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发信人: Lg (创造人生的传奇), 信区: Linux
标 题: Directory-XML
发信站: BBS 荔园晨风站 (Sat Dec 11 23:20:52 1999), 站内信件
Proposed Directory-XML Spec Submitted To Standards Bodies
By DAVID DRUCKER
The Directory Services Markup Language, a means for putting directory
information to use in e-commerce, today took a step toward becoming a standard.
DSML, which uses XML to let directories share information with each other as
well as with Web applications and services, has been submitted to standards
bodies by a group of six directory vendors.
The group, led by Bowstreet Software and including IBM, Microsoft, Novell,
Oracle and the Sun-Netscape Alliance, submitted DSML 1.0 to the Organization
for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) and the World
Wide Web Consortium. The DSML 1.0 schema was also presented to the
Microsoft-led BizTalk organization.
DSML's promise is to go beyond the current standard of referencing directory
data--the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol--and create a fuller and more
dynamic exchange of information. Whereas LDAP dictates a common method for
accessing data in the directory, DSML aims to let applications understand that
information and turn it into the fuel of e-commerce systems.
While directories are mainly used for maintaining information on users, access
and security, DSML uses XML to let directories also store and share metadata on
Web applications and business processes. That information-sharing could occur
within an organization or across company boundaries, pushing directories toward
their much-touted promise of enabling higher levels of business-to-business and
business-to-consumer interchange over the Web.
"This breathes a little new life into directories," said Craig Muzilla, vice
president of product marketing at Bowstreet. "It puts them in a pivotal role
for e-commerce. Taking the information out of the directory and letting apps
make use of it over the Net-that's the sweet spot."
Also today, a group of 20 vendors added their support to DSML, including Lotus,
Nortel, Oblix, Red Hat Software and Mission Critical Software.
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