This the first meeting of a collaborative planning effort to address the need for comprehensive directory systems and services for the university and healthcare enterprise. The planning team includes representatives from related operations and planning areas. This document is a product of the Internet2 Middleware Initiative's Early Harvest workshop, held in Denver in September 1999, and subsequent discussions. Sue Legg distributed copies of the email and a current Checklist of PH Directory Implementation Tasks relating to this effort. The attributes listed in Dr. Lombardi s email will be added to the next draft of the attributes list in the planning team Charge document referenced above.
Current work needs to continue.
Open communications and a participatory planning approach are also helpful. The role of the planning team is not operational, but rather to study and recommend an approach to designing, developing, and operating optimal campus-wide directory systems and services. Briefly reviewed the two Internet 2 Middleware documents. Best Practices for Higher Education includes a helpful diagram of an Overall Campus Directory Structure . Need to create way for users and distributed applications to use reliable institutional data.