1 Scope
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Normative references
2.1 Identical Recommendations | International Standards
2.2 Paired Recommendations | International Standards equivalent in
technical content
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Definitions
3.1 Directory definitions
3.2 Conformance definitions
3.3 Basic Directory Conformance definitions
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Abbreviations
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Conventions
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Conformance
Annex A – Directory Operational
Binding Management Protocol – Protocol Implementation
Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma (This annex forms an integral part of
this Recommendation | International Standard)
A.1 Identification of the ICS proforma corrigenda
A.2 Instructions
A.2.1 Purpose and structure of the proforma
A.2.2 Symbols, terms, and abbreviations
A.2.3 Instructions for completing the PICS
proforma
A.3 Identification of the implementation
A.3.1 Identification of PICS
A.3.2 Identification of the implementation
and/or system
A.3.3 Identification of the system supplier
A.3.4 Identification of the testlab client
A.4 Identification of the protocol
A.5 Identification of corrigenda to the protocol
A.6 ICS proforma tables
A.6.1 General capabilities and global statement
of conformance
A.6.2 Capabilities and options
A.6.3 Other
information
Introduction
This Recommendation | International Standard has been produced to facilitate
the interconnection of information processing systems to provide directory
services. The set of all such systems, together with the directory information
which they hold, can be viewed as an integrated whole, called the Directory.The information held by the Directory,
collectively known as the Directory Information Base (DIB), is typically used
to facilitate communication between, with or about objects such as application
entities, people, terminals and distribution lists.
The Directory plays a significant role in Open Systems Interconnection, whose
aim is to allow, with a minimum of technical agreement outside of the
interconnection standards themselves, the interconnection of information
processing systems:
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from different manufacturers;
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under different managements;
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of different levels of complexity; and
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of different ages.
To evaluate conformance of a particular implementation, it is necessary to have
a statement of which capabilities and options have been implemented for a given
OSI protocol. Such statement is called a Protocol Implementation Conformance
Statement (PICS).
This Recommendation | International Standard provides the Protocol
Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the Directory
Operational Binding Protocol (DOP) specified in ITU-T Rec. X.500-Series (1993)
| ISO/IEC 9594:1995. All references to the Directory Specifications, made
throughout this Recommendation | International Standard, are to the second
edition of those specifications (ITU-T Rec. X.500-Series (1993) | ISO/IEC
9495:1995).
Annex A specifies the PICS proforma for the Directory Operational Binding
Management Protocol as defined in ITU-T Rec. X.500-Series | ISO/IEC 9594.