What approaches will provide us with a white pages directory?
It is evident that there are and will be several technologies in use. In order to provide a white pages directory service that accommodates multiple technologies, we should promote interoperation and work toward a specification of the simplest common communication form that is powerful enough to provide the necessary functionality. This “common ground” approach aims to provide the ubiquitous WPS (White Pages Service) with a high functionality and a low entry cost. 3) What are the problems to be overcome? It must be much easier to be part of the Internet white pages than to bring up a X.500 DSA (Directory Service Agent), yet we must make good use of the already deployed X.500 DSAs. Simpler white pages services (such as Whois++) must be defined to promote multiple implementations. To promote reliable operation, there must be some central management of the X.500 system. A common naming scheme must be identified and documented. A set of index- servers, and indexing techniques, must be deve
