OSI DS (osids) Charter Chair(s): Steve Kille, S.Kille@cs.ucl.ac.uk Mailing Lists: General Discussion: ietf-osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk To Subscribe: ietf-osi-ds-request@cs.ucl.ac.uk Description of Working Group: The OSI-DS group works on issues relating to building an OSI Di- rectory Service using X.500 and its deployment on the Internet. Whilst this group is not directly concerned with piloting, the focus is practi- cal, and technical work needed as a pre-requisite to deployment of an open Directory will be considered. Goals and Milestones: March 91 Definition of a Technical Framework for Provision of a Directory Infrastructure on the Internet, using X.500. This task may later be broken into subtasks. A series of RFCs will be produced. March 91 Study the relationship of the OSI Directory to the Domain Name Service. Ongoing Maintain a Shecma for the OSI Directory on the Internet Ongoing Liaisons should be established as appropriate. In particular: RARE WG3, NIST, CCITT/ISO IEC, North American Directory Forum, 1