Rec. ITU-T F.500 (11/1988) – INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC DIRECTORY SERVICES
CONTENTS
1 Introduction
2 Purpose and scope
3 Organizational provisions
4 Public directory services
4.1 Service requirements
4.2 Service features and optional user facilities
4.3 Further features and facilities
4.4 Service controls
5 Names as the key to directory searches
5.1 General
5.2 Entries
5.3 Distinguished names
5.4 Classification of requests
5.5 Naming of entries
5.6 Qualifications of attribute types
6 Character repertoire and languages
6.1 Character repertoire
6.2 Language of requests to the directory and responses from the directory
7 Display of a response
8 Operational issues
8.1 Management
8.2 Authentication
8.3 Access control
8.4 Operational actions
8.5 Maintenance of the directory information
8.6 Error handling
8.7 Operator assistance
9 Quality of service aspects
9.1 Availability
9.2 Security of directory information
9.3 Successful directory requests
9.4 Access
9.5 Response time
10 References
10.1 Recommendations of the X.500 series - Data communication networks: directory
10.2 Recommendations of the X.200 series - Data communication networks: open systems interconnection (OSI)
10.3 Recommendations of the F.400 series - Message handling and directory services operations and definition of service
10.4 Recommendations of the X.400 series - Data communication networks: message handling systems
ANNEX A – Abbreviations
ANNEX B – Service error messages
B.1 Attribute error
B.2 Name error
B.3 Interconnect error
B.4 Service error
B.5 Update error
B.6 Security error
B.7 Abandon error
B.8 Referral error
ANNEX C – Selected object classes
ANNEX D – Selected attribute types
ANNEX E – MHS selected object classes
ANNEX F – MHS selected attribute types
ANNEX G – User visibility of the search operation
ANNEX H – Glossary of terms