|
Para os interessados
...
Sun to implement
DSML standard for Java 2
by Derek Parkinson on 19 July 2000 15:17:00 GMT Sun Microsystems is testing an XML-based standard for the Java 2 platform that should make customising and deploying large-scale b2b applications easier. Sun Microsystems is to implement Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) - an industry standard schema for describing directory contents and structure in XML - in the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), part of the Java 2 platform. At present, Sun is testing a DSML module for JNDI that would allow developers to manipulate and update directory contents – such as rich data about people, machines, web services and other resources - and export them in DSML format. JNDI is an API specified in Java that provides naming and directory functionality to Java applications. Using JNDI, Java applications can store and retrieve named Java objects and perform standard directory operations, such as associating attributes with objects and searching for objects using their attributes. DSML has been developed over the last year by Bowstreet, a provider of XML infrastructure for b2b web marketplaces, in collaboration with technology heavyweights including IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, and the Sun-Netscape Alliance. James Tauber, Bowstreet’s XML director is leading work on DSML 2.0, with additional input from iPlanet, Critical Path, infoShark, Netegrity, Oblix and Radiant Logic. The DSML 2.0 committee is working on added functionality including - identifying the source of directory entries, organising directory entries hierarchically, and describing or standardising access control information. Novell has recently added DSML functionality to DirXML, a product that allows enterprises to distribute data ownership and centralise information availability. Critical Path is using DSML in its Lightweight Directory Application Protocol (LDAP) directory and meta-directory products. iPlanet recently released a DSML-enabled version of its LDAP software developer's kit, a tool that allows programmers access to the iPlanet Directory Server. []s
Bruno Reded
|
