MHS-DS (mhsds) Charter Chair(s): Kevin Jordan Harald Alvestrand Mailing lists: General Discussion:mhs-ds@mercury.udev.cdc.com To Subscribe: mhs-ds-request@mercury.udev.cdc.com Archive: pub/archives/mhs-ds-archive:mercury.udev.cdc.com Description of Working Group: The MHS-DS Group works on issues relating to Message Handling Service use of Directory Services. The Message Handling Services are primarily X.400, but issues relating to RFC 822 and RFC 822 interworking, in as far as use of the Directory is concerned, are in the scope of the Group. Directory Services means the services based on X.500 as specified by the OSI-DS group (RFCs 1274, 1275, 1276. 1277, 1278, 1297). The major aim of this group is to define a set of specifications to enable effective large scale deployment of X.400. While this Group is not directly concerned with piloting, the focus is practical, and implementations of this work by members of the Group is expected. Goals and Milestones: Ongoing Liaisons should be established with similar groups working on X.400 and X.500, i.e., RARE WG1 and RARE WG3, IETF OSI-DS and IETF X.400. Mar 92 Define a set of service requirements for MHS use of Directory. This should include: support for routing; support for security services; support for user agent capabilities; support for distribution lists. The extent to which existing standards can meet these requirements. Mar 92 Define a work program for the Group, to write a set of RFCs to meet the service requirements. As far as possible, reference should be made to existing standards. Dec 92 Release RFCs meeting the service goals. This target should be refined in the light of specifying the service goals.