A standard that defines how global directories should be structured. Scope Notes: X.500 directories are hierarchical with different levels for each category of information, such as country, state and [..]

  Distributed electronic directories (Directory Services)

Directory Services for OSI provides consistent data storage, retrieval and management for information about all network objects.

A directory access protocol to enable a common standard for directories of information over a network. It has never caught on as well as its designers intended. See LDAP.

Internetworking Dictionary The CCITT and ISO standard for electronic directory services. See also: white pages, Knowbot, WHOIS.

An ISO and ITU standard that defines how global directories should be structured. X.500 directories are hierarchical with different levels for each category of information, such as country, state, and [..]

A set of ITU-T

X.500 is a series of computer networking standards used to develop the equivalent of an electronic directory that is very similar to the concept of a physical telephone directory. Its purpose is to ce [..]

The establishment of any global interconnected network, requires a directory. The standard for establishing such a directory is X.500, which enables users to browse through user listings as though they were looking through a telephone book.