An attempt at writing down a reasonably self-consistent set of definitions
occured in draft-alvestrand-directory-defs (currently expired).
A new version was posted to the open discussion list
directory(_at_)apps(_dot_)ietf(_dot_)org a few days ago.
I suggest we move the discussion of those definitions there.
At 07:41 13/12/2000 -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:
At 05:40 AM 12/12/00 -0800, Gabriel Landowski wrote:
For the sake of a good discussion can we please have a
definition of "directory service" and "address
registry" to make sure we are all on the same page.
A Lookup, mapping, or address registry service takes a complete, precise
query specification and returns a single, corresponding entry. (The entry
can have any amount of data, but all the data belongs to a single leaf node.)
A directory service can take a partial specification and can "search",
returning more than one corresponding entry.
The simple way to refer to the distinction is mapping vs. searching.
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