Hello Jose,

> I was searching for a solution for the problem of storing address book
> information, bookmarks, etc. in a centralized location (roaming user
> profiles) when I found about IMSP

It would seem to me that what you seek is very similar to a directory service.
http://www.infrastructures.org/bootstrap/directory.shtml

> Is there any other standard / interoperable solution for the roaming
> profile problem? All I've been able to find seems to be highly
> propietary or non standard at all.

Have you looked into using Samba, with an OpenLDAP backend?
www.samba.org
www.samba-tng.org
www.openldap.org

This book gives a plethora of implementation examples including the setup and 
use of roaming profiles:
http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/

It would seem to me (after racing my eyes across those links you provided) 
that this implementation may be limiting what the clients can use to only a 
couple of solutions.  Perhaps this is an "up and comming" thing that will be 
more widely used in the future.  Of course, it's also possible that this has 
simply not gained enough momentum, as if it may have already been done with 
other protocols, packages, etc.

Here is a quote from the following page (dating 9-11-1996):
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/acap/white-papers/acap-vs-others.html
"   The other protocols and approaches to which we are comparing ACAP in
   this document include: LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
   and directory services in general; DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
   Protocol); SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol); HTTP (Hypertext
   Transfer Protocol); DNS (Domain Naming Service); distributed
   filesystems, such as NFS and AFS; and traditional database-style
   implementations, such as SQL.

   We believe in the concept of 'the right tool for the right job'. We
   have no love for re-implementing the wheel, but in researching the
   available options in the context of Project Cyrus, we discovered this
   particular type of precision screwdriver, and trying to get one of
   these other protocols -- designed for very different forms of
   transactions -- is like using a heavy-duty hammer or a wrench to get
   this particular screw attached."

I hope this helps!

Best regards,

Robert Larson
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