RE: A philosophical question about large directory structures

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The mention of NADF (North American Directory Forum) brings back many
memories.  A few years ago the effort was moved from the service providers
to the Electronic Messaging Association.  I was appointed chair of the
group.  We had several meetings, but it was clear that we weren't ready to
take the work any further at that time, so we made the group inactive,
waiting for new work.

If there is interest in doing something in that area, let me know via email.

-- Alexis


Alexis Bor
Directory Works, Inc.
P.O. Box 470276
Celebration, FL  34747-0276
407-566-9250
407-566-9251 (FAX)
[email protected]
http://www.directoryworks.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> Chris Apple
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 7:29 PM
> To: Erik Skovgaard
> Cc: Ella P. Gardner; Mark Smith; Tim Howes; Thomas Lenggenhager;
> [email protected]
> Subject: Re: A philosophical question about large directory structures
>
>
> Erik Skovgaard wrote:
>
> > Ella,
> >
> > Well, the NADF did not step up to the task although they
> did a good job of
> > defining the problem.  We should look at building upon some
> of their work
>
> I agree that building on their work deserves a close look. I
> do not think it
> realistic to
> assume that an organization like the NADF should be expected
> to step up to
> *deploying* a solution for a problem that they defined. The
> funding model for
> such an activity requires more stability than NADF membership
> has demonstrated
> over long periods of time.
>
> >
> > which I suspect is not widely known in this group.
>
> That would surprise me since a number of us have been
> involved in one way or
> another with NADF activities/meetings (at some point).
>
> >
> >
> > You also make a point here: registration is done for c=us,
> not for the
> > whole .com domain.  This makes it manageable.
>
> There was a document drafted during the original LSD WG's brief life
> that dealt with ways to allow dc-based naming and X.500-based
> naming to
> peacefully co-exist as well as on methods for interconnecting
> servers that are
> deployed based on one naming scheme or the other. Perhaps the
> resurrection
> of this document should be a topic for discussion at an LSD2 BOF.
>
> I'd prefer the BOF be called FLASHBACK if it takes place. :)
>
> Chris.
>
> >
> >
> > Cheers,                   ....Erik.
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > Erik Skovgaard
> > GeoTrain Corp.
> > Directory Planning Services.
> > http://www.geotrain.com
> >
> > At 15:57 99/06/24 -0400, Ella P. Gardner wrote:
> > >Erik:
> > >
> > >snip
> > >>
> > >> As you point out below, who is going to set up the key
> DSA?  Using my
> > >> proposal you simply pass the buck to each country and it
> is up to them to
> > >> establish an infrastructure that works.  Of course, that
> may be a problem
> > >> in the US :-)
> > >
> > >Now Erik, is that nice? You know that the US has a
> national registration
> > >authority for organization names and the names of states!  Since
> > >directory services are not regulated in the US, no one
> really has the
> > >authority to say who is allowed to run the master
> first-level DSA. We
> > >need some organization just to do it.
> > >
> > >Ella
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
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> ----------
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