
timesharing systems.


\bold{Event calendars}:  The Andrew system includes a general calendar 
facility, called CHAMP, which includes some unusual features such as support 
for calendar systems other than the standard Gregorian calendar.  A simple 
Messages option makes it easy to view events scheduled with CHAMP on your 
Messages startup screen.


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