X.500 Standard Published
The formal publication of the X.500 series of standards by the ITU-T and ISO, laying out a comprehensive, global directory service architecture.
Significance
X.500 provided the conceptual foundation and the original complex directory access protocol (DAP) from which LDAP would later be simplified.
Key facts
- Date
- 1988-01-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) / ISO