Directory of Directories Project Many university LDAP-based white pages directories now Searching now works much faster than in old X.500 days Original hack to do parallel search on 10 campus DSs Simple web-based UI Reveals schema and data interop problems Most are easily fixed, but easier pre-deployment Next steps Evangelize more involvement Advanced indexing (ala TISDAG, CIP) Sophisticated search characterization / UI issues Other apps (e.g. email clients)

Internet2, Middleware, Shibboleth UW/C&C/NDC Tech Meeting, February 2001 RL "Bob" Morgan, rlmorgan@ washington.edu