XML Enabled Directory (XED) is a framework for managing objects represented using the Extensible Markup Language (XML). XED builds on X.500 and LDAPdirectory services technologies. The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C recommendation for creating special-purpose markup languages. ... X.500 is the set of ITU-T computer networking standards covering electronic directory services such as white pages, Knowbot and whois. ... In computer networking, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP, is a networking protocol for querying and modifying directory services running over TCP/IP. An LDAP directory usually follows the X.500 model: It is a tree of entries, each of which consists of a set of named attributes with... A directory service is a software applicationâor a set of applicationsâthat stores and organizes information about a computer networks users and network shares, and that allows network administrators to manage users access to the shares. ...
XED was originally designed in 2003 by Steven Legg of eB2Bcom (formerly of Adacel Technologies) and Daniel Prager of Deakin University. eB2B.com Pty Ltd markets, implements, supports and integrates the products of innovative, IT Infrastructure based, eBusiness and eSecurity software suppliers from North America, Europe and Australasia. ... Deakin University is an Australian university based in Geelong, Warrnambool and Melbourne, Victoria. ...