Naming and Directory Issues in Message Transfer System.

Abstract

A message transfer system requires some means for users to determine the addresses of their correspondents. A Directory Service aids users in identifying a particular correspondent and the correspondent's address. This paper discusses the technical, economic, organizational and political requirements which must be satisfied by a directory service. The authors develop a language for describing alternative architectures for directory service borrowed from notions of hierarchical computer file system design. They propose a system of naming and directory services which meets the stated requirements based on names which specify a path through a sequence of directories. Finally, they compare our proposal to several alternative designs for directory service which have appeared in the literature. Additional keywords: electronic mail; message processing; information transfer. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA154727

Entities

People

  • J. B. Sutherland
  • M. A. Sirbu Jr.

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Information
  • Electronic Mail
  • Geographic Regions
  • Information Processing
  • Information Transfer
  • Language
  • Massachusetts
  • Message Systems
  • Network Science
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Systems Analysis and Design

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  • Microelectronics