Title		API to Directory Services (XDS), Issue 2
Reference		X/Open C317
Common name		XDS API
Year of Publication		1994
Status		Adopted
Short Description		Defines an application programming interface (API) for X/Open Directory Services (XDS).
Service category		Location and Directory Services
Service		Directory Services
Type		IEEE Standard
Description		This document defines an application programming interface (API) to X/Open Directory Services (XDS). This interface is designed to offer services that are consistent with, but not limited to, the 1988 CCITT X.500 Series of Recommendations and the ISO 9594 standard. Issue 2 includes revisions to align with the IEEE Directory Services group of standards that are based on the previous version of this specification. This is one of several specifications originally developed in collaboration with the X.400 API Association.
Usage		All new implementation work by API providers should be based on Issue 3.
See also		C608
Supersedes		C190
Superseded by
URL		http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/catalog/c317.htm