In order to achieve the goal of interoperable directory services, implementors must agree on standard object classes and attribute types. There are a growing number of places where schema for Internet Directory Services and Internet Operations are being defined. This plethora of schemas makes interoperation difficult, but is unavoidable. A listing service providing a single point of discovery for white-pages schema will promote schema reuse, reduce duplication of effort, and thus promote directory service interoperability.

This working group will create the standards necessary to deploy a schema listing service. This service will be deployed by 1 January 1998.