Proposed revised OSI-DS charter

[Steve Hardcastle-Kille <[e-mail]>]

Comments welome

Steve

 
OSI Directory Services (osids)

Charter

Chair(s):

     Steve Kille, [e-mail]

Mailing Lists:
     General Discussion:  [e-mail]
     To Subscribe:  [e-mail]
     Archive:  cs.ucl.ac.uk     

Description of Working Group:

     The OSI-DS group's mission is to enable building a global
     Directory Service based on X.500 and to facilitate its
     deployment on the Internet.  The primary focus is on developing
     agreements and technical specifications needed to make this
     happen.  The WG will not be directly concerned with piloting
     and service activities, but will liaise with such activities.

     The WG has a number of specific goals, listed below.  In
     addition, there are areas which the WG is likely to take on in
     future, but do not have specific timescales.  These include:
         - procedures for schema management
	 - upgrade to 1993 X.500
	 - relationship to security activities
	 - use of X.500 beyond White Pages services
	 - mechanisms to stimulate service activity

Goals and Milestones:



July 93	      Define a mechanism for representing IP addressing
              information in the DIT (RFC).


July 93       Define metrics of DUAs and DSAs (RFC).  
	      
Ongoing	      Maintain a Schemama for the OSI Directory on the Internet

Ongoing       Liaisons should be established as appropriate.  In
              particular:  RARE-NAP, OIW, CCITT/ISO IEC, North American
	      Directory Forum, IDS WG, MHS-DS WG.



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