"French protocole, from Old French prothocolle, draft of a document, from Medieval Latin prtocollum, from Late Greek prtokollon, table of contents, first sheet : Greek prto-, proto- + Greek kollma, sheets of a papyrus glued together (from kolln, to glue together, from kolla, glue). "

http://www.bartleby.com/61/64/P0616400.html

What is academic protocol?

"Academic protocol can be taken to mean the rules and constraints that are operative on the written products of the educated circles of a linguistic fellowship. "

 Denise D. Brown
University of Library and Information Science Tsukuba, Japan  http://www2.aasa.ac.jp/~dcdycus/LAC98/FEB98/BROWN298.HTM

academic protocol analysis

Contrastive Analysis of Rhetoric

http://www.wikihouse.com/myasuda/index.php?Adv-Comp%2F2005-05-20

WIKI

Example of a Protocol:

"Historical Note. The first ever wiki site was created for the Portland Pattern Repository in 1995. That site now hosts tens of thousands of pages.

• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiDesignPrinciples"

http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki

Example of a Protocol

Protocol Online

http://www.protocol-online.org/prot/Cell_Biology/

http://www.protocol-online.org/prot/Biochemistry/Amino_Acids___Protein/

Example of a Protocol

Protocol droids

C-3PO (See-Threepio)

"Protocol droids are vital in smoothing differences encountered by the many farflung cultures interacting on a regular basis throughout the galaxy. Programmed in etiquette and equipped with formidable language skills, protocol droids assist diplomats and politicians and also serve as administrative aides and companions for high-ranking officials. They come in as many shapes and sizes, but most are humanoid, like the company they keep. C-3PO and TC-14 are examples of protocol droids. "

http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/protocoldroid/