RFC 1218:A Naming Scheme for c=US
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directory service


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... (3) ADDMD naming, which reflects names assigned to public providers within the Directory service; and, (4) application naming, which reflects names assigned to OSI ...
... Distinguished Names are not necessarily user-friendly names, and further, that user-friendly naming in the Directory is a property of the Directory Service, not of Distinguished Names. ...


... the IETF OSI Directory Services Working Group at its February 12--13, 1991 meeting. The (mis)features were: ...



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