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Naming and Structuring Guidelines for X
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group P. Barker
Request for Comments: 1617 University College London
RARE Technical Report: 11 S. Kille
Obsoletes: 1384 ISODE Consortium
Category: Informational T. Lenggenhager
SWITCH
May 1994
Naming and Structuring Guidelines for X.500 Directory Pilots
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
Deployment of a Directory will benefit from following certain
guidelines. This document defines a number of naming and structuring
guidelines focused on White Pages usage. Alignment to these
guidelines is recommended for directory pilots. The final version of
this document will replace RFC 1384.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2
2. DIT Structure 3
2.1. Structure Rules 3
2.2. The Top Level of the DIT 3
2.3. Countries 4
2.4. Organisations 5
2.4.1. Directory Manager, Postmaster & Secretary 5
2.4.2. Depth of tree 6
2.4.3. Real World Organisational Structure 7
2.5. Multi-National Organisations 7
2.5.1. The Multi-National as a Single Entity 7
2.5.2. The Multi-National as a Loose Confederation 8
2.5.3. Loosely Linked DIT Sub-Trees 9
2.5.4. Summary of Advantages and Disadvantages of the
Above Approaches 9
3. Naming Style 10
3.1. Multi-Component Relative Distinguished Names 11
3.2. National Guidelines for Naming 11
3.3. Naming Organisation and Organisational Unit Names 11
3.4. Naming Human Users 12
3.5. Application Entities 13
RARE Working Group on Network Applications Support (WG-NAP)
