NDLI: Descriptive names in X.500

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Neufeld, G. W.
Abstract	This paper presents a new name form for the OSI X.500 directory system. The primary function of the directory is to provide a name-to-object look-up facility for OSI objects. The directory consists of a set of agents and a database which is distributed among the agents. The directory database is structured as a tree where each node, or entry, corresponds to an object. An entry consists of a set of attributes where one or more attributes are designated as the object name relative to the entry's immediate superior. X.500 defines a name as an ordered sequence of entry names starting from the root and terminating at the object. Therefore, a user must know the names of all the superiors of an object. In contrast, the descriptive name form is an unordered set of attributes. Only enough attributes need be given to distinguish the object from other objects. As a result, users do not have to know or understand the underlying hierarchy of the directory in order to do name look-up.
Starting Page	64
Ending Page	71
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01464833
DOI	10.1145/75247.75254
Journal	ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (CCRV)
Volume Number	19
Issue Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1993-07-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Networks and Communications Software

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Descriptive names in X.500