Philip Hunter on the contents of Ariadne issue 25 and recent developments in the world of Digital Library initiatives. <a href="/issue25">issue25</a> September 2000 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/356/author-info">philip hunter</a> George Brett discusses part of a model of distributed user support, The Klearinghouse. The National Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR) has been actively supporting high performance applications and networking for the past five years. The Klearinghouse is a next generation effort of the Advanced Applications Clearinghouse which is in the Distributed Applications Support Team of the NLANR. <a href="/issue25">issue25</a> September 2000 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/599/author-info">george brett</a> Rachel Heery and Manjula Patel introduce a means of establishing a common approach to sharing information between implementers and standards makers. <a href="/issue25">issue25</a> September 2000 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/601/author-info">manjula patel</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/232/author-info">rachel heery</a>