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Ariadnet

The National Research and Academic Network (NREN) of Greece the period 1984 -1995, also known as Ariadne, Ariadne network, Ariadne-t, initiated in 1984 as Programme Ariadne by Nicolas Malagardis (worked at INRIA in France) under the Ministry of Research and Technology (minister Georgios Lianis), in line with R&D policy of the EU Commission (DGXIII) and became founding member of COSINE (Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in Europe) and RARE, with contributions to its technical reports. In 1987 the first full packet switching node in Greece connected to the French X.25 node in Paris at 9.6K bps via a local HELPAK line from OTE in Athens and a COSINE Project. The report was published in 1988. In 1988, the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (secretary Prof. Eleftherios Economou at the University of Crete) assigned a new management for Programme Ariadne to be Prof. Costantine Halatsis, Institute director at the "Demokritos". All facilities (equipment, communication lines, offices) were relocated to the campus of Demokritos (Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications ) at Agia Paraskevi, Attica from downtown Athens. As a RARE member Ariadne participated to the joining with RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens), or European IP Networks.…

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The National Research and Academic Network (NREN) of Greece the period 1984 -1995, also known as Ariadne, Ariadne network, Ariadne-t, initiated in 1984 as Programme Ariadne by Nicolas Malagardis (worked at INRIA in France) under the Ministry of Research and Technology (minister Georgios Lianis), in line with R&D policy of the EU Commission (DGXIII) and became founding member of COSINE (Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in Europe) and RARE, with contributions to its technical reports. In 1987 the first full packet switching node in Greece connected to the French X.25 node in Paris at 9.6K bps via a local HELPAK line from OTE in Athens and a COSINE Project. The report was published in 1988. In 1988, the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (secretary Prof. Eleftherios Economou at the University of Crete) assigned a new management for Programme Ariadne to be Prof. Costantine Halatsis, Institute director at the "Demokritos". All facilities (equipment, communication lines, offices) were relocated to the campus of Demokritos (Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications ) at Agia Paraskevi, Attica from downtown Athens. As a RARE member Ariadne participated to the joining with RIPE (Réseaux IP Européens), or European IP Networks.…

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1993 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of formation: 2011 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 1988 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1993". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of formation is "2011". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "1988". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292589050

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