OSI Directory Services (osids)

Charter

Chair(s):
     Steve Kille, S.Kille@cs.ucl.ac.uk

Mailing Lists:
     General Discussion:  ietf-osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk
     To Subscribe:  ietf-osi-ds-request@cs.ucl.ac.uk
     Archive:

Description of Working Group:

     The OSI-DS group works on issues relating to building an OSI
     Directory Service using X.500 and its deployment on the
     Internet.  Whilst this group is not directly concerned with
     piloting, the focus is practical, and technical work needed as
     a pre-requisite to deployment of an open Directory will be
     considered.

Goals and Milestones:

Done       Definition of a Technical Framework for Provision of a
           Directory Infrastructure on the Internet, using X.500.  This
           task may later be broken into subtasks.  A series of RFCs
           will be produced.

Done       Study the relationship of the OSI Directory to the Domain
           Name Service.

Ongoing    Maintain a Schema for the OSI Directory on the Internet

Ongoing    Liaisons should be established as appropriate.  In
           particular:  RARE WG3, NIST, CCITT/ISO IEC, North American
           Directory Forum.



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