RFC 1617 · INFORMATIONAL · 1994
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Naming and Structuring Guidelines for X.500 Directory Pilots
Overview
RFC 1617, “Naming and Structuring Guidelines for X.500 Directory Pilots”, is an Informational document published in May 1994 by P. Barker, S. Kille, T. Lenggenhager. It obsoletes RFC 1384. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines a number of naming and structuring guidelines focused on White Pages usage. Alignment to these guidelines is recommended for directory pilots. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1994
- RFC 1616 X.400 for the Academic and Research Community in Europe
- RFC 1618 PPP over ISDN
- RFC 1615 Migrating from X.400 to X.400
- RFC 1619 PPP over SONET/SDH
- RFC 1614 Network Access to Multimedia Information
- RFC 1620 Internet Architecture Extensions for Shared Media
- RFC 1613 cisco Systems X.25 over TCP
- RFC 1621 Pip Near-term Architecture