X.500 Group

The X.500 Group in Brunel University Computing Services exists to develop and deploy directory user interfaces. The early work was funded by the UK Academic Community, though most recent projects are for industrial partners and for the European Community.

Group Members

Andrew Findlay
Damy Mahl
Stefan Nahajski
Paul Wain
Philip Wynn
Katharine Ktenidis

Contacts

x500@brunel.ac.uk

+44 1895 203066
+44 1895 274000 x2512

Products

The group has produced a number of user interfaces for the X.500 Directory. These include several for Unix systems, one Web gateway, and PC-Pages for the MS-Windows environment. More details can be found on our Products page.

Recent Work

The group was involved in the Directory Indexing part of the DESIRE-II project. As part of this, a new 32-bit Windows user interface has been written based on the Brunel Query Engine, but now with the ability to search multiple disjoint directory services.

The largest recent project was Euroview. This was a three-year project with funding from the European Union. It aimed to bring the benefits of directory systems to people in Government and Administration. Euroview finished in early 1999.

Other recent work includes defining and implementing new top-level structure maintenance tools for the DANTE NameFlow service.

Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
Telephone: (01895) 274000 (UK); +44 1895 274000 (International)